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old hatSomething widely or long practiced, known, or accepted; something conventional.Rate it:

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old hatSomething with which one is very familiar, or in which one is experienced or skilled.Rate it:

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on balanceExpression Offered By Many In The Judiciary', Viewing Something in A Fair And Balanced Manner:Rate it:

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on one's soapboxStating or professing one's opinion; attempting to persuade others of something.Rate it:

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On Pins and NeedlesFeeling agitated with suspense, waiting for something anxiously, worried or excited about somethingRate it:

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on tenterhookstense in anticipation of something. The phrase originated in the wool industry where fleeces were stretched on a frame between hooks to dry after washing the fleeces.Rate it:

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On TenterhooksState of suspense, worried about something, agitated because of uncertaintyRate it:

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on the cutting room floorNot included in the finalized version of something; deliberately rejected or unintentionally overlooked.Rate it:

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On the FenceUndecided about something, unwilling to commit, unable to choose the sideRate it:

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on the fenceUnsure about somethingRate it:

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on the fritzbroken; something is brokenRate it:

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on top ofFully informed about, and in control of something; up to speed with.Rate it:

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on top ofIn addition to something else.Rate it:

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one could do it in one's sleepSaid of something that can be done very easily.Rate it:

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one should be so luckyIt is highly doubtful: indicating that something is not likely to happen to the person specified.Rate it:

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one upTo outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.Rate it:

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one's left nutA very high price to be willing to pay for something; usually used after the verb give.Rate it:

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one-track mindThat said to be possessed by someone who is obsessed with something or only able to think of one thing.Rate it:

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one-upTo outdo, to do something slightly better than a competitor's prior effort.Rate it:

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oopsie daisySomething you say to a child or someone who has just fallen down as you pick the up to reassure them that they are okay/not hurt. It also alerts the person that you are going to pick them up.Rate it:

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open bookSomething of which salient aspects are obvious or easily interpreted.Rate it:

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open fireTo begin firing at something or someone.Rate it:

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open mouth, insert footsaid when someone just said something they shouldn't have saidRate it:

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open seasonA situation in which someone is endangered, blamed, harassed, or opposed in a sustained manner by a number of others; a situation in which something is endangered or otherwise opposed.Rate it:

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open someone's eyesTo become or be made aware of something that was not known or fully understood before.Rate it:

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opus locareto contract for the building of something.Rate it:

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or elseClean up your room, or else!.Rate it:

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or whatOr something else; allows for the existence of an unexpressed alternative to what was said.Rate it:

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où voulez-vous en venir?What are you driving at? What is your drift?Rate it:

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paint oneself into a cornerTo create a predicament or problem for oneself; to do something that leaves one with no good alternatives or solutions.Rate it:

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pale in comparisonto appear unimportant in relation to something else.Rate it:

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Par for the CourseSomething that is usual and conventional, as expectedRate it:

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part and parcelAn integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.Rate it:

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pass asTo be able to convince others that one is something contrary to fact; to look sufficiently like something or someone that one can purport to be it.Rate it:

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pass forTo be mistakenly seen as something that one is notRate it:

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pass throughTo make something move through something else.Rate it:

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pay dividendsto bring about something good as a result of past effort or actions.Rate it:

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Pay Through the NoseTo pay high price for somethingRate it:

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payer la goutte (fam.)To stand something to drink.Rate it:

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peel a grapeScore One!, Do Something Special, Contrive A Winner, Stand An Egg On End.Rate it:

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peg awayTo keep working at somethingRate it:

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peg downTo fasten something to the ground using pegs.Rate it:

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penny for themAlternative form of penny for your thoughtsRate it:

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pick up onTo notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked.Rate it:

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Pie in the SkyTo expect something impossible, to hope for something unrealisticRate it:

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pièce de résistanceThe finest part of something, especially a meal.Rate it:

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piece of oneA chance to find out something interesting about someone.Rate it:

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pif that troon!Troon: A irritating, aggravating, rude entity, who's sole purpose is to irritate & harass, unsuspecting, innocent people. A purposeful frustrating annoyer. "Pif"{3-step}: A special forces teckneik. A sheath knive issued to silently eliminate a enemy sentinel. 1:Approaching the enemy silently from the rear, stricking the back of the knees, as to buckle them, while cupping the mouth & cutting the throat & jugular vien simotancely. 2:Next immediately using the hand holding your knife, you in a upward thrust pierce the base of the skull fully sinking the length of blade & twist or jiggle. 3: Imeadiatly removing and reversing the blade to a downward position raming it down the spinelcoard & repeat the twist or jiggle. Done correctly it should take 3 seconds or less, with no scream, twitching or jerking of the enemy guard, or solder. Plop, drop, done, done, on to the next one! " Troon Pifing". The prefured "Pif" Knife is a Double edged Military Commando style sheath knife. "Pif that Troon!"Rate it:

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pig in a pokeSomething whose true value (usually less than expected) is concealed or unknown, especially something offered for sale.Rate it:

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pill to swallowSomething to be accepted or tolerated.Rate it:

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