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don't just stand there like dying calf in a hailstorm.My mom said this to me sometimes when I had misbehaved if I just stood there during the scolding.Rate it:

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kill the fatted calfTo begin a festive celebration and rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return.Rate it:

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he looked like a dying calf in a hail storm.When someone looks ill.Rate it:

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dying calf in a snowstormA lovestruck man looking at the one he adores from a far.Rate it:

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sounded like a dying calf in a hail storm.Terrible singing voiceRate it:

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bum's rushForcible ejection from an establishment, as of a bum (hobo).Rate it:

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bum aroundTo wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.Rate it:

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Bim, BEM, BumRetro art composition; composition stereotypical for the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.Rate it:

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bum chumA male’s homosexual partner..Rate it:

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bum outTo cause a person to be depressed or disappointed.Rate it:

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bum rapA false accusation, or an injustice, especially one that leads to imprisonment.Rate it:

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bum rapAn undeservedly unfavorable portrayal or reputation.Rate it:

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bum rushStorming into an establishment.Rate it:

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bum steerBad advice, regardless of intention.Rate it:

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corporate welfare bumA business corporation or business executive receiving significant financial assistance from government sources.Rate it:

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kick offTo force the weaning of a bovine cow's calf by restricting the calf's access to its mother's udders. Used figuratively or literally.Rate it:

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freak outA positive experience with LSD or other psychedelic drug; bummer, bum trip.Rate it:

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knock some sense into his headDepression Expression: During the Depression, there was little empathy for the unemployed. Pundits identified the loafer, the hobo, the bum, the specified lazy-boy, the uninspired, those lacking ambition as needing a wakeup Call.Rate it:

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pedal pusherscalf-length trousersRate it:

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straight out of the chuteSomething 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.Rate it:

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