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not give someone the time of dayTo ignore someone deliberately; to refuse to talk or pay attention to someone.Rate it:

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pull someone's legTo tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting. It usually implies teasing or goading by jokingly lying.Rate it:

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save someone's skinTo save someone's life.Rate it:

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see someone throughTo suffice for a time.Rate it:

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serve someone rightUsed other than as an idiom: see serve, right.Rate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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suck someone's cockTo perform fellatio on someone.Rate it:

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suck someone's cockTo brownnose, to curry favor to someone.Rate it:

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tickle someone's pickleTo stimulate someone's penis sexually.Rate it:

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turn someone's headTo attract someone's romantic interest.Rate it:

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wait on someone hand, foot and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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walk a mile in someone's shoesTo experience what someone has experienced.Rate it:

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the one who always envies someone in society, will never live in gaietyThis idiom means that if a person spends time complaining, criticizing and whining about what everyone else does, owns, or how successful other people are about their financial situation, job career, or results they get, instead of focusing and trying their best to improve one's situation, the only consequence is that this behavior will keep them in the guts, that is, at a lower life level than the one they wish to be.Rate it:

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lick someone's assTo flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinionRate it:

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breathe down someone's neckTo follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.Rate it:

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burst someone's bubbleTo disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable.Rate it:

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tickle someone's fancyTo amuse, entertain, or appeal to someone; to stimulate someone's imagination in a favorable manner.Rate it:

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clue (someone) inTo inform, instruct, or tell.Rate it:

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beat someone to the punchTo do something before somebody else is able to.Rate it:

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clip someone's wingsTo restrict someone's freedomRate it:

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give someone a big headTo flatter someone excessively; to overpraise someone, usually resulting in them becoming proud, arrogant or conceited.Rate it:

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give someone staticTo chew out; to lecture.Rate it:

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Grease Someone's PalmAny act which involves corruption to get benefitedRate it:

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keep someone in the darkTo deliberately not tell someone details about somethingRate it:

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shit in someone's CheeriosTo ruin one's day.Rate it:

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Tied to Someone's Apron StringsDepending on someone for something; can’t be able to do something due to dependenceRate it:

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to be on someone's assTo annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone.Rate it:

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twist someone's ballsto annoyRate it:

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yank someone's chainUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see yank,‎ chain.Rate it:

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rub salt in someone's woundsTo make a painful situation even worse (even with the best of intentions).Rate it:

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queer someone's pitchTo make a task more difficult for the speaker.Rate it:

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Throw the Book at SomeoneSevere punishment for breaking of certain rules or laws; highest level of penaltyRate it:

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cross someone's pathTo meet by chance.Rate it:

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give someone the slipTo evade, escape, or get away from somebody.Rate it:

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hit someone for sixBe affected in a devastating way by some unexpected news.Rate it:

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get under someone's skinTo make a memorable impression or have a strong effect on someone; to impact someone's feelings.Rate it:

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know someone from a can of paintSynonym of know someone from AdamRate it:

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apple of someone's eyeA favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.Rate it:

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bite someone's head offTo severely berate someone.Rate it:

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butter won't melt in someone's mouthAlternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouthRate it:

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don't get someone startedUsed to attempt to avoid or abbreviate a discussion that speaker or hearer may wish to avoid.Rate it:

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force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:

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fuck someone's brains outTo sexually penetrate (or be penetrated) in a voracious but pleasurable manner.Rate it:

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get in someone's hairTo annoy someone.Rate it:

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get under someone's skinTo irritate someone.Rate it:

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have someone by the short and curliesto exercise total control over someone.Rate it:

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hell mend someoneExpressing exasperation at someone whose behavior is likely to result in trouble but who will not heed warnings.Rate it:

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keep someone in the loopTo furnish someone with sufficient relevant information and include them in the decision-making process.Rate it:

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make someone's blood boilTo cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.Rate it:

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pop someone's cherryTo deflower someone.Rate it:

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