buried treasure »
Treasure stashed underground or underwater.
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debris field »
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
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great unwashed »
A contemptuous term for the populace, particularly the working class.
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haul his ashes »
A euphemism for sexual intercourse.
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make an example of »
He made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.
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off the chain »
Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.
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party crasher »
Someone who attempts and often gains entry to a party or club to which they were not invited, often using social engineering techniques. The party crasher usually tries to blend into the party so as not to be kicked out.
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rise from the ashes »
To make a comeback after a long hiatus. To come back into common use or practice. To come back into popularity. To come back to being a thing of today.
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straight out of the chute »
Something done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.
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take the piss »
Are you takin' the piss? You'll get yer 'ead bashed in.
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unwashed masses »
Of people who are considered by someone to be somehow uneducated, uninformed, godless, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.
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washed out »
Of clothes. When they lose some of their original colour from being washed so often.
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washed out »
To be very tired and lacking energy.
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washed up »
Finished; having no future in a particular role.
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