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spitting cotton or spittin' cottonVery thirsty. Used in the Southern USA.Rate it:

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cotton-pickingDescribes a person who tends to become involved in matters outside of his area of concern.Rate it:

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shittin in high cottonLiving well, often above one's meansRate it:

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cotton toTo like; approve of, accept, or tolerate.Rate it:

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bless someone's cotton socksUsed to express affection toward the named person.Rate it:

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cotton onTo realize; come to understand.Rate it:

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cotton on toTo come to know or understand.Rate it:

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cotton-pickingAn intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value.Rate it:

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cotton-pickingThe harvesting of cottonRate it:

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high cottonThe best of times; a time of well being.Rate it:

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out of one's cotton-picking mindSynonym of out of one's mind.Rate it:

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grist for the millSomething that is useful or that creates a favorable opportunity.Rate it:

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mill aroundTo move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.Rate it:

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water to one's millWhatever energizes or stimulates one.Rate it:

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go through the millTo experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.Rate it:

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grist to the millAlternative form of grist for the mill.Rate it:

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it's all grist to the millEverything referred to in the present context has some sort of use.1999, Simon Blackburn, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (Oxford University Press paperback, ISBN 0199690871), ch. 7 section 6: "KantRate it:

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mill aboutTo move or circulate in a confused or disorderly manner within a limited area.Rate it:

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pill millAn clandestine operation where a medical worker spuriously offers prescription medications to patients in exchange for bribes and not necessarily for any actual need.Rate it:

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rumor millA group or network of persons who originate or promulgate gossip and other unsubstantiated claims.Rate it:

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run-of-the-millOrdinary; not special.Rate it:

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through the millbadly treated, abusedRate it:

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trouble at millProblems outside the household, especially in the workplace.Rate it:

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water to my millWhat energizes you; what stimulates you.Rate it:

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any oldAny, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill.Rate it:

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faire venir l'eau au moulinTo bring grist to the mill.Rate it:

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nothing specialOrdinary, run-of-the-mill.Rate it:

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tomato juiceA food obtained from the unfermented liquid extracted from mature tomatoes of the red or reddish varieties of Lycopersicum esculentum P. Mill, strained free from peel, seeds, and other coarse or hard substances, containing finely divided insoluble solids from the flesh of the tomato.Rate it:

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