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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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goose pimplesBumps similar to pimples that form around hair follicles of the skin when a person is cold or frightened.Rate it:

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grosso mundoLowly talk, common idiom, low class slang, cheap shotRate it:

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have a word withTo talk or speak with.Rate it:

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

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lip serviceEmpty talk; words absent of action or intention.Rate it:

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loose lips sink shipsCareless talk releasing sensitive information can have damaging consequencesRate it:

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mix paki chat roomMix Paki Chat Room is a chat room website where people can talk to each other.Rate it:

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not give someone the time of dayTo ignore someone deliberately; to refuse to talk or pay attention to someone.Rate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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shook ya droorsa trick, a quick move around an unexpected opponent, or person to gain ground.Rate it:

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vice versawith the main items in the preceding statement the other way around.Rate it:

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when in rome, do as the romans dobehave as those around you do, especially when you are in a new and/or unfamiliar placeRate it:

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all piss and wind like a barber catAll talk and noise with no actionRate it:

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close in onTo enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.Rate it:

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drop a lineTalk stuff say your words put somebody downRate it:

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fire awayTo begin to talk or present information quickly.Rate it:

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gift of the gabThe ability to talk readily, glibly, and convincingly.Rate it:

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rabbit onTo talk for an exceedingly long time, annoying the audience.Rate it:

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

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when two sundays come together"When two Sundays come together/ meet" is used to talk about a situation that never occurs as two Sundays can never meet.Rate it:

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all hat and no cattleFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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answer backTo reply impertinently; to talk back.Rate it:

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pour outTo talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.Rate it:

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apron stringOne of the pair of strings or narrow sewn cloth strips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.Rate it:

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chime inTo talk; to join in conversation or discussion.Rate it:

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it's a long storyThe situation is too embarrassing to talk about.Rate it:

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take apartTo move someone away from others to be able to talk to, or give them something in private.Rate it:

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fuck offTo fritter; to fuck around.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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albatross round one's neckAlternative form of albatross around one's neck.Rate it:

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fuck roundAlternative form of fuck aroundRate it:

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blabbermouthsIndividuals whom talk relentlessly, seeming constantly.Rate it:

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confide inTo share a secret with; to talk of sensitive and personal issues with.Rate it:

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fuck aboutTo fool around.Rate it:

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lionThe arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.Rate it:

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twinkle in one's father's eyeA notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.Rate it:

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walk offTo recover from or digest by walking around.Rate it:

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yack onTo talk at length, in an annoying, boring and long-winded way.Rate it:

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yammer onTo talk continuously, especially with no-one paying attention.Rate it:

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all bark and no biteFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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all mouth and no trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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alone in a crowdFeeling as though one does not fit in with the people around one.Rate it:

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along aboutApproximately; at around some time.Rate it:

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amuser le tapisTo talk a great deal without coming to the point; To talk time away.Rate it:

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argue round and roundto talk with many digressions, not about subjectRate it:

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