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all work and no play makes jack a dull boyToo much focus on one's career is often viewed unfavorably.Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy.Rate it:

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attaboyUsed to show encouragement or approval to a boy or man.Rate it:

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bad boyA powerful or impressive product or item.Rate it:

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bad boyA man whose rebellious nature makes him attractive to women.Rate it:

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bad boyUsed other than as an idiom: see bad, boy.Rate it:

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bad boy(slang) A male criminal.Rate it:

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bad boyAn undesirable task.Rate it:

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be preparedTo always be in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty (motto of the Boy Scouts and pioneers).Rate it:

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big boyA large object or person.Rate it:

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big boysPlural form of big boy.Rate it:

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billy goat, billy club, hill billy, billy boyMale goat Thug's weapon Slang for foot hills person Traditional folk songRate it:

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blue-eyedSomeone's favorite, as in blue-eyed boyRate it:

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blue-eyed boyThe favourite, especially a young one, of especially someone in power; a fair-haired boy,Rate it:

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blue-eyed boyUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see blue,‎ eyed,‎ boy.Rate it:

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blue-eyed boySomeone's favourite, especially a young one.Rate it:

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boy howdyExpresses emphasis.Rate it:

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boy howdyExpresses strong support or agreement.Rate it:

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boy in the boatClitoris.Rate it:

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boy racerreckless young driverRate it:

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boy toyA gigolo.Rate it:

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boy toyA toy meant to be played with by a boy.Rate it:

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c'est un blanc becHe is a beardless boy, greenhorn.Rate it:

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ce garçon gaspille son tempsThat boy fools his time away.Rate it:

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deez nutsballs for a human boyRate it:

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every good boy deserves fudgeA mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the five lines on a musical treble stave in order from the bottom to the top: E G B D F.Rate it:

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fair-haired boySomeone's favourite, especially a young one, a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian)Rate it:

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fair-haired boySomeone's favourite, especially a young one; a blue-eyed boy,Rate it:

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fruit upTo grope a young boy.Rate it:

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girl scouta girl scout is a girl who is a member of Girl Scouts of the USA (also known simply as "Girl Scouts"), an non-profit youth organization for girlsRate it:

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good old boyA friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased white man who embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA.Rate it:

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good old boyA male friend or chum, especially a schoolmate; a man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a decent, dependable fellow.Rate it:

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goûtez-moi ce vin; vous m'en direz des nouvelles (fam.)You just taste this wine, you don’t get wine like that every day; What do you think of that for wine, my boy?Rate it:

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il y a de l'étoffe dans cet enfantThere is grit in that boy.Rate it:

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knock some sense into his headDepression Expression: During the Depression, there was little empathy for the unemployed. Pundits identified the loafer, the hobo, the bum, the specified lazy-boy, the uninspired, those lacking ambition as needing a wakeup Call.Rate it:

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l'arc toujours tendu se gâteAll work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.Rate it:

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mama's boyA male person, especially a young man or boy, who is overly attached to or influenced by his mother; a sissy; alternate spelling: Momma's boyRate it:

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man and boyDuring one's manhood and during one's boyhoodRate it:

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man to boyfrom childhoodRate it:

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off one's gameC. 1910, Ralph Henry Barbour, "The Dub" in The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories.Rate it:

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oh boyMarque l’étonnement, la surprise, la stupéfaction.Rate it:

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old boy networkA presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism and usually at the exclusion of certain other people; often specifically at the exclusion of womenRate it:

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parole de scoutS’emploie pour attester que l’on tiendra sa promesse, en qualité de scout.Rate it:

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poor boyA submarine sandwich.Rate it:

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poor boyUsed other than as an idiom: see poor, boy.Rate it:

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poster boySee poster child.Rate it:

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puer decem annoruma boy ten years old.Rate it:

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razor strappedThe violent WHIPPING of a recalcitrant, errant, disobedient grammar school boy with a two-inch wide by thirty inch long by one/quarter inch thick cowhide strap or belt. Punishment was generally for a misdemeanor and the beating was generally by the schoolmaster, school Principal, janitor or a person designated by the Principal to administer the 'thrashing': 'Crying out' or screaming by the school boy was met by harsher thrashing and Yelling' from the maddened 'THRASHER': The well 'WELTED'STRAPPED victims were forced to return to their classroomRate it:

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scope outTo examine; to scout; to investigate; to check out.Rate it:

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scout outto search, to look forRate it:

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scout outto track down, to find by searchingRate it:

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