straight out of the chute »
Something 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.
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sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof »
No need to worry about the future; the present provides enough to worry about.
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swim with sharks »
To operate among dangerous people.
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swings and roundabouts »
Offsetting gains and losses.
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sword and sandal »
Of or pertaining to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times.
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take a shot in the dark »
To try on something without having any knowledge about the subject.
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take its toll »
To affect, especially negatively; to damage or degrade; to cause destruction.
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take sides »
To ally oneself with a given opinion, agenda or group; to support one side or viewpoint in a competition or confrontation.
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take something in one's stride »
Not to allow oneself to be set back, daunted, upset or embarrassed by unpleasant or undesirable circumstances.
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take the piss »
Everyone takes the piss out of the bankers these days.
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take to »
To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
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talk like an apothecary »
To use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.
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talking head »
A pundit who discusses issues of the day, especially one on TV.
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tear up »
To damage.
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that'll be the day »
Said in reply to something that one believes will never happen.
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