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bright shiny objectUsed other than as an idiom: see bright, shiny, object.Rate it:

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object lessonAn example that typifies a principle.Rate it:

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object lessonAnything used an example or lesson which serves to warn others as to the outcomes that result from a particular action or behavior, as exemplified by the fates of those who followed that course.Rate it:

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object lessonA lesson taught using a familiar or unusual object as a focus.Rate it:

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object lessonA punishment intended as a deterrent to others.Rate it:

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bright shiny objectAn item that attracts a great deal of attention because of its superficial characteristics.Rate it:

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fish glassViewing device with glass at one end for surface-viewing of fish underwater.Rate it:

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heart of glassA very fragile romantic state.Rate it:

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people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesDo not criticize others if you have weaknesses yourself.Rate it:

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People Who Live in the Glass House Shouldn't Throw StonesYou should not point fingers at other and first look at yourselfRate it:

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under glassIn a greenhouse, a cold frame, or a similar structure; said of the propagation and growth of plants.Rate it:

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falling glassThe wall-hung mercury barometer utilized in the days of sail presented approximately thirty inches of height level of the mercury in it's glass tube in fair weather. When a vessel sailed into a barometric Low Pressure region, the mercury level became lower and tended to indicate the presence of oncoming thunderstorms, gales, or a possible hurricane.Rate it:

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under glassIn a glass case, like an item in a museum.Rate it:

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glass-half-fulloptimisticRate it:

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looking glassmirrorRate it:

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"a glass of water quenches your thirst, a whole sea drowns you."GlassRate it:

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glass ceilingAn unwritten, uncodified barrier to further promotion or progression, in employment and elsewhere, for a member of a specific demographic group.Rate it:

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glass-half-emptypessimisticRate it:

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under glassIn jail.Rate it:

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“failure is bringing the wine and forgetting the glass, depression is forgetting the corkscrew."Wine Rate it:

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bat awayTo knock an object, usually a ball.Rate it:

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debris fieldAny area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.Rate it:

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fair gameAn goal or object that may legitimately be sought.Rate it:

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fishtailThe tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.Rate it:

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go in offTo pot the cue ball accidentally after hitting the object ball.Rate it:

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sight unseenNot having seen the object beforehand.Rate it:

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state of disrepairSomething in need of repair. Typically referring to a mechanical object or system (like a car or home) that has broken down or doesn't work anymore.Rate it:

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total clearanceThe potting of all the object balls on the table.Rate it:

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half a loaf is better than nonePossession or attainment of a partial object, achievement, result, etc is preferable to having no object, achievement, or result at all.Rate it:

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hot potatoA child's game in which players pass a ball or other item between them, with the object of avoiding being left holding the item when time expires.Rate it:

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look offTo mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.Rate it:

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bung upTo close an opening with a cork, cork like object or other improvised obstruction.Rate it:

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apple of somebody's eyeA favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.Rate it:

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conversation pieceinteresting objectRate it:

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round offTo change the shape of an object to make it more circular.Rate it:

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White ElephantA useless object, an expensive but useless possessionRate it:

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speak now or forever hold your peaceSay something now, if you want to object, or don't ever say anything about it; most commonly said at weddings before the person performing the ceremony pronounces the couple man and wife.Rate it:

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apple of someone's eyeA favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.Rate it:

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key offTo collide with ; or connect to an object with a degree of force and soundRate it:

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kick inTo kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.Rate it:

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on steroidsTo a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.Rate it:

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pour outTo serve a drink into a cup or glass.Rate it:

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Mexican breakfastA breakfast consisting of a cigarette and a glass of water, supposedly because that is all Mexicans can afford.Rate it:

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get intoTo reach into an object.Rate it:

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worm's-eye viewa view of an object from below, from the groundRate it:

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abstract ideaAn idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure.Rate it:

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acheter chat en pocheto purchase without seeing the object in question; to buy on trust; to be sold a pig in a pokeRate it:

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acts of violenceViolent or otherwise harmful acts, usually to a person, animal, or object.Rate it:

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ad id ipsumwith this very object.Rate it:

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ad id quod voluit pervenithe attained his object.Rate it:

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