barrel of laughs »
That which is immature, embarrassing, or disgraceful.
|
black »
Illegitimate, illegal or disgraced.
|
bone dry »
Completely dry; without any trace of moisture.
|
brace of shakes »
A very short time.
|
brace of shakes »
The time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.
|
by the Grace of God »
By divine right.
|
by the Grace of God »
Used as part of the titles of royalty.
|
caucus race »
A political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected.
|
caucus race »
The competitive process in which a political party selects their candidate, esp. presidential; a primary election via caucus.
|
crying shame »
A situation that is considered to be a disgrace, or deplorable.
|
dead heat »
A close race or contest in which no winner is apparent.
|
deathblow »
A strike or blow that leads to death, especially a coup de grace.
|
double back »
To retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.
|
double Dutch »
Sex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.
|
get one's marching orders »
To be dismissed disgracefully.
|
grace period »
A length of time during which rules or penalties do not take effect or are withheld.
|
have a way with »
To be skilled, adept, or graceful in something.
|
head start »
For example, prior to the beginning of a race.
|
hide nor hair »
A trace, indication, or evidence, especially of a person.
|
jump the gun »
To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
|
lose face »
To lose the respect of others, to be humiliated or experience public disgrace.
|
neck and neck »
Very close in progress, as in a race or contest.
|
non-starter »
Someone or something who was listed to start in a race, but did not start in the race.
|
on the pill »
Using oral contraceptives.
|
once you go black, you never go back »
An expression assuming that once a person of another race gets in a sexual relationship with a black person they won't return to their own race.
|
out on one's ear »
Fired, dismissed or thrown out, especially for some wrongdoing or otherwise with disgrace.
|
pissin like a race horse »
To urinate profusely.
|
play the race card »
Donald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places p.94.
|
play the race card »
Mark Fuhrman, Murder in Brentwood p.153.
|
play the race card »
To assert that race or racism is responsible for a course of events, especially when race is not of particular significance to the issue in question; to attempt to inspire a particular reaction by raising the issue of race.
|
proverbs come in pairs »
Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.
|
rat race »
An activity or situation which is congested with participants and which is hectic or tedious, especially in the context of a busy, modern urban lifestyle.
|
rebrousser chemin »
To retrace one's steps, to turn back.
|
run for the roses »
Nickname for the Kentucky Derby horse race.
|
say grace »
To recite a prayer of invocation or thanksgiving at meal time.
|
smooth operator »
A person who accomplishes tasks with efficiency and grace, especially one with verbal skills who is persuasive in interpersonal relationships, negotiation, etc.
|
splice the mainbrace »
To have a drink.
|
there but for the grace of God go I »
A recognition that others' misfortune could be one's own, if it weren't for the blessing/kindness/luck bestowed by fate or the Divine.Man's fate is in God's hands.More generally, our fate is not entirely in our own hands.
|
turn back »
To reverse one's direction and retrace one's steps.
|
| New: We also know Zip Codes FYI! |
[