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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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bow outTo resign, or leave, with one's credibility still intact.Rate it:

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bow and scrapeTo behave in a servile, obsequious, or excessively polite manner.Rate it:

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take a bowTo accept applause at the end of a performance in a theatre. Often this includes actually bowing to the audience.Rate it:

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another string to one's bowAnother skill, ability or resource when one fails.Rate it:

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bow and scrapeTo make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back (thus scraping the floor), left hand pressed across the abdomen, right arm held aside.Rate it:

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bow and scrapeA deep formal bow with right leg drawn back touching the ground.Rate it:

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

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bow toTo adhere to a tradition or more.Rate it:

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go to the bow-wowsTo go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.Rate it:

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make one's bowTo debut.Rate it:

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make one's bowTo bow.Rate it:

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shot across the bowA warning that negative consequences will be faced if something is carried out or allowed to continue.Rate it:

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string to one's bowA lover, paramour or suitor.Rate it:

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string to one's bowA skill, ability or resource.Rate it:

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brass neckGall, shamelessness, cheek.Rate it:

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brass ringOne and one half inch diameter iron rings were offered riders on a Carousel by a dispensing device alongside: A Brass Ring was inserted into the dispenser at random. The Carousel Rider who succeeded in snatching the Brass Ring was rewarded A Free Ride upon return to the Operator of the Brass Ring:Rate it:

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brass ringFiguratively, a prize or goal. Often used with respect to employment goals e.g. promotion, better job, etc.Rate it:

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cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkeyExtremely cold.Rate it:

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bold as brassVery bold; very brave.Rate it:

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brass ceilingAn unwritten, uncodified barrier to promotion or progression for women in law enforcement or the military.Rate it:

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brass farthingSomething worthless or of small value.Rate it:

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brass monkeyAn Australian beer.Rate it:

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brass monkeySaid of the weather when it is very cold.Rate it:

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brass monkeyA cocktail of vodka, rum and orange juice, sometimes with the addition of galliano.Rate it:

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brass monkeyA kind of inexpensive liqueur.Rate it:

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brass monkeysVery cold.Rate it:

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brass neckA person with gall.Rate it:

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brass-neckTo behave boldly or shamelessly.Rate it:

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brass-neckedNervy; cheeky; shamelessRate it:

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brass-neckedNervy; cheeky; shameless.Rate it:

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Get Down to Brass TacksTo directly hit the basic aspects of the issue; start an extremely important taskRate it:

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get down to brass tacksDeal with the important details.Rate it:

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not worth a brass farthingWorth nothing or next to nothing.Rate it:

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pull the other one, it's got brass bells onAlternative form of pull the other one, it's got bells onRate it:

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top brassA group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization.Rate it:

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where there's muck there's brass(UK, Irish) There is money to be made in unpleasant dirty jobs.Rate it:

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's all goodShortened version of "It's all good." No problem; that’s fine; you’re welcome.Rate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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a hornet's nest .An unpleasent situation Raising controversy A troublesome situation.Rate it:

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bring (one's) a-gamerefers to bringing maximum effort, focus and undeniable commitment; an encouragement to do your best with no excuses; giving it your allRate it:

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