that's just me »
Indicates the expression of a personal opinion, but often used ironically as an understatement.
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the ball is in your court »
It is your turn to do something; often making a decision.
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the bends »
decompression sickness
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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get »
(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."
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the jig is up »
An expression used to mean "We have been caught out and have no defence", or if spoken to a person who's just been found out as the perpetrator of an offense, it means "You've been discovered.".
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third degree »
Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession.
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three-on-the-tree »
On an automobile, describing the gearshift lever of a steering column-mounted three-speed manual transmission.
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time out »
To call for a suspension of activity or conversation.
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tip of the hat »
A gesture of acknowledgement; often, an expression of gratitude.
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today we are all »
An expression indicating that the speaker empathizes with members of an identifiable group that was the subject of a disaster, and projects that others empathize as well.
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tone down »
To make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.
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toss-up »
A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.
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totus porcus »
Completely; unreservedly: swallowed the official version totus porcus.
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tough love »
The compassionate use of stringent disciplinary measures, to attempt to improve someone's behavior.
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trick of the trade »
A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.
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