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there is a new sheriff in town	A new person has come to power and is going to make changes.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there is an exception to every rule	Usually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there's no crying in baseball	Quit complaining about it, go back and do your job.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there's a grain of truth in every joke	Whenever a person is joking, he/she is actually disguising thoughts and emotions, either subconsciously or deliberately.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there's a sucker born every minute	There are a great number of fools in the world, and there always be.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there's no such thing as a free lunch	Nothing is free; everything has a price.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there's only one way to find out	Said lightheartedly when trying something new and unknown. Or said seriously and with weight when attempting something unknown and potentially unsafe or final.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thick and thin	Both good and bad times.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
think of england	To tolerate or endure bad sex. Used in conjunction with "I just lie on my back and.." "I just go through the motions and..." etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
think on one's feet	When one is in the middle of a process, activity, or conversation, to adjust rapidly, effectively, and intelligently to new developments or changing circumstances.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
think tank	A group of which performs research and develops reports and recommendations on topics relating to strategic planning or public policy, and which is usually funded by corporations, interest groups, or government.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
third person	The words, word-forms, and grammatical structures, taken collectively, that are normally used of people or things other than the speaker or the audience.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
third person	the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is not the audience or the one making the statement. In English, pronouns used with the third person include he, she, it, one, they, and who.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
third string	A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
this, that, and the other	Particular items belonging to a large, diverse set, but items of the general kind of item indicated.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
this, that, and the other	A wide range of actions, circumstances, characteristics, topics, or other items.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thorn in the flesh	Ivar Specto. The Soviet Union and the Muslim World, 1917-1958.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thread the needle	A game in which children stand in a row, joining hands, and in which the outer one, still holding his neighbour, runs between the others.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
three rs	The basic education received in primary schools. Literally; reading, writing and arithmetic.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
three wise monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.	avoid all evil in every form	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
three-dimensionality	Complexity and depth of character.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thrill kill	Of, pertaining to, or being such an act of murder.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
through and through	Completely; entirely; fundamentally.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
throw to the dogs	To remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thus and so	A generic thing; a placeholder name.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thus and such	A placeholder or generic name for something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tickled pink	Simple past tense and past participle of tickle pink.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ties that bind	common things that cause people to be close to one another and/or give them a sense of belonging	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tiger team	A specialized group tasked with testing the effectiveness of an organization's ability to protect assets by attempting to circumvent, defeat or otherwise thwart that organization's internal and external security.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tighten up	To become tense and restrained.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tighten up	To become stringent and ungenerous.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tighten up	To become focused and serious; To stop any vacillation or inconsistency.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Tighten Your Belt	Living in financial constraints; making sacrifice and diminishing the living standards	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
time and material	A form of contractual compensation involving payment for materials used and at agreed rates for the those involved in performing the services.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
time and tide	Shortened form of time and tide wait for no man	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
time and tide tarry for no man	Alternative form of time and tide wait for no man.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
time is money	When a person's time is not used productively; time is valuable and should not be wasted.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
timing is everything	Consideration of other events can greatly influence some desired outcome (such as an audience laughing to a comedian's joke).Telling the old joke about a butt-crack was not a good idea, just as the plumber arrived, Bob.You know what they say: "timing is everything." I'm sure we can find another plumber before the house floods.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tin god	An individual that abuses or exceeds his authority over others, frequently in petty ways; for example a low-level manager in situational comedies and other entertainment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
TINSTAAFL	There is no such thing as a free lunch; an alternative to TANSTAAFL	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip back	To open such a beverage.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip back	To drink a beverage, especially alcoholic and in large amounts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tired and emotional	Drunk.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tizku leshanim rabot ne'imot vetovot	May you merit many pleasant and good years (in Hebrew)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to all intents and purposes	For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be a queen bee	One whom has a personality and a history of integrity, coupled with a natural diplomatic aura is bound for a successful and rewarding public career.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be an open book	An individual's life can be unrestricted in intimate details and become as an open book.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be honest with you	An expression to be avoided at all costs for progressive, professionally oriented, skilled communicative individuals, lilly- white honest 'movers and shakers'!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be mixing apples and oranges.	To be considering two completely different things.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to each his own	Every person is entitled to his or her personal preferences and tastes.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)

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