all the rage »
Very fashionable and popular, like a craze.
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brick by brick »
To create or build something in a steady, step-by-step fashion.
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every cloud has a silver lining »
In every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,
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fashion plate »
A person who dresses in especially stylish fashions.
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fashion plate »
A picture, usually an advertisement, showing the latest fashion in clothing.
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hat in hand »
With humility; in an apologetic or self-effacing fashion.
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jet setting »
The actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.
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jet-setting »
The actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.
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jive turkey »
Someone who is jiving, as in behaving in a glib and disingenuous fashion.
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kill the rabbit »
To get a positive test result from an old-fashioned pregnancy test.
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no slave to fashion »
A person whose style of clothing and appearance are unconventional, informal, or slovenly; a person who takes little interest in how he or she is dressed.
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Old Fart »
An elderly person who holds views that are considered old-fashioned.
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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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screw the pooch »
To screw up; to fail in dramatic and ignominious fashion.
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sex up »
To enhance in terms of fashionable appeal.
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