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centre half
footballer
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half a dozen
six
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half a mind
A moderate inclination.
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half nelson
wrestling hold
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half-baked
Partially cooked by heating in an oven.
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other half
A spouse.
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not half bad
Pretty good; okay; decent.
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go off half-cocked
To take a premature or ill-considered action.
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hell and half of georgia
A very large region; everywhere.
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all over hell's half acre
All over the place; everywhere.
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well begun is half done
Much depends on the beginning of an endeavor.
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second banana
A comedian who plays a secondary or supporting role, especially as straight man and traditionally in vaudeville or burlesque theatre.
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second banana
A person who serves in a supporting, secondary, or subsidiary capacity; an assistant.
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second childhood
A childlike state in any adult, resulting from mental illness, trauma, or other conditions.
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second childhood
The period or state of cognitive decline of an elderly person, characterized by childlike judgment and behavior.
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second fiddle
A fiddle part in harmony to the first fiddle.
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second fiddle
A sidekick or subordinate, or the role of such a person.
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second fiddle
The person playing second fiddle.
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second hand
used
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second nature
A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.
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second sight
clairvoyance
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second string
In sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string.
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second string
Not as good; of a lower quality or condition.
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second-guess
Presumably from trying to guess with second sight.
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second-guess
Presumably from trying to improve with a second stab.
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have second thoughts
To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.
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on second thought
After reconsidering; on further consideration.
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play second fiddle
To play a subsidiary or subordinate role to someone or something else.
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two-second rule
A rule of thumb for safe driving by which a driver must maintain a two-second distance from the vehicle in front.
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six of one, half a dozen of the other
The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.
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bat around
When at least nine batters bat in a half inning.
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across the board
A racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.
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bottom of the ninth
In baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.
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bring it weak
To fail to accomplish an accomplishable task or to make an attempt at less than maximum effort; to "half-ass" or "fake the funk".
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cry for help
In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.
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cut a rug
To dance, especially in a vigorous manner and in one of the dance styles of the first half of the twentieth century.
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first loser
Second place.
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first loser
The second place finisher in auto racing competition.
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fork over
I forked over half the allotment this morning.
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go mad
Used to indicate that the second verb represents an action that is out of character.
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hot lunch
A sexual act in which a pouch of clingfilm or similar material filled with faeces is placed in one of the participants' mouth and subsequently penetrated by the second participant.
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nightcap
The second game of a doubleheader.
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one thousand
Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.
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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.
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rex-pat
A repeat expatriate, one who becomes ex-patriated a second time.
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runner up
second-placed competitor
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take a back seat
To be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.
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then again
From another point of view; on the other hand; on second thought.
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third string
A unit of players that plays behind the first and second strings; a junior varsity team.
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tomorrow is another day
Tomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket:Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,whether shall I flie?Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,while she passeth by.Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,remember, remember,to morrow is another day:1896, Amelia E. Barr, A Knight of the Nets, ch. 8:"Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch. 63:"Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."2005, Fran Schumer, "JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women," New York Times, 19 June (retrieved 18 Aug. 2009):"Half of me is depressed
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