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enchilada
All of something or a group of related things taken in totality.
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shebang
A building or house and everything in it.
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shebang
Everything; the entire thing.
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on the
whole
For the most part; apart from some insignificant details.
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the
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nine yards
All the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly.
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go the
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hog
To do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.
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out of
whole
cloth
Fabricated, fictitious.
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the
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nine yards
And everything. Often used, like etc., to finish out a list.
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the
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shooting match
Everything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.
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the
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world and his dog
Everybody; too many people; a huge crowd.
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anticonstituellement
in french, this word is the biggest word in the
whole
history of french... it means: I Constantly think you are bugging me, back off or you will regret it.
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round up
To the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a
whole
number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
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round down
To the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a
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number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
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at large
In general; as a
whole
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bend somebody's ear
Sorry to bend your ear with the
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story, but I think you ought to know.
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break off
To remove a piece from a
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by breaking or snapping.
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debris field
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a
whole
entity into components, pieces, or other non-
whole
items.
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economical with the truth
Not telling the
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truth, especially in order to present a false image of a situation; untruthful; lying. Often used with sarcasm or satire.
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first things first
Deal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the
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species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the polls
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full whack
The
whole
amount.
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kit and caboodle
Everything entirely, the
whole
lot.
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lion
A large cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a
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, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the
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affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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