all the way to Egery and back »
The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.
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around Robin Hood's barn »
The long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route.
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beddable »
Sexually attractive.
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beddable »
[...] feminine, great body great legs great taste, trained and beddable, Jesus, how beddable.
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break up »
Of a telephone conversation, to cease to be understandable because of a bad connection.
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calling card »
A prepaid card or credit card, usually electronically readable, used to pay the charges when making a telephone call.
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Cannon fodder »
Military personnel who are regarded as expendable when attacking the enemy.
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cash cow »
Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money; a moneymaker.
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good old boy »
A male friend or chum, especially a schoolmate; a man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a decent, dependable fellow.
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ox is in the ditch »
This is a big problem; there is unavoidable or demanding work ahead.
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put across »
To explain or state something clearly and understandably.
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shrinking violet »
A very shy person, who avoids contact with others if avoidable.
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swings and roundabouts »
Offsetting gains and losses.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick »
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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weak sister »
A person or thing which is the least robust or least dependable member of a group.
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