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bend the kneeto submit to another's authorityRate it:

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knee high to a grasshopperShort; especially relating to when the subject was a small child.Rate it:

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his knee was really hurt, but it's starting to get lined out now.He had a bad injury to his knee and it’s starting to heel now. The problem is getting “straightened up” now.Rate it:

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knee highVery small; to the height of one's knees.Rate it:

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knee slapperA joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.Rate it:

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knee-deep in the Big MuddyStuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership.Rate it:

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knee-high to a grasshoppershort; especially relating to when the subject was a small childRate it:

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Knee-High to a GrasshopperToo short and youngRate it:

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suffering housemaid's kneeQuaint expression of earlier days relative to female servants performing chores of scrubbing floor on hands and knees.Rate it:

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bend somebody's earSorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.Rate it:

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bend the truthTo change or leave out certain facts of a story or situation, generally in order to elicit a specific response in the audience.Rate it:

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bend over backwardsTo make a great effort; to take extraordinary care; to go to great lengths.Rate it:

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above one's bendOut of one's control or power.Rate it:

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around the bendCrazy, insane.Rate it:

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bend downTo bend one's legs while upright to get to a lower position.Rate it:

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bend one's elbowTo drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar.Rate it:

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bend overTo bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.Rate it:

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bend over backwardsTo go all out for someone who fails to show appreciation.Rate it:

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bend somebody's earTo bore; to talk too long.Rate it:

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bend someone's earTo bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.Rate it:

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round the bendCrazy, mad or insane.Rate it:

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bar sinisterA bend sinister or baton sinister in a coat of arms.Rate it:

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BOHICAAcronym of bend over, here it comes again. Used colloquially to indicate that an adverse situation is about to repeat itself, and that acquiescence is the wisest or only course of action.Rate it:

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bow downto bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deferenceRate it:

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ding upto dent, bend, or injureRate it:

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double overTo bend over at the waist.Rate it:

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not invented hereInvented outside one's own company (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).Rate it:

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starched as an ironing boardMeans you're stiff unable to bend/flex properlyRate it:

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turn awayTo bend or turn from a fixed course.Rate it:

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