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Flotsam and JetsamSet or assembly of worthless or unimportant things, hogwash or rubbishRate it:

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foot and mouthdisease of farm animalsRate it:

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footloose and fancy freeAble to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.Rate it:

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Footloose and Fancy-FreeNot involved in any relation with someone, free not having any attachment with something or someone Rate it:

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for good and allPermanently, forever.Rate it:

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for real and for trueGenuinely; truly.Rate it:

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four score and seven years ago87 years prior to today.Rate it:

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free and easyCasual, informal, relaxed, unrestrained.Rate it:

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free, white, and twenty-onebeholden to no one; master of one's own destiny.Rate it:

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front and centerTo highlight, to emphasize; bring to the attention of.Rate it:

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front and centerA command to come to the center of attention of an assemblage, as of military personnel or students.Rate it:

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full of piss and vinegarEnergetic, feisty, spirited, tenacious, spunky…Rate it:

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gall and wormwoodbitterness and resentmentRate it:

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game, set and matchAlternative form of game, set, matchRate it:

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game, set, and matchAlternative form of game, set, matchRate it:

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gavin and deanCockney rhyming slang for 'Queen' when used colloquially to mean a gay person: a non heterosexual person.Rate it:

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get in the boat and rowTo make a substantial effort, especially in cooperation with others in a group; to perform one's share of work; to show initiative.Rate it:

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Get-Up-and-GoHaving positive energy and driving force, in full zeal and zest, enthusiasm Rate it:

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gin and tonicalcoholic drinkRate it:

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give and takeA process of compromise or accommodation.Rate it:

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give someone an inch and someone will take a mileIf concessions are made for someone, that will embolden them to take further advantage of the person who helped them, instead of being content with what they have been given.Rate it:

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go and boil your headgo away; get lostRate it:

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go and eat cokego away; get lostRate it:

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go in one ear and out the otherFailed to pay attention.Rate it:

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god willing and the creeks don't riseA way of answering 'yes' when someone asks if you are going to do something; the same as saying, "Yes, I will, unless something happens to prevent me that I cannot control"; if it is God's will and no disasters happenRate it:

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good andVery; exceptionally; utterly.Rate it:

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grab and goTo get something quickly.Rate it:

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hale and heartyIn a state of robust good health.Rate it:

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hard and fastAn expression of maritime origin. The vessel lodged hard and fast. Hard-grounded upon the hidden reef! An individual expressing an extreme tightly held position relative the topic at hand.Rate it:

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hard-and-fastStrictly maintained.Rate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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head and shouldersTo a considerable degree; better; outstanding.Rate it:

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head and shouldershead and shouldersRate it:

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head and shoulders above someoneTo be superior in something, to be better in quality and talent than othersRate it:

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here and nowimmediatelyRate it:

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here and thereIn one place and another.Rate it:

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hide and seekchildren's gameRate it:

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high and drystrandedRate it:

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high and loweverywhereRate it:

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high and mightyOverbearingly arrogant; ostentatiously self-important or self-aggrandizing.Rate it:

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high and mightyA social or economic group wielding undue power, influence or economic clout.Rate it:

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hinc illae lacrimae (proverb.) (Ter. And. 1. 1. 99; Cael. 25. 61)hence these tears; there's the rub.Rate it:

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hold with the hare and run with the houndsTo remain neutral by attempting to placate two factions or both sides of a controversy.Rate it:

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home and hosedHaving safely reached one's target.Rate it:

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hook, line and sinkerNaively or unquestioningly.Rate it:

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horse and rabbit stewA mixture of the crude and the delicate in grossly unequal quantities, with the crude overwhelmingly dominant.Rate it:

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hot and botheredaggravated or irritatedRate it:

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hot and coldAmbivalent; having conflicting emotions.Rate it:

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hot and heavyEnthusiastic.Rate it:

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hot and heavyPassionate.Rate it:

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