a bit much »
More than is reasonable.
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add up »
To make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.
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all the rage »
Very fashionable and popular, like a craze.
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at bay »
Cornered; unable to flee.
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at bay »
Unable to come closer; at a distance.
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at loggerheads »
Unable to agree; opposing.
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autem dipper »
Anabaptist.
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brain fart »
A lapse in the thought process; an inability to think or remember something clearly.
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dead as a dodo »
Undoubtedly and unquestionably dead.
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dead as a doorknob »
Entirely, unquestionably or certainly dead.
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dead as a doornail »
Unquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.
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dirty laundry »
Unflattering facts or questionable activities that one wants to remain secret, but which some other may use to blackmail with.
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don't shit where you eat »
(idiomatic, vulgar) One should not cause trouble in a place, group, or situation in which one regularly finds oneself.1998 April 14, Nelson Navarro, "Ever faithful, ever true," Manila Standard (Philippines) (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):The guiding principle is Don't shit where you eat. Office romances are always destructive of morale and objectivity.2003 Oct. 8, Jonathan Valania, "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Pussy," Philadelphia Weekly (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Limbaugh was scheduled to deliver the keynote speech at the NAB convention in, of all places, Philadelphia, thus violating the cardinal law of the animal kingdom: Don't shit where you eat.2006 Sept. 19, Michael Musto, "NY Mirror," Village Voice (retrieved 12 Aug. 2011):Mitchell refused to indulge in on-set romances with either gender. "You don't shit where you eat," he told me, plainly.
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draw a blank »
To be unable to produce a required piece of information.
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execution style »
Resembling an execution; with the victim aware, but unable to defend himself or resist.
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