a cold day in Hell »
An event that will never happen.
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against the collar »
In a tight spot.
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all nations »
A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.
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answer back »
To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.
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bawl out »
To deliver a loud, hard scolding or lecture; to reprimand.
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bill of goods »
A collection of items purchased or offered for sale.
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black »
Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and colourless.
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black-on-black »
A description of the colors of an automobile .
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blow hot and cold »
To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
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borganism »
An organization of autonomous organisms that exhibit collectivism: individual "units" that have merged to yield a unified construct. Such an amalgam may possess a collective consciousness, arguably an emergent phenomenon of social networking.
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brass monkey »
Said of the weather when it is very cold.
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brass monkeys »
Very cold.
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brown bread »
Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.
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bump into »
To collide with something.
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bust ass cold »
Extremely cold.
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