all over the board »
Showing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.
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all over with »
Completely finished; over.
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all things being equal »
Without considering or being affected by external factors.
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all told »
With everything included, counted or summed.
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all well and good »
Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.
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an axe to grind »
A grievance, with implications of confrontation.
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an offer one can't refuse »
An offer from one side in any transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
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an offer one can't refuse »
An offer from one side in any transaction with the results of failing to accept so unattractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept.
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angle for farthings »
To beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
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apple does not fall far from the tree »
A child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient
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ark ruffian »
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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arm to the teeth »
To equip thoroughly with weapons.
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arm's length »
Barely within reach.
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as far as »
With respect to; as relates to.
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as for »
with reference to
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