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judge, jury and executionerSomeone with the roles of judge, jury and executioner; someone with full power to judge and punish others unilaterally.Rate it:

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keep an eye openTo maintain vigilance for someone or something.Rate it:

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kick ass and take namesTo beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.Rate it:

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kick it withTo hang out with someone.Rate it:

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kick rocksGo do something unproductive, go bother someone else, leave me alone, go away; See idioms: ‘take a hike,’ ‘hit the road,’ ‘beat it’Rate it:

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kill with kindnessheaping generosity, compassion, or excessive favor on someone -usually in response to an insult- to bring them discomfort; to overwhelm with overindulgenceRate it:

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kindred soulSomeone with the same feelings or attitudes as oneself; kindred spirit.Rate it:

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knock oneself outto grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome.Rate it:

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lick his bootsTo try too hard to please someone important.Rate it:

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like all get outLike nobody's business; The utmost degree possible.Rate it:

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look what the cat's dragged inUsed as an ironic acknowledgement of someone's arrival, especially to imply that they are unwelcome or disagreeable in some way.Rate it:

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lucky devilsomeone with astounding good luck.Rate it:

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lunch ladysomeone who feeds people foodRate it:

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Monday-morning quarterbackSomeone who criticizes from hindsight.Rate it:

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never you mindDo not concern yourself with it; it is none of your business.Rate it:

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nodding acquaintanceSomeone who is a remote or passing acquaintance.Rate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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party pooperSomeone who unnecessarily dampens fun.Rate it:

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pay no mindto disregard, ignore, or not give any attention to someone or somethingRate it:

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payback's a bitchUsually a complete sentence as an interjection: I am amused that someone got their revenge on you...but you certainly had it coming.Rate it:

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point outTo tell, remind, indicate to someone.Rate it:

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poison the wellTo discredit something or someone usually by presenting negative or irrelevant information; to cast aspersionsRate it:

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pour oil on troubled watersTo calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.Rate it:

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punk outTo give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.Rate it:

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put down forTo record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something.Rate it:

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put forthTo give or supply; to make or create.Rate it:

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put the moves onTo make an effort to gain someone's romantic or sexual interest; to try to woo or seduce.Rate it:

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put to bed with a shovelTo bury (someone).Rate it:

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rise and shineA phrase to wake someone up.Rate it:

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rise and shinea phrase used to wake someone up by telling them to rise out of bed and shine (excel)Rate it:

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scare somebody to deathTo frighten someone very much.Rate it:

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see the pointTo understand someone's argument.Rate it:

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simplify to amplifyMake something more simple to give it more focusRate it:

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smarty pantsTo be really smart for your age or to be just really smart; often used sarcastically toward someone who acts as if they are smart or to a child who 'sasses' their parent or elderRate it:

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social distanceTo stay far from someoneRate it:

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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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tattle taleThe person who calls someone out / tells a piece of sensitive information to an authority.Rate it:

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there are none so blind as those who will not seeUnderstanding cannot be forced on someone who chooses to be ignorant.Rate it:

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third personA form of narrative writing using verbs in the third person in order to give the impression that the action is happening to another person.Rate it:

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throw to the wolvesTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as onto the streets, especially towards predators.Rate it:

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tough as a tissueThe phrase refers to a person or physical form being as tough as a tissue. Tissues not being at all resistant to items such as wind or someone lifting it then it isn’t so tough is it? Mostly used as an insult.Rate it:

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under the tableSecretly or without reporting, especially of payments made or business transacted.Rate it:

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walk overTo dominate, treat (someone) as inferior.Rate it:

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way to bury the leadsaid in response to someone who said something but missed an obviously more important/significant or more relevant pointRate it:

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were you born in a tentAn admonishment said to someone who has left a door open.Rate it:

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what’s its pickle?When you can't remember someone’s name. You say. “Oh that guy in HR, what’s its pickle?Rate it:

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wheel aroundTo transport someone or something to various locations by pushing a wheeled transporter such as a wheelchair or a wheelbarrow or trolley.Rate it:

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who am I kiddingSaid by someone who, upon the realization that they were kidding themselves, wishes to start thinking in a more sensible, reasonable way.Rate it:

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widow's walkA roof-top walkway or balcony associated with the homes of early sea captains from which the wife could see far out to sea and hope to catch a glimpse of her returning husband's ship...or not. Sailing in wooden ships and/or whaling was a hazardous business.Rate it:

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window dressingA means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.Rate it:

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