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pick atTo touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.Rate it:

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pick up where you left offto start up again in the very place that one has stopped.Rate it:

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piece of shitUsed other than as an idiom: A chunk of excrement.Rate it:

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pound the pavementTo travel on foot; to walk or run.Rate it:

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quantum mechanicsThe branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms for classical Newtonian ones.Rate it:

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reach a critical massWhen one works, reworks, tries every trick in the book, one can attain the verge of an explosion.Rate it:

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reasonable personUsed other than as an idiom: see reasonable, person.Rate it:

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rock upTo work one's way vertically up a chimney or cleft using a rocking movement.Rate it:

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run off withTo leave with someone with the intention of living with them or marrying them. Usually in secret because other people think it is wrong.Rate it:

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see alsoA suggestion that other topics of study are related to a current topic.Rate it:

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

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shittin in high cottonLiving well, often above one's meansRate it:

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slow-walkTo delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.Rate it:

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stem to sternStem is the main upright timber at the bow of a ship (front) & stern is the rear part of a ship or boat (back) Means entirely or beginning to end.Rate it:

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stick upTo put up by sticking.Rate it:

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sure enoughJust like one would expect.Rate it:

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switch onTo change one's expression or appearance as if by turning a switch.Rate it:

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take a standTo assert an opinion or viewpoint; to defend one's point of view or beliefs.Rate it:

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tear up the pea patchTo put on a notable performance, especially in sports; to go on a rampage.Rate it:

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the pick of the litterThe absolute best one has to offer.Rate it:

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think upTo create in one’s mind; to invent..Rate it:

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third time's a charmOne is sure to succeed at a task or event on the third try.Rate it:

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throw a bone toTo provide support or assistance to, especially in one particular way or to a limited extent; to make a concession to.Rate it:

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throw downTo cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.Rate it:

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top edgeUsed other than as an idiom: see top, edge.Rate it:

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TS girlUsed other than as an idiom: see TS, girl. (A girl who has a medical condition, such as Turner syndrome or Tourette syndrome, which is initialized "TS".)Rate it:

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two's company, three's a crowdOne companion is better than two.Rate it:

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Uncle JoeUsed other than as an idiom: An uncle who is named or nicknamed Joe..Rate it:

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unwashed massesOf people who are considered by someone to be somehow uneducated, uninformed, godless, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.Rate it:

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vaulting schoolUsed other than as an idiom: see vaulting, school. (A place where one learns to vault.)Rate it:

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white sheepUsed other than as an idiom: see white, sheep.Rate it:

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winter sunUsed other than as an idiom. sunshine during the winter season.Rate 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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yardarm to yardarmVery close to each other.Rate it:

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YOLOyou only live once, i.e. expressing the view that one should make the most of the present moment.Rate it:

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you get what you pay forIn commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say soRate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your stomachTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; Also and more often said "your eyes are bigger than your, belly"Rate it:

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a leopard cannot change its spotsOne cannot change one's own nature.Rate it:

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piece of cakeA job, task or other activity that is easy or simple to do.Rate it:

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e pluribus unumA national motto of the United States of America, meaning "From many, one", or "out of many, one", referring to the integration of 13 independent colonies into one country, and that has taken an additional meaning, giving the pluralistic nature of American society from immigration.Rate it:

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take a leap of faithjump into the fray, gather all one's wits and plunge, take courage and step into the unknown:Rate it:

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a cat in gloves catches no miceOne cannot get what one wants by being cautious, one must use aggression to get it.Rate it:

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bow outTo resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.Rate it:

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concrete jungleAn urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.Rate it:

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if you ask meUsed to introduce one's opinion, without being asked for itRate it:

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johned upTo write or say something that doesn't make much sense to other people; inside joke.Rate it:

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no lube, no loveWhen one doesn't have lube. They won't get anal.Rate it:

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unavailable energyUsed other than as an idiom: see unavailable, energy.Rate it:

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zero inTo focus one's aim; to zoom in and center on something.Rate it:

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all and someone and allRate it:

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