a man is known by the company he keeps »
People are similar in character to their friends.
|
back-cloth star »
An actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to gain more attention to himself.
|
badge bunny »
A woman who is romantically attracted to police officers and who seeks out their companionship.
|
balum rancum »
A hop or dance, where the women are all prostitutes. N. B. The company dance in their birthday suits.
|
bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
|
boss about »
To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
|
boss around »
To act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.
|
bottoming the house »
The process by where someone cleans their house 'from top to bottom'. It is a very thorough clean indeed, even more so than 'spring cleaning'.
|
bowl out »
And thus end their innings.
|
boys and their toys »
Used to evoke the idea that adult men sometimes dote excessively on machines, automobiles, and gadgets in a childish manner.
|
bring down »
To make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.
|
caucus race »
The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, esp. presidential; a primary election via caucus.
|
chip off the old block »
Someone who takes after their parent.
|
close down »
To surround someone, as to impede their movement.
|
company »
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
|
| Like Phrases.net? Why won't you tell a friend about us? |
