hit the road »
To begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.
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hold one's own »
To stand up to; to give a respectable performance; to provide worthy competition.
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hold your fire »
Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.
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home is where you hang your hat »
Rather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.1948, Ruth L. Yorck, "D.P.
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honorable mention »
An award or recognition given to something that does not make it to a higher standing but is worth mentioning in an honorable way.
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hot to trot »
Eager to begin; anxious to get going.
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how do I get to Carnegie Hall »
A set phrase, spoken as a rhetorical question, which is answered "Practice, practice, practice!" or sometimes with the humorous literal directions to Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th.
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if looks could kill »
A phrase said upon catching sight of someone's giving you a particularly nasty look of discontent or disapproval.
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in a state »
Agitated and anxious.
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in bed with »
Engaging in a close mutually beneficial relationship, especially secretly and illicitly.
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in for an inch, in for a mile »
Given that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully involved or fully committed.
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in light of »
Given, considering.
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in the first place »
To begin with; earlier; first; at the start.
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in vain »
In a disrespectful manner, especially when concerning religion.
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index finger »
digit
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