a drop in the bucket »
An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
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a little bird told me »
Of information which was gathered from a source not to be overtly exposed.
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a man's home is his castle »
(US) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down »
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.
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all holiday »
A saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to/.
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all over »
Done; finished; complete.
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all over but the shouting »
The substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering.
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all over grumble »
Inferior.
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all over grumble »
Unsatisfactory.
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all over hell's half acre »
All over the place; everywhere.
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all over the board »
Showing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.
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all over the map »
Widely scattered or distributed; numerous and differing greatly.
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all over the place »
Everywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.
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all over the place »
Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern.
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all over the shop »
Everywhere, scattered, disorganised.
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