brass monkey »
Said of the weather when it is very cold.
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brass monkeys »
Very cold.
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built like a tank »
Broad shouldered and of solid, muscular build.
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business end »
The part of a tool or other similar item, that is physically used for its operation, rather than the part which is held.
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bust ass cold »
Extremely cold.
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catch a cold »
To become infected with cold.
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change hands »
To become the property of someone else; to be bought or sold.
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colt over the fence »
An illegitimate child.
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cutting edge »
The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.
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dress down »
To scold.
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feed a cold, starve a fever »
Eating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.
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fortune favors the brave »
Alternative form of fortune favors the bold.
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fortune favours the bold »
Alternative form of fortune favors the bold.
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fortune favours the brave »
Alternative form of fortune favors the bold.
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give in »
To relent or yield.
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gold standard »
A monetary system where the value of circulating money is linked to the value of gold.
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grace period »
A length of time during which rules or penalties do not take effect or are withheld.
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knee high to a grasshopper »
Short; especially relating to when the subject was a small child.
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lapsed academic »
A person formerly employed as a professor or researcher in a university or other institution of higher education, especially one who no longer attempts to remain current in his or her former academic field.
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little pitcher »
A child.
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long in the tooth »
Old.
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look-in »
A quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.
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meat market »
A market where meat is sold.
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off the chain »
Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.
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on the anvil »
Refers to anything in the making, being created, or in production, especially in the metalworking field.
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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny »
(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.
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pan out »
By swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold.
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pea patch »
A baseball field.
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poster boy »
See poster child.
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poster girl »
See poster child.
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put together »
To assemble, construct, or build.
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see red »
To receive a red card, and be dismissed from the playing field.
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sell »
To be sold.
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suck hind tit »
To be the youngest or most neglected child.
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take the field »
To go out onto the playing field.
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tell all »
To reveal everything, particularly information that is normally withheld.
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than a bygod »
Used with a comparative to express extreme heat or cold.
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the map is not the territory »
Our models of the world, and our sensations of the world, are not the true world.
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the world over »
All over the world; globally; throughout the world.
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up to eleven »
Beyond the maximum possible threshold.
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