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burn the midnight oilTo work studiously, especially late into the night.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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field dayA great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.Rate it:

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pour oil on troubled watersTo calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.Rate it:

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snake oilSnake oil is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.Rate it:

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snake oilA fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.Rate it:

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snake oilAny product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.Rate it:

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crude oilunrefined petroleumRate it:

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home field advantageUsually in sports, the heightened performance enjoyed by the team playing on its own familiar field in front of its home crowd.Rate it:

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oil upto lubricate with oil, to cover or smear with oilRate it:

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center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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center fieldA central role in some activity that requires speed.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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add oilTo make extra effort.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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center fieldThe defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast.Rate it:

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Field DayA day full of excitement, to have an opportunity to enjoy you a great dealRate it:

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field dayTop-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.Rate it:

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field dayA day of class taken away from school for a field trip.Rate it:

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field dayA school day for athletic events; a sports day.Rate it:

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field dayA parade day.Rate it:

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field dayA great time or a great deal to do.Rate it:

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Lard-OilAn oil from pork-fat-'LARD' whose viscosity was regulated according to environment in which it was utilized. The oil used in Railroad Switchman's signal-lanterns.Rate it:

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laundry on the fieldPenalty flags thrown during a football game.Rate it:

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left fieldThe defensive position in the outfield to the left.Rate it:

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left fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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oil and waterTwo things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.Rate it:

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oil burnerA machine that uses oil as its fuel.Rate it:

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oil burnerA heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace.Rate it:

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oil burnerA device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil.Rate it:

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oil colourpaintingRate it:

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oil paintingworks of artRate it:

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oil trashAn uncultured, rowdy roughneck employed in the petroleum industry, especially a "white trash" person if used negatively.Rate it:

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play the fieldTo date more than one person at the same time.Rate it:

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play the fieldDate a number of eligible females.Rate it:

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Play the FieldTo have many lovers and dates without making a single genuine commitment with one particular personRate it:

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potter's fieldA public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried.Rate it:

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Pour Oil on Troubled WatersTo calm down the tense situation, to sooth someone in anger or tensionRate it:

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snake oilA type of 19th century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.Rate it:

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take the fieldTo go out onto the playing field.Rate it:

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the squeaky wheel gets the grease/oilThe most noticeable, or loudest person gets the most attention.Rate it:

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charm offensiveA campaign of deliberately using charm and flattery in order to achieve some goal, especially in a political or diplomatic field.Rate it:

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cutting edgeThe forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.Rate it:

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Eyes in the Back of Your HeadTo be able to imagine and feel what is happening behind or outside of one's field of visionRate it:

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FortnightOilA Specially Refined Lantern-oil for the Switchman's Signal Lanterns used on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 'Topped-Off' Lanterns generally required refilling after a 'fortnight' of duty time. (Conjecture)Rate it:

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see starsTo experience apparent flashing lights in one's field of vision, especially after receiving a blow to the head.Rate it:

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chip shotA relatively easy field goal, made from a short distance.Rate it:

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come outTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.Rate it:

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poudre de perlimpinpinsnake oilRate it:

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