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amateur hourA situation or activity in which the participants show a lack of skill, sound judgment, or professionalism.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in X, no one can hear you YIndicates a threat of imminent danger. X is often limited to words having something to do with space. Y is a sound made by humans, especially 'scream'.Rate it:

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attacher le grelotTo bell the cat.Rate it:

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attacher le grelotTo bell the cat.Rate it:

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because reasonsUsed to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.Rate it:

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bleep outTo censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep.Rate it:

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blow the whistleTo make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.Rate it:

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bud upTo don a pair of ear buds in preparation for listening to a portable sound system.Rate it:

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bunged uppronounced with a hard "G" sound, not a "j" sound; injured, mangled; usually used to mean a bodily injury; often said by small children and often with the word "all" in front of the phraseRate it:

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chuThe sound of a kiss.Rate it:

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clip clopsound of a horse walkingRate it:

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dead airAn unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which there is no sound; a similar interruption of a television broadcast in which there is neither sound nor a video signal.Rate it:

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death knellThe tolling of a bell announcing death.Rate it:

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dial it up/dial it downdial it up is to increase or escalate tensions or volume (sound); dial it down is to decrease or de-escalate tensions or volume (sound)Rate it:

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dial it up/downdial it up is to increase or escalate tensions or volume (sound); dial it down is to decrease or de-escalate tensions or volume (sound)Rate it:

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dickyAn insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.Rate it:

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dicky-birdA insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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dicky-birdAn insignificant sound or thing.Rate it:

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dire quelque choseto ring a bellRate it:

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doctrina exquisita, subtilis, eleganssound knowledge; scholarship.Rate it:

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elegantia in illo esthe possesses sound judgment in matters of taste.Rate it:

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fingernails on a chalkboarda phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like thatRate it:

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Give Me FiveTo hit or slap your open hand to greet or rejoice something, as a gesture of sound agreementRate it:

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homines graves (opp. leves)men of sound opinions.Rate it:

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il a bon pied, bon œilHe is sound, wind and limb; He is hale and hearty.Rate it:

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inanis verborum sonitusmere words; empty sound.Rate it:

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je l'ai rossé de la belle manière (fam.)I gave him a sound thrashing.Rate it:

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je lui laverai la tête (pop.)I will give it to him; I will give him a sound drubbing.Rate it:

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know which end is upTo possess sound judgment or common sense; to have a clear understanding of a situation.Rate it:

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laugh like a drainTo laugh with a loud, coarse soundRate it:

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let outOf sound, to emit.Rate it:

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lie ill in one's mouthTo sound artificial or contradictory.Rate it:

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music to someone's earsSome good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.Rate it:

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nulla vox est ab eo auditano sound passed his lips.Rate it:

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orationes Catonis antiquitatem redolent (Brut. 21. 82)Cato's speeches sound archaic.Rate it:

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pop upTo come up with a "pop" sound.Rate it:

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power chordA chord or combination of notes used in rock music and typically selected to sound good at high volume and high levels of distortion. Power chords make extensive use of intervals such as open fourths and fifths.Rate it:

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Quiet as a MouseExtremely silent; non-talkative; silent or making very less soundRate it:

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rise above your raisin's (raisings)become better than how you were raised; "Rise above your raisin's" is how you pronounce the phrase because in southern expressions, the "g" sound in words ending in "ing" is usually not spoken); rise above your raisingsRate it:

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sacked outSound asleep, usually from a healthy exhaustion.Rate it:

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sanae mentis esseto be of sound mind.Rate it:

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sensus sani, integri, incorruptisound, unimpaired senses.Rate it:

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sopītum esseto be sound asleep.Rate it:

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swim upstreamTo opt for a difficult course of action when a simpler or safer alternative is available; to make an unwise decision against sound advice.Rate it:

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vitae ratio bene ac sapienter institutaa sound and sensible system of conduct.Rate it:

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vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)to speak, utter a sound.Rate it:

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в целости и сохранностиsafe and sound; free from danger or injuryRate it:

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