We've found 5 phrases for chest (0.1 seconds):
built like a brick shithouse »
Of a person, with an exceptionally well-developed chest.
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flat-chested »
Having a flat chest; having small breasts.
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keep one's cards close to one's chest »
To avoid revealing one's thoughts, circumstances, or plans.
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put hair on somebody's chest »
To make a person stronger or more masculine.
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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves »
If you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999,
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