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apprenti n'est pas maître	One must not expect from a beginner the talent of an old hand; You must spoil before you spin.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
donner le tournis	to make someone's head spin	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
go ahead.....make me stay!!	A comical spin on the original phrase expressed by Clint Eastwood in the film entitled "Dirty Harry";.i.e. "Go ahead....make my day!!"	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in a spin	Very confused, worried, excited, or angry; in a state of disruption	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kiss my grits	A nice way of saying "eff you." Its a spin on the phrase "kiss my a**", written into a TV show from the 80s called "Alice". The saying was usually preceded by the name "Mel" who was the owner of the diner where Flo, the waitress who made the saying famous, worked.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
make your head spin	Staggering exasperation	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
masters of spin	People who put a different perspective on obvious things.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pie in the sky	A belief that one's wildest dreams shall come true. A devotee, of pie in the sky is prone to believe the most impossible possibility. The taller the tale you can spin, the greater chance he'll buy into it!	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
screw back	To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin a yarn	To tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
spin doctor	news manager	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
spin doctor	political news manager	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin down	To reduce its speed of rotation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin down	To diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin down	To reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin off	To create as a by-product or a secondary derived work.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin one's wheels	To make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
spin one's wheels	Waste time, money and energy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin out	to prolong, make longer (in time)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin round	to rotate; to revolve	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin up	To reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spin up	To power up, launch, or instantiate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stand up	To stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
take a spin	To go for a ride; especially, to try riding or driving something.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
take for a spin	To take, as a companion, for a drive in a motor vehicle.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
take for a spin	To test or try out something, especially an automobile.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
wanna 'take a spin?	Take a ride in car, Take a SPIN in MY J-3 Taylor Cub Airplane?	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)