above the law »
Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
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all that jazz »
Everything else related to something; other similar things.
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back-to-back »
With one's back facing somebody else's back.
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bar none »
Without exception; excluding nothing else of the same kind.
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beat somebody to the punch »
To do something before somebody else is able to.
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buy time »
Purposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else.
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change hands »
To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.
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darken somebody's doorstep »
To enter somebody else's home uninvited.
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do the math »
You can do the calculation yourself, with the implication that you don't have to trust someone else's assertions.
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don't be penny wise and pound foolish »
Don't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.
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fancypants »
Alternative spelling of fancy pants. The condition of being overly showy; concerned more about one's reputation than anything else.
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field day »
A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.
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first of all »
Firstly; before anything else.
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fly in the ointment »
Something which ruins or spoils everything else; a nuisance or problem; an unpleasant or disagreeable detail.
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gang up on »
To join together in a gang in order to overpower someone else.
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