plead the fifth »
To refuse to answer a question, or refuse to speak, especially when the response would reflect badly on the speaker.
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pull the other leg »
In imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.
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queer one's pitch »
To make a task more difficult for the speaker.
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see you later »
A phrase used at parting, and not necessarily implying that the person being addressed will be seen later by the speaker.
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the nose knows »
Despite the addressee's belief that the speaker was unaware of something, the speaker, in fact, was already aware.
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there you have it »
Used to introduce a speaker's interpretation of what has just transpired or been described.
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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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unwashed masses »
Of people who are considered by someone to be somehow uneducated, uninformed, godless, or in some other way unqualified for inclusion in the speaker's elite circles.
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