according to »
According to him, every person was to be bought. - Thomas Babington Macaulay.
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bed down »
To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.
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behind the counter »
Of drugs, dispensed by a pharmacist without needing a doctor's prescription or other form of compliance.
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bolt bucket »
A machine, especially an automobile. Implies that the machine is clunky or unreliable.
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boys and their toys »
Used to evoke the idea that adult men sometimes dote excessively on machines, automobiles, and gadgets in a childish manner.
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bring up »
To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
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bucket of bolts »
A piece of machinery that is not worth more than its scrap value, often of old cars.
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by hand »
Manually; without the use of automation or machines.
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crank out »
To produce in large volumes mechanically or as if by machine.
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does Macy's tell Gimbel's »
(US, dated, colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question with the implied answer being that competitors do not share business secrets with one another.
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engine room »
A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
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gunboat diplomacy »
The pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power.
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have butterflies in one's stomach »
To be nervous, uncertain, or anxious.
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have eyes bigger than one's stomach »
To take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedy.
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holy mackerel »
An expression of surprise.
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in the works »
In a mechanism or machine.
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kick the bucket »
Of a machine, to break down such that it cannot be repaired.
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nice guy »
An adult male who seeks sexual attraction and romantic intimacy, but only finds cordial friendship and platonic love.
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oil burner »
A machine that uses oil as its fuel.
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on a full stomach »
Directly after eating, after a meal.
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put the cat among the pigeons »
Professor Stephen Hawking put the cat among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way. — The Times, 19 September 1994.
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real job »
A job that can't be replaced advantageously by a machine or a procedure.
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real Macoy »
The genuine thing, neither a substitute nor an imitation.
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run down »
To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
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sex machine »
Any machine that is used for sexual pleasure.
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sex machine »
Someone with considerable sexual prowess.
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skin and bones »
Said of one who is emaciated; very skinny, as from lack of nutrition.
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smack of »
To seem like; to appear or give an impression or feeling of; to arouse suspicion of.
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spare tyre »
A large stomach and rolls of fat around the waist.
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take up »
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
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the way to a man's heart is through his stomach »
Cooking for a man is a good way to win his affections.
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today we are all »
March 11, 2004: Denis MacShane, Guardian Unlimited.
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trigger-happy »
Inclined to behave recklessly, especially with machinery.
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two wrongs don't make a right »
(ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to another
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white goods »
fridges, washing machines, etc
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