a watched kettle never boils »
Alternative form of a watched pot never boils.
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a watched pot never boils »
A process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.
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all hell breaks loose »
Vi A place or state of fury, turmoil, destruction, or chaos.
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barrel »
The quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.
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boil down »
As an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.
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boil down to »
to be equivalent to; to reduce to.
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brown power »
The production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.
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bugger up »
To break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc.
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burn the midnight oil »
To work studiously, especially late into the night.
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cheese down »
To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.
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dirty laundry »
A clothes hamper or other container used to place unclean or soiled laundry.
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dirty laundry »
Laundry that is unclean or soiled.
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fly in the ointment »
Something which ruins or spoils everything else; a nuisance or problem; an unpleasant or disagreeable detail.
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fork over »
To turn over soil with a gardening fork.
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go down the toilet »
To fail.
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