bed down »
To lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.
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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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engine room »
A compartment on a ship in which the engine machinery is located.
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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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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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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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