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abstract nonsense »    Details which involve diagram chasing.

all kidding aside »    Used to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.

all one's eggs in one basket »    Investing heavily in just one area.

all the tea in China »    Something priceless or invaluable.

ask for »    To increase the likelihood of something by persisting in some action; to invite.

ask in »    To invite someone to enter one's house.

ask out »    To invite somebody, especially on a date.

ask round »    To invite someone to your house.

asphalt jungle »    A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe.

back-of-the-envelope »    Approximate, rough, simplified.

balancing act »    A performance that involves balancing things precariously and suspensefully.

barge in »    To intrude; to enter or interrupt suddenly and without invitation.

barrow man »    A man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.

better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all »    Having experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.

black sheep »    A nonconformist; an unusual or unconventional person.

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