blood is thicker than water »
Family relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.1866, Anthony Trollope, The Belton Estate, ch. 30,Blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?circa 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Scotch Twins, ch. 5,The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!
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blot out »
To make something undecipherable; to obliterate.
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blow a kiss »
To kiss one's hand, then blow on the hand in a direction towards the recipient.
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blow chunks »
To suffer from explosive diarrhea.
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blow someone out of the water »
To trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle.
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blow the whistle »
To disclose information to the public or to appropriate authorities concerning the illegal or socially harmful actions of a person or group, especially a corporation or government agency.
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blow the whistle »
To make a piercing sound which signals a referee's action or the end of a game.
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blue moon »
The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.
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blue moon »
The third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.
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blue note »
Notes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh.
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blue state »
A state of the United States voting Democratic in a given election, or tending to vote Democratic in general.
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board up »
To block doors or windows with boards, either to prevent access or as protection from storms, etc.
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boil down »
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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bolt bucket »
A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
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bomb around »
The drive around at speed for pleasure.
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