snake oil »
Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
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so far so good »
Up to this point, all is OK.Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good, now let's get to Minorca without any troubles.
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so-and-so »
Anything generic.
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soapbox »
A crate for packing soap, or, by extension, any inexpensive crude platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it, especially when used for speeches.
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socialized medicine »
An umbrella term for any system of government-run health care.
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sow one's wild oats »
To spread one's genes around by impregnating many females.
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spaghetti western »
Nickname for a motion picture produced by an Italian-based company and filmed in Europe, depicting a tale of cowboys and desperadoes set in the American Old West.
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spend a penny »
To use the toilet.
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squint like a bag of nails »
To squint very much, as though one's eyes were directed as many ways as the points of a bag of nails.
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stand off »
To prevent any would-be attacker from coming close by adopting an offensive posture.
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stand on one's own two feet »
To be independent. To survive without any help.
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stone cold »
Very cold; lacking any semblance of warmth.
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strip off »
To remove anything by stripping, e.g. items of clothing or paint from the side of a ship.
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success has many fathers, failure is an orphan »
Many will seek credit for success, few will accept responsibility for failure.
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tag along »
To accompany, join, or follow; to go with.
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