a nod is as good as a wink »
The hint, suggestion etc can be understood without further explaining.
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add insult to injury »
To further a loss with mockery or indignity.
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at that »
In addition to what has been said; furthermore; moreover.
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born on the Fourth of July »
Demonstratively patriotic.
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flutter in the dovecote »
I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.
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fourth estate »
Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the Press.
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fourth estate »
Which governed legislation.
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fourth wall »
The boundary between the fiction and the audience.
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fourth wall »
The imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.
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give 'em enough rope »
Allow one to function unhindered, or without further overbearing oversight.
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have it made »
To have accomplished all there is to do; to have no further work or difficulty; to have achieved a lifestyle characterized by good fortune and comfort.
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have the biscuit »
To be of no further use; to be near death.
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jump »
That is further forward.
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no comment »
An "official" refusal to relay any further information, as a response to a newspaper reporter's question.
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on second thought »
After reconsidering; on further consideration.
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