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silver-tongueThe trait of being clever at speaking, often in a deceitful way.Rate it:

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Skate on Thin IceTo opt to choose a risky or a dangerous way, taking big chance for somethingRate it:

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skirt chaserA man with amorous intentions who habitually seeks out female companionship.Rate it:

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skoffedDo sartastically whistle air out of your mouth and look awayRate it:

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slip onshoe type; to try outRate it:

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smack downTo defeat utterly and decisively, especially in a humiliating way.Rate it:

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small talkIdle conversation, typically on innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.Rate it:

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smoke poleThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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so help me GodUsed as an oath, a promise that an action will be carried outRate it:

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something awfulIntensely or extremely; badly; in the worst way.Rate it:

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sore-thumbishDistinct in a way that draws negative attention; out of place; conspicuous.Rate it:

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sort ofApproximately; in a way; partially; not quite; somewhat.Rate it:

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speed merchantSomeone who runs, drives or moves in a given way very fast.Rate it:

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spin downTo diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.Rate it:

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spring the trapTo cunningly trick someone or take advantage of a situation in a deceptive wayRate it:

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stand backTo stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler.Rate it:

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stop offTo make a short visit somewhere, on the way to another place.Rate it:

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strictim, leviter tangere, attingere, perstringere aliquidto make a cursory mention of a thing; to mention by the way (not obiter or in transcursu).Rate it:

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strut one's stuffTo behave, or to perform in a showy or ostentatious manner, especially in a way to impress others; to show off.Rate it:

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stuffPaper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff.Rate it:

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suo consilio utito go one's own way, proceed independently.Rate it:

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swing for the fencesTo act in a way that might generate a very good result, but which also has a large chance of failing.Rate it:

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tag upOf a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.Rate it:

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Take a PowderQuickly leaving a place or to sneak out from someoneRate it:

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take the countTo be knocked out.Rate it:

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take the countTo take to opportunity to rest briefly after being knocked down but before being counted out by the referee.Rate it:

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take the fieldTo go out onto the playing field.Rate it:

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take the pissEveryone takes the piss out of the bankers these days.Rate it:

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take this job and shove ita way of telling your boss that you are quitting your job; something people say before they quit their job or about quitting their jobRate it:

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talk down toTo speak to another person in a demeaning or patronising way.Rate it:

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talk pastTo talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.Rate it:

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tâter le terrainTo feel one’s way (fig.).Rate it:

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teach awayIn patent law, to describe the solution to a problem in a way that excludes a particular alternative to solving that problem addressed by a later invention.Rate it:

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tempestate abripito be driven out of one's course; to drift.Rate it:

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tenir le coupto endure; to tough it out; to stick it outRate it:

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that’ll doCut it out, that’s enough, behaveRate it:

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the apple doesn't fall far from the treeA child grows up to be very similar to its parents in the way they act and in their physical abilities.Rate it:

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the emperor has no clothesUsed to describe a situation where someone is pretending to be something they are not, or when something is revealed to be a fraud; a way of pointing out that someone is not as powerful or impressive as they claim to be; a way of exposing a lie or deceptionRate it:

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the jig is upAn expression used to mean "We have been caught out and have no defence", or if spoken to a person who's just been found out as the perpetrator of an offense, it means "You've been discovered.".Rate it:

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the joke's on someoneUsed to point out that someone tried to say something smart but it came out foolish.Rate it:

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the length of the Flemington straightA long way, a great distance, a large gap, a lot.Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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the straw that broke the camel's backMy patience has finally run out.Rate it:

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the terrorists will have wonPhrase used following a description of an activity to indicate that if that activity is not continued or carried out, those who seek to disrupt normal activities through terror will have succeeded, an which is an unacceptable result.Rate it:

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the whole nine yardsAnd everything. Often used, like etc., to finish out a list.Rate it:

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them's the breaks(idiomatic) That is the way things happen; that's life.Rate it:

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think nothing of itA polite way to dismiss thanks as unnecessaryRate it:

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throw to the dogsTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.Rate it:

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Throw Your Weight AroundUsing power in a mean way or to threaten; to be in the command in a threatening wayRate it:

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thumbs upA gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.Rate it:

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