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right hand mansomeone you trust.Rate it:

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Rule with an Iron HandStrict, dominant and harsh rulerRate it:

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second handusedRate it:

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simple as kiss your handVery easy.Rate it:

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sleight of handThe required digital dexterity behind magic tricks and illusions.Rate it:

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sleight of handA performance of such skill.Rate it:

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sleight of handAny form of skillful deception.Rate it:

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steady hand on the tillerReliable, composed control.Rate it:

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steady hand on the tillerA person exhibiting such control.Rate it:

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the hand that rocks the cradle rules the worldWomen, particularly mothers, have a decisive influence on the future direction of society because they raise and nurture the next generation.Rate it:

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third handNot new, having more than one previous owner.Rate it:

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tip one's handTo inadvertently reveal any secret, particularly a secret that puts one at an advantage or disadvantage.Rate it:

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tip one's handIn card playing, to accidentally reveal one's cards or hand.Rate it:

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to handaccessibleRate it:

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top handThe batsman's hand that is further up the handle; used for control rather than power.Rate it:

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top handUsed other than as an idiom: see top, hand.Rate it:

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try one's handTo attempt a skill, craft, or trade.Rate it:

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upper handAdvantage or control.Rate it:

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wait on hand and footTo attend to every need, to the point of excess.Rate it:

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wait on hand, foot and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wait on someone hand, foot, and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wait upon hand and footAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wave of the handAs if by magic.Rate it:

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whip handAn advantage over another; the dominant position.Rate it:

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whip handThe hand in which a horse rider holds the whip.Rate it:

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with one's hand in the cookie jarWhile committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.Rate it:

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does someone look likeUsed if the interlocutor seems to believe something inaccurate about; this question serves to free someone of a misconception.Rate it:

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don't just stand there like dying calf in a hailstorm.My mom said this to me sometimes when I had misbehaved if I just stood there during the scolding.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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Drop You like a Hot PotatoTo disassociate oneself with something/someone as soon as possibleRate it:

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fit like a gloveTo be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.Rate it:

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get on like a house on fireTo immediately start a good relationship with someoneRate it:

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grinning like a jackass eating greenbriers.Someone with a goofy grin, especially if inappropriate.Rate it:

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life is like a s*** sandwich the more bread you have the less s*** you eatThe main point is bread is slang for money so money makes your sandwich a little less repulsive and your life a little less well whateverRate it:

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like a charmVery effectively.Rate it:

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like a ton of bricksVery strongly; very heavily; often unexpectedly.Rate it:

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like all get outLike nobody's business; The utmost degree possible.Rate it:

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like giving away ice in the winter!I was "googlingi" this phrase that I heard on TV today (9/4/2020) because I've never heard it before! I believe it has a similar meaning as: "Like selling ice to Eskimos"Rate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelTo imply that something is very easy. Can be used sarcastically to mean the oppositeRate it:

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like the sound of one's own voiceTo talk a lot.Rate it:

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love god and do what you like.A précis of St. Augustine's statement "Love God and do whatever you please: for the soul trained in love to God will do nothing to offend the One who is Beloved."Rate it:

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make like a tree and leaveto leave, departRate it:

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make out like a banditTo profit greatly; to get an excessively good deal.Rate it:

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off like a bride's nightieMoving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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sleep like a babyTo sleep very well, especially peacefullyRate it:

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smoking like a chimney !this is used to describe a person who is chain smoker or smoking non stop.Rate it:

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We only admire Sun Rise and Sun Set, like humansWe only admire humans when they are born and about to leave the world.Rate it:

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with friends like these who needs enemiesAn expression indicating that one's close associates prove more adversarial than one's opponents.Rate it:

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if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailWith limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.Rate it:

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shake like a leafTo tremble, as with fear, cold, etc.; shiverRate it:

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