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feast or famine »    A situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.

feed a cold, starve a fever »    Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.

have a bun in the oven »    To be pregnant; to be expecting a baby.

head scratcher »    December 2007, W:Daily News Tribune - Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher.

hot cross buns »    good friday cakes

mess up »    To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

nugget of truth »    January 2008, Chicago Tribune - Clinton's Hispanic edge over Obama.

piffy on a rock bun »    A person ignored or sidelined from an activity.

thanks a bunch »    A mildly sarcastic thank you.

thanks a bunch »    An unsarcastic thank you.

throw cold water on »    To belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.

wrap up »    To wear more clothes as protection from the weather; to bundle up.

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