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full of crapin reference to someone who speaks or writes nonsense or untruthsRate it:

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full of himself/herselfThe self-centered individual awash with a smattering of ego expresses an all-knowing, all familiar, par excellence in the extreme. If someone said this about themselves, you could say that they are full of themselves, or "He's full of himself."Rate it:

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garder son sang-froidto keep one's cool; to keep a cool headRate it:

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German virginThe name of a poker hand in the game of Texas hold 'em, when a player is dealt two nine cards.Rate it:

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geschehen ist geschehenno use crying over spilt milk.Rate it:

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get a bit worked up!To become excited, alarmed, frightened over a situation, conversation, scenario.Rate it:

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get a leg upTo gain some advantage; to get a head start.Rate it:

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get a load ofTo experience someone or something, especially by looking or listening.Rate it:

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get a rise out ofTo obtain a reaction from someone, especially one of annoyance.Rate it:

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get acrossTo make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.Rate it:

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get offTo stop touching or interfering with something or someone.Rate it:

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get off withTo befriend someone and snog them, especially in a public place.Rate it:

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get one's knickers in a twistTo become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter.Rate it:

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get ontoTo scold someone.Rate it:

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get ontoTo introduce someone to something.Rate it:

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get outTo help someone leaveRate it:

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get out of my faceleave; the speaker is telling the hearer to leave; usually said when someone does not want to be confronted any moreRate it:

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get pastTo cause someone to overcome a source of grief or get through a difficult time.Rate it:

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Get Something off Your ChestTo tell someone what has been bothering you, to relieve yourself of some burden, to confess something you feel guilty for.Rate it:

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get the drop onTo point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance over a situation.Rate it:

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get the drop onTo obtain an advantage over another person, by acting before that person.Rate it:

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get to grips withTo deal (with something) decisively, or to confront (it) head on.Rate it:

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get up inTo best someone in a competition; to successfully challenge someone.Rate it:

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Get Your GoatTo annoy someone or make him get cross badly, to arouse anger in someoneRate it:

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give a buzzto phone someoneRate it:

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give a sneck possetTo give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.Rate it:

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give awayTo relinquish control over.Rate it:

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give awayTo formally hand over a bride to the bridegroom; often by her father.Rate it:

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give awayTo unintentionally reveal a secret, or expose someone.Rate it:

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give inTo droop the head.Rate it:

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give me your bonesTo support someoneRate it:

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give snackTo ask for something. Created to ask for something that you want, mostly in a sport when asking for the ball, hacky sack, or anything that you want that someone else is holding.Rate it:

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give some skinTo greet or congratulate someone by slapping his or her palm; see slap me five.Rate it:

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give somebody the brush-offTo rebuff, snub or curtly reject someone.Rate it:

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give somebody the creepsTo give someone a feeling of uneasiness or mild fright.Rate it:

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give somebody the heave-hoTo fire, expel or break up with someone.Rate it:

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give the benefit of the doubtAttribute as true or take the side of someone or statement when there remains missing information or evidence.Rate it:

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give the royal treatmentTo treat (someone) extremely wellRate it:

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given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallowGiven a large enough beta tester and codeveloper base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix will be obvious to someone.Rate it:

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gladius cervicibus impendeta sword hangs over his neck.Rate it:

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go againstTo be unfavourable to someone.Rate it:

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Go Against the GrainAnnoying people by saying or doing something in an unusual way, to arouse anger in someone by going against his willRate it:

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Go Along for the RideTo accompany someone in an activity without taking part in itRate it:

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go by the boardTo fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship.Rate it:

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go take a jump in the lake!a rude way of telling someone to go away and stop annoying you.Rate it:

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go the whole hogTo do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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go withTo date, to be involved romantically with (someone)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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gold plateto incorporate costly or otherwise excessive features or refinements unnecessarily, to over engineerRate it:

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golden yearsThe period during which someone or something flourishes.Rate it:

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