across the pond »
On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
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ahead of the game »
Having completed a task before it is due; ready, prepared, or anticipating.
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arm candy »
An attractive, seemingly romantic companion who accompanies a person in public simply so that one or both of the individuals can gain attention, enhance social status, or create an impression of sexual appeal.
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ass over teakettle »
Frantically.
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at the ready »
Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.
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badge bunny »
A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.
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bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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be all ears »
To listen carefully or eagerly; to anticipate.
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be in for »
To be able to expect or anticipate; to be about to suffer, generally said of something unpleasant.
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blind date »
A romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.
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box the compass »
To know, and be able to recite the 32 points and quarter points of the magnetic compass from North, both clockwise and anticlockwise.
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can't wait »
To eagerly anticipate; to find it unbearable to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.
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chase after »
To pursue someone with romantic intentions; to woo.
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chat up »
In a friendly, open, or casual manner, sometimes also in a charming or affected manner, usually to curry favor, and sometimes flirtatiously with the intention of establishing a romantic or sexual encounter or relationship with that person.
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che sera sera »
Used to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.
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