a golden key can open any door »
Sufficient money can accomplish anything.
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all-a-mort »
Sad; at death's door.
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at death's door »
About to die; in a life-threatening state of health.
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behind closed doors »
Public disclosure.
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board up »
To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
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born in a barn »
Engaging in the annoying behavior of inappropriately, and usually neglectfully, leaving open a door or window.
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bring in »
To move something indoors.
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close the stable door after the horse has bolted »
To attempt to prevent a problem only to find it has already happened.
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darken somebody's doorstep »
To enter somebody else's home uninvited.
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dead as a doorknob »
Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.
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dead as a doornail »
Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.
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deaf as a doorpost »
Stone deaf.
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doorprikken »
To expose as false.
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doorprikken »
To puncture.
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gentleman of the back door »
A sodomite.
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get one's foot in the door »
To initiate contact or a relationship; to gain access, especially to an entry-level job.
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give a sneck posset »
To fasten the door latch.
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give a sneck posset »
To give someone a cold reception; to close the door on someone; to reject them.
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go in the out door »
To engage in anal sex.
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in the woods »
In critical condition; near death's door.
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keep the wolf from the door »
To delay sexual ejaculation.
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keep the wolf from the door »
To ward off poverty or hunger.
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knock up »
In the morning as by knocking at the door; rouse; call; summon; also, to go door-to-door on election day to persuade a candidate's supporters to go to the polling station and vote. See also knocker up.
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knocking on heaven's door »
Dying, close to death.
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lock up »
To close all doors and windows of a place securely.
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out of sight »
The notice was out of sight behind the door.
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out the door »
The exact image, a lookalike.
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out the door »
Exact, correct.
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shotgun shack »
A house with no internal barrier between the front and back doors.
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show somebody the door »
To dismiss or reject; to exclude someone who was formerly included.
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show somebody the door »
To escort someone to the exit of the premises; to expel someone from a room, gathering, etc.
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sneck posset »
A cold reception, closing the door on a visitor.
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