balance the books »
To add up all the debits and credits.
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balance the books »
To put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.
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bawdy basket »
The twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing.
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blot one's copy book »
To damage one's own reputation through bad behavior.
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boo boo »
blunder
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booby prize »
A prize or status, often unwelcome, awarded as a joke or disincentive to the loser of a contest or for poor performance.
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book in »
register
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boot camp »
A short, intensive, quasi-military program generally aimed at young offenders as an alternative to a jail term.
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boot camp »
Any short, intensive course of training.
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boot camp »
Indoctrination, physical fitness training and basic instruction in service-related subjects for recruits in the Navy and Marine Corps.
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boot up »
To start a computer using its bootstrap procedure.
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booze can »
A nightclub or bar, especially one which operates illegally or is otherwise disreputable.
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brown noser »
One who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.
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by the book »
In a manner which adheres strictly to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures.
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by-the-book »
Adhering strictly to rules, legal requirements, or official procedures.
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che sera sera »
Used to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.
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cite chapter and verse »
To provide specific references from an authoritative book, as the Bible or a book of statutes or rules, to support a statement.
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closed book »
A person or thing that cannot be easily understood; someone or something incomprehensible or puzzling.
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cook the books »
To manipulate accounting information, esp. illegally, by a corporation.
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double booked »
Of a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.
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full tilt boogie »
At the most extreme level.
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full tilt boogie »
In an extremely focused manner.
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full tilt boogie »
Intensely, fast paced.
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full tilt boogie »
Out of control.
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get a leg up »
To get a boost or a lift.
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get the boot »
To be dismissed from employment.
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get the boot »
To be voted off a competition in a reality television show.
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give the boot »
To fire, to sack, to dismiss.
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hang up one's boots »
Retire, call it a day.
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hit the books »
To study, especially with particular intensity.
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kit and caboodle »
Everything entirely, the whole lot.
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kit and kaboodle »
Everything; the lot.
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lay off »
To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk.
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lion »
The 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.
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lower the boom »
To suddenly overpower, with "on".
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lower the boom »
To use one's superior physical strength; clobber.
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lower the boom on »
To punish someone.
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lower the boom on »
To terminate or abolish something.
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make book »
To be very confident.
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make book »
To gamble, either by placing or taking bets.
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mouth breather »
A person who is boorish, stupid, or otherwise unattractive.
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nobody's perfect »
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.2000, Madonna, Nobody's PerfectI feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my best
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nose-pick »
To pick boogers from the nose.
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now you mention it »
The Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling.
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paper »
A written document, generally shorter than a book , in particular one written for the Government.
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pull oneself up by one's bootstraps »
To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only on one's own effort or abilities.
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put the boot in »
To kick a fallen opponent.
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put the boot in »
To kick someone when they are down.
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quake in one's boots »
To be frightened, scared, or nervous.
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see a man »
To go have a drink or to meet one's bootlegger.
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shoot the boots »
To kick swiftly and violently, especially in the groin.
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sing from the same hymnbook »
To make the same or similar statements, especially to express the same opinions in public as a result of a prior agreement.
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singing from the same hymnbook »
Present participle of sing from the same hymnbook.
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sword and sandal »
Of or pertaining to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.
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take a leaf out of someone's book »
To adopt an idea or practice of another person.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick »
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick »
Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at [1] on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at [2] on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at [3] on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at [6] on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn
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throw the book at »
To apply the harshest possible punishment to.
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to boot »
Moreover, on top of that, besides, also.
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too big for one's boots »
Far less capable than one's claims to be.
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top shelf »
Books, magazines, or movies that have adult content, or soft-core porn.
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turn the page »
To proceed to the next page in a book.
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turn up for the book »
A very unexpected, usually pleasant, surprise.
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wouldn't say boo to a goose »
Describing a quiet, exceptionally shy person.
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write off »
To reduce an asset's book value to zero.
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yellow card »
booking
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you can't judge a book by its cover »
It is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.
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you can't tell a book by its cover »
Alternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover.
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