play to the gallery »
To appeal to the least sophisticated parts of an audience in order to obtain maximum approval.
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rip off »
To copy, especially illegally.
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scrimp and save »
To scrimp greatly; to economize; to live very frugally, particularly when saving for something.
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sell-by date »
The final date on which a perishable product can be legally sold to the public.
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slippery as an eel »
So crafty, or cunning that they cannot be caught by the police, although it is known that they are acting illegally.
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talk like an apothecary »
To use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.
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wouldn't shout if a shark bit him »
Frugal, miserly.
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| BTW, Why won't you become an editor? |
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