a day late and a dollar short »
Action that was taken too late and too feeble to be of any use.
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all holiday »
A saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to/.
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be taken ill »
Due to sudden illness.
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be taken ill »
To become ill.
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bleep out »
To censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep.
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brace of shakes »
The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
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broken vessel »
A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken.
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broken-hearted »
Alternative spelling of brokenhearted. Feeling depressed, despondent, or hopeless, especially over losing a love.
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busy work »
Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.
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by the same token »
For a similar reason; in a similar manner; similarly; likewise; along the same lines.
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chicken feed »
A very small or insignificant quantity, especially of money.
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chicken feed »
Food given to poultry.
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chicken out »
To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
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chickens coming home to roost »
Consequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.
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choke the chicken »
To masturbate.
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