a day late and a dollar short »
Action that was taken too late and too feeble to be of any use.
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against the collar »
In a tight spot.
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almighty dollar »
The dollar, satirically characterized as a being a god.
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bet dollars to donuts »
To suggest that something is very likely to be true or that one has a strong hunch about something.
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break the buck »
Fall below the value of one dollar per share.[1].
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button-down »
Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.
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cave in »
The act of something collapsing or caving in.
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close in on »
To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.
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debris field »
Any 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.
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down the tubes »
Into a state of collapse or failure.
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fall down »
To collapse.
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fall in »
To collapse inwards.
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fear »
A strong, uncontrollable, unpleasant emotion caused by actual or perceived danger or threat.
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flipside »
A necessary consequence or corollary of something; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.
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give in »
To collapse or fall.
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