all wet »
Utterly incorrect; erroneous; uninformed.
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and how »
Used to strongly confirm preceding utterance.
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and then some »
Used to confirm preceding utterance, while implying that what was said or asked is an understatement.
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big fat »
Complete, utter, total.
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bite one's tongue »
To forcibly prevent oneself from uttering a word.
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bread and butter »
Bread spread with butter.
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bread and butter »
That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone.
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butter fingers »
A clumsy person who always drops things, a klutz.
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butter up »
To flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.
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butterfly upon a wheel »
An innocent person crushed by life's adversities.
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clutter up »
To fill with rubbish.
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cookie-cutter »
A solution to a problem that can be applied in many situations without modification.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to cookie cutters.
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cookie-cutter »
Of or pertaining to identical looking things.
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crash and burn »
To fail utterly.
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darn tootin' »
Absolute, utter, complete, very.
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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators »
(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.
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fine words butter no parsnips »
Talking about doing something does not get it done.
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flutter in the dovecote »
A disturbance, usually one caused within a prescribed group of people.
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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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good and »
Very; exceptionally; utterly.
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have butterflies in one's stomach »
To be nervous, uncertain, or anxious.
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last word »
The final statement uttered by a person before death.
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mess up »
To discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.
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miss the point »
To fail to grasp the meaning of an utterance.
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not a pretty sight »
Something visually unappealing, ranging from mildly unattractive to utterly disgusting in appearance.
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out-and-out »
Complete, utter.
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put the cat among the pigeons »
If you set the cat among the pigeons, you will cause a flutter in the dovecote.
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stone dead »
Utterly dead.
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stone deaf »
Utterly deaf.
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watch one's mouth »
In the imperative form, used as a warning to avoid or stop using inappropriate language, especially profanity, or disrespectful utterances.
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