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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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pop offTo leave, and return in a short time.Rate it:

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puff outTo blow briefly and lightly.Rate it:

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put acrossTo explain or state something clearly and understandably.Rate it:

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put the brakes onTo cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.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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reflect onTo think carefully about something, and give it due consideration.Rate it:

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ride outTo tackle a difficult problem and survive.Rate it:

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ring offTo finish a telephone conversation and disconnect.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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sail throughTo pass or progress quickly and easily.Rate it:

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Salt of the EarthSomeone who is considered good, upright and nobleRate it:

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seize the dayTo enjoy the present and not worry about the future; to live for the moment.Rate it:

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set asideTo declare something invalid or null and void.Rate it:

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shelf-stableIn food processing and packaging, a product that requires refrigeration after, but not prior to, opening.Rate it:

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

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shit yourself!Admonition; "Don't Shit Yourself' . . . 'Don't! . . . . kid/deceive/fail/fool/disappoint. . . . . YOURSELF!,Rate it:

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

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short-sheetTo play a prank by folding someone's bed sheets to make the space for lying in the bed unusably short.Rate it:

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Sight for Sore EyesA pleasant and good surprise, an unexpected thing that can relieve you of your troubleRate 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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stage-door JohnnyA devoted fan of live theatre and of performing artists, who habitually spends time in and around theatres.Rate it:

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stand upTo bring something up and set it into a standing position.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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the good die youngWell-regarded people who are morally upright, kind, and beneficent tend to die at a younger age than do most people.Rate it:

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

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think throughTo fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.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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three rsThe basic education any child can expect to receive, but not necessarily limited to reading, writing and arithmetic.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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tone upTo strengthen and make the muscles of the body firmer by regular excercise.Rate it:

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toy withPlay, esp. with or as with a toy.Rate it:

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trade downTo sell something and replace it with something cheaper.Rate it:

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travel junkieWho are using their time and money to seek out adventure holidays and travel.Rate it:

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two's company, three's a crowdOne companion is better than two.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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vicar of brayA person who changes their beliefs and principles to stay popular with people above them is a Vicar of Bray. The religious upheavals in England from 1533 to 1559 and from 1633 to 1715 made it almost impossible for any individual to comply with the successive religious requirements of the state.Rate it:

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wade inTo interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.Rate it:

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what a load of magumba....Royal Naval slang for “rubbish” or “don’t talk crap”Rate it:

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winter ratAn old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.Rate it:

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with bells onWith eager anticipation and enthusiasm.Rate it:

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wolf downQuickly and without regard for table manners.Rate it:

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yellow journalistA journalist who writes material which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.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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