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Get Something off Your Chest	To tell someone what has been bothering you, to relieve yourself of some burden, to confess something you feel guilty for.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get through to	To succeed in communicating with (after initial difficulty).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
get with the program	To work productively toward the objective of a shared enterprise, especially after the objective or the environment has changed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give a sneck posset	To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give a sneck posset	To fasten the door latch.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gladio comminus (opp. eminus) rem gerere	to fight with swords at close quarters.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
go belly-up	To fail or fold; especially, to close or shut down a business; to go out of business.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
go off at score	Of a horse, to break suddenly into a gallop; of a person, suddenly to say or do something impetuous.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
god works in mysterious ways	Expressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent.Expressing that a seemingly unfortunate or unfavourable situation or change may be beneficial later or in the long run.Person A: It seems that I'm about to be fired from my job.Person B: Well, God works in mysterious ways - maybe it'll be the kick you need to apply to university...	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gold mine	A plentiful stockpile of something sought after.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
golden baby	A baby born after a rainbow baby	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
golden years	Old age, especially the years after one has retired from employment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Gone Bananas!	Someone has 'Lost It', 'Gone Nuts', 'Gone Crazy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Gone Fishin	Humorous 'Door-Sign' on Front Door of Temporarily 'Closed' Store, Business Place, Service Station	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
good to go	Ready for some specific task or ready for normal activity, especially after preparation or recovery.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
good to go	Ready for use or ready for normal operation, especially after repair or renewal.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
goodgesser, not a bad gesser.	Someone says not bad pretty close, I come back with not a bad gesser or pretty good gessser.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grab bag	A gift, purchase, etc. whose contents are concealed until after a selection is made.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grappled	Engage in a close fight or struggle without weapons; wrestle. passersby grappled with the man after the knife attack synonyms: wrestle, struggle, tussle, brawl, fight, scuffle, battle	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gunshy	Fearing the consequences of repeating an act, especially after being reprimanded.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hair of the dog	An alcoholic drink taken the morning after to cure a hangover or withdrawal symptoms.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hand in glove	In very close cooperation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hang your hat on that one	A startling result, an accomplishment, a hard won contest, an acclaimed development, something very stable, dependable, worthy of note, salutary.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hangar queen	An aircraft which requires a great deal of regular maintenance and has an unfavorable ratio of maintenance time to flight time.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
happy go lucky	someone who has a light and carefree disposition, or attitude in life	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have another think coming	To be deluded, to be mistaken; to need to rethink something one has determined; to need to reconsider one's plans or expectations.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have the last laugh	To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
having a good run of it	When something is going or has gone really well.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
he who laughs last laughs best	success is better after having previously endured ridicule.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
heads or tails	A game to bet upon a which side of a coin lays face up after it is thrown.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hear, hear	Let us hear and applaud the previous speaker; I endorse the previous statement; Expression of support, agreement, or enthusiasm for what has just been said.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
her gunt is massive	She has a Belly and Fanny which combines to make a GUNT	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
here be dragons	A place/thing that has not yet been ventured; unfamiliar territory	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hereditate aliquid relictum est ab aliquo	something has been left as a legacy by some one.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
highflier	An ambitious person, especially one who takes risks or has an extravagant lifestyle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
historiae prodiderunt (without nobis)	history has handed down to us.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold off	To delay commencing an action (until some specified time or event has passed).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold one's breath	To inhale and then intentionally close the epiglottis so that one's breath is not exhaled.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hold one's liquor	To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Hold the Fort	To guard and look after something with care, be watchful of something	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
homo novus	a parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
honoribus ac reipublicae muneribus perfunctus (De Or. 1. 45)	a man who has held many offices.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hop to it!	A welcome to someone's verve and their confidence. Suggest to another to go after it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hot on somebody's heels	Close behind; pursuing or following closely.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hot on someone's heels	Close behind; pursuing or following closely.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
how do you like them apples	Directed jestingly or mockingly at someone who has received surprising information, ridiculing the situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
how many siblings do you have	Used to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
how rude!	something said to emphasize or point out that someone has just said or done something rude	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
huis clos	closed door	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hunt out	To track down; to find after searching for a while	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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