bail out »
To remove water from a boat by scooping it out.
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banyan day »
In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.
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boil down »
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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caught with one's hand in the cookie jar »
Observed or apprehended while committing a theft, especially while embezzling money.
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cook the books »
To manipulate accounting information, esp. illegally, by a corporation.
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cook up »
To manufacture; to falsify; to devise an elaborate lie.
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cook up »
To prepare a heroin dose by heating.
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cook up »
To prepare a meal.
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cookie-cutter »
A solution to a problem that can be applied in many situations without modification.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to cookie cutters.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to identical looking things.
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cooking with gas »
Now doing something in an effective way.
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cool down »
To become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.
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cool down »
To cause something temperature to lower.
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cool down »
To become less agitated.
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cool down »
To cause to become less agitated.
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cool it »
Calm down, relax, take a time out.
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cool one's jets »
To become less excited, intense, or active.
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coon's age »
A very long time.
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coop up »
To confine in a restricted place or situation.
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dish up »
To serve cooked food.
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fly the coop »
To depart hastily or unannounced; to escape or flee.
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fly the coop »
To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.
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frying pan »
cooking utensil
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full English »
A cooked breakfast consisting of bacon and eggs, and other foods.
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goose is cooked »
All hope is gone; there is no possibility of success.
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half-baked »
Partially cooked by heating in an oven.
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hand in glove »
In very close cooperation.
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hand-in-glove »
Closely cooperative.
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have one's ducks in a row »
To be organized; to have one's affairs in order; specifically, to have a multi-person effort coordinated towards the exact same goal.
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hot mess »
A warm meal, usually cooked in a large pot, often similar to a stew or porridge; or, service of such a heated meal to soldiers.
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house cooling party »
A party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.
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it takes two to tango »
Some things need the active cooperation of two parties; blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.
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keep it real »
To be authentic, true to oneself; to be cool.
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keep one's cool »
To remain composed, calm, and even-tempered, especially in a provocative situation.
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knuckle under »
To yield or cooperate when pressured or forced to do so.
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longpig »
Human flesh when cooked in cannabalistic rituals in certain Pacific Islands, due to the allegeded similarity to cooked pork.
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lose one's cool »
To become upset or disconcerted; to lose one's temper.
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meals on wheels »
Food delivered to the homes of those unable to cook for themselves.
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now you're cooking »
A phrase, often given in response, meaning that the subject has switched to a more suitable or more efficient approach.
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old school »
Characteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.
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play ball »
To work together; to cooperate.
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pope's nose »
The tail end piece of a cooked chicken.
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proverbs run in pairs »
Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.
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put on »
To cook or warm.
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robber baron »
Especially in the 19th-century and early 20th-century, a business tycoon who had great wealth and influence but whose methods were morally questionable.
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sharp cookie »
One who is intelligent, bright, or sharp; especially, one who can identify attempts to deceive or mislead.
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that's the way the cookie crumbles »
That is the way things happen; that's life.
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the bee's knees »
Most excellent; surpassingly wonderful; cool.
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the man »
The oppressive powers that be, including the government and corporations; the system, as coordinated outside of one’s control..
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the way to a man's heart is through his stomach »
Cooking for a man is a good way to win his affections.
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too many cooks spoil the broth »
If too many people try to take charge at a task, the end product might be ruined.
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tough cookie »
A person who can endure physical or mental hardship; a hardened, strong-willed person.
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warm down »
Gentle excercise at the end of a training session before cooling off.
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what's cooking »
What's happening?; what's going on?; how are you?.
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