all talk and no action »
Speaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing little
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at work »
Working, in the process of doing work.
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bang about »
To make a lot of percussive noise while doing an activity.
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bang around »
To make a lot of percussive noise while doing an activity.
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bang up »
He’s doing a bang up good job..
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bite off more than one can chew »
To try to do too much; to take on or attempt more than one is capable of doing.
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black magic »
Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.
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bring off »
To succeed in doing something considered to be very difficult.
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call it a night »
To cease what one has been doing for the night.
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can it »
To silence; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.
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caught in the act »
To be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.
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cooking with gas »
Now doing something in an effective way.
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cry for help »
In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.
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draw stumps »
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
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fine words butter no parsnips »
Talking about doing something does not get it done.
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go down that road »
To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.
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go down the road »
A way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.
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hang out »
To spend time doing nothing in particular.
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hang out with »
To spend time with friends, doing nothing in particular.
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hoist by one's own petard »
To be hurt, or destroyed by one's own plot or device, of one's own doing which one intended for another; to be "blown up by one's own bomb".
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hum and haw »
Procrastinate and take a long time before doing something or taking a decision.
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in the act »
In the process of doing something; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.
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in the clear »
Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing.
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jack in »
To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.
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jack it in »
An imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying.
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kick up the arse »
A severe reprimand, especially one to motivate someone into doing something.
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knock it off »
Stop doing something; desist.
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lone gunman »
An individual person who acts on his or her own initiative, without partners, especially one who has sole responsibility for doing something questionable, confidential, or iniquitous.
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love nest »
A room, especially a bedroom or boudoir, used for sexual intercourse.
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make a point »
To take care in doing something of something; to pay attention or ensure that something is done.
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nobody's perfect »
Used when someone's mistakes or flaws are acknowledged, to remind that everyone else makes mistakes and has flaws1995, New York Magazine Vol. 28, No. 5, 30 January 1995, The de-moralization of society (Book Review)Hypocrisy, particularly in sexual matters, is excused on the grounds that hey, nobody's perfect, and at least folks back then felt bad enough to lie.2000, Madonna, Nobody's PerfectI feel so sad. What I did wasn't right. I feel so bad and I must say to you: Sorry, but nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect. What did you expect? I'm doing my best
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one-upmanship »
A succession of instances of outdoing a competitor.
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one-upmanship »
The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor.
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out on one's ear »
Fired, dismissed or thrown out, especially for some wrongdoing or otherwise with disgrace.
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potter about »
To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
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potter around »
To potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.
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pull up stumps »
To cease doing something, at least for the day.
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red face test »
A hypothetical test of a person's embarrassment, that is either passed or failed. Saying one passes the red face test means one would not blush and thus would not be embarrassed by disclosing something to others or doing something, and saying one fails the red face test means a situation would cause them discernible embarrassment.
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red-handed »
In the act of wrongdoing.
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run about »
To be very busy doing many different things.
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run around »
To be very busy doing many different things.
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run around after »
To spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.
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some people »
Expresses disgust at the actions of a person; a response to a person doing something silly, bizarre, nonsensical or ill-mannered.
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straighten out »
To correct; to stop doing something wrong.
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take away »
To prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.
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there you go »
You have done it, or are doing it, correctly.
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throw shapes »
To act tough or put up a front. For example, to threaten a person by making "karate chops" at them, without actually doing harm or knowing karate.
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trick of the trade »
A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.
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until hell freezes over »
Forever; One will never in their life get the results that they want, no matter what they're doing involving the situation.
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up to »
Doing; involved in.
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up to something »
Doing something mischievous or scheming.
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wade in »
To interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.
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what's up »
What are you doing?.
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will on »
To wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.
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