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all hell breaks loose	Vi A place or state of fury, turmoil, destruction, or chaos.	Rate it: (1.80 / 5 votes)
all hell broke loose	A great disaster happened or chaos ensued.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
at large	On the loose; roaming freely; not confined.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
at loose ends	In an uncertain position or situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Athanasian wench	A sexually promiscuous or loose woman, willing to have sexual intercourse with "whoever wants to".	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
auf freiem Fuß sein	to be on the loose	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bite i gresset	To loose.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
c'est la cour du roi pétaud	This is bedlam let loose; Dover Court—all speakers, no hearers.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ça va barder	all hell will break loose!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
clear the decks	To remove, or fasten, all loose material, or partitions prior to a naval engagement.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cut loose	To behave in an uncontrolled manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cut one loose	to fart	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
cut someone loose	To let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
einen Vogel haben	To have a few screws loose; be nuts; be crazy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fetch away	To move off, come loose; to go off suddenly away a given position.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
free rein	Loose rein, as of a horse.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
freno remisso; effusis habenis	with loose reins.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Have a Screw Loose	To act in an odd, foolish manner, to behave silly and weird	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have a screw loose	A phrase meaning that the subject is insane or irrational.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Hit the Roof	To instantly loose temper, to get extremely furious	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il a le timbre fêlé (fam.)	He is cracked; He has a screw loose.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kick around	To wander loose; to float around; to hang around.	Rate it: (5.00 / 6 votes)
let loose	set free	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose cannon	A cannon that breaks loose during battle or a storm and causes serious damage to the ship and its crew.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose cannon	An uncontrolled or unpredictable person who causes damage to his own friends, faction, political party, etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Loose Cannon	Who easily loses his or her temper and gets out of control	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose change	Coins of little value kept in one's pocket or bag.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose change	A sum of money considered small or insignificant.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose end	A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose end	The end of a rope that has not been fastened.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose ends	unresolved details	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose ends	Leftover items that have not been addressed or attended to.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose lip	The practice or characteristic of being overly talkative, especially with respect to inadvertently revealing information which is private or confidential.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
loose lips	Gossip; particularly where information gets around that is not supposed to.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
loose lips sink ships	Careless talk releasing sensitive information can have damaging consequences	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
loosen up	to become loose; to loosen	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
on the loose	Not incarcerated or in captivity; not under control.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
play fast and loose	To ignore proper behavior or social conventions, especially when it suits ones purpose.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
play fast and loose	To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Play Fast and Loose	To be capricious and irresponsible, to do all that pleases one without caring to have offended others	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pretzel	A toasted bread or cracker usually in the shape of a loose knot.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sexual congress	Loose translation of the title of Aristophanes' play Ecclesiazousae, more literally translated as Assemblywomen.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slip her cables	Release, loose, disconnect mooring lines,cables securing a vessel to a harbor buoy.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tie up loose ends	To deal with the minor consequences of a previous action; to tidy up, finish, or complete.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turn loose	To roam freely or to act freely.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)