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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at a glance »
Upon cursory examination; an abbreviated review.
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beef to the hoof »
Fat, chubby, particularly with fat legs.
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blow away »
Flabbergast; scintillate; impress greatly.
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blow someone's mind »
To astonish someone, to flabbergast someone.
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bowl over »
To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast.
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burn rubber »
To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
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burst someone's bubble »
To disillusion; to disabuse someone of a false notion or rationalization that has grown comfortable.
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clutter up »
To fill with rubbish.
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cradle robber »
A person who marries or becomes romantically involved with someone who is much younger or who employs or otherwise engages a young person for a purpose inappropriate for his or her age.
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cry for help »
In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.
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daylight robbery »
An exorbitant charge for a product or service.
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double talk »
Speaking in a mixture of real English and English-sounding gibberish, for humorous effect.
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due course »
A. 1803, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey.
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elbow grease »
Effort or hard work, especially physical work involving repeated motion of the forearm, such as scrubbing.
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