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fill outTo have one's physique expand with maturity or with surplus weight.Rate it:

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find it in one's heartTo feel compassionate, especially in order to forgive someoneRate it:

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find one's feetTo grow in confidence in a new situation as one gains experience.Rate it:

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find one's placeTo discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.Rate it:

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find one's placeTo locate where had most recently stopped reading, in order to resume reading.Rate it:

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find one's voiceTo become willing or able to talk or otherwise express one's opinions.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo learn, or attempt to learn, what kind of person one is and what one wants in life.Rate it:

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first loveThe first person to be the object of one's romantic affection.Rate it:

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first loveThe thing, place, or activity of which one is fondest; one's most fundamental interest or attachment.Rate it:

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first loveOne's first experience of the feeling of romantic love.Rate it:

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fish glassViewing device with glass at one end for surface-viewing of fish underwater.Rate it:

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fish killAn underwater anoxic event, especially one that causes a crash in fish populationsRate it:

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flail aboutTo wave one's arms about violently, rather like a flail.Rate it:

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flap one's gumsTo speak idly; to talk without effect.Rate it:

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flat-footedTo firmly hold and maintain a decision; to stand one's ground.Rate it:

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flavor explosionOne can experience a 'flavor explosion' upon imbibing a beverage you have hither-to not sampled. You anticipated myriad taste treats. Upon the first sip you wantonly begin your 'slake' in a cascade of foaming, bubbling, refreshing, exhilarating deluge of dashing delicacy, dancing from cheek to cheek, then explosively and divinely diving into the depths of your desert-dry throat channel!.Rate it:

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flea in one's earA stinging rebuke or rebuff.Rate it:

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fletum cohibere non posseto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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flick offTo masturbate by flicking her clitoris with one's finger or fingers.Rate it:

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flick offTo insult by showing them the back of one's fist with the middle finger extended.Rate it:

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flick overTo change from one state to another by flicking.Rate it:

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flip one's lidTo be explosively angry.Rate it:

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flip one's wigTo be very angry.Rate it:

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flip one's wigTo act in an irrational manner or appear to be temporarily insane.Rate it:

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flip your lidTo verbally lash-out, explode, emotionally blow-up, lose control of one's self.Rate it:

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flip-outOne flips-out in becoming hysterical, extremely illogical, unreasonable, disoriented, discontented, or uncontrollable.Rate it:

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flipsideA necessary consequence or corollary of something; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.Rate it:

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flummoxeda state of being where one is profusely confused; unable to fathom; perplexedRate it:

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flutter in the dovecoteA disturbance, usually one caused within a prescribed group of people.Rate it:

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fly by the seat of one's pantsConfronting a situation with intuition and common sense without experience or instructionRate it:

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fly lowto have one's fly (zipper) undone.Rate it:

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fly the flagTo support one's country enthusiasticallyRate it:

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fly the freak flagTo behave in a unconventional or unrestrained manner; to exhibit the uninhibited side of one's personality.Rate it:

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fold one's tentTo withdraw, especially in a discreet manner; to disengage; to quit.Rate it:

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food babyA protruding belly resulting from the consumption of a large quantity of food; the contents of one's digestive system causing the protrusion.Rate it:

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fool's errandA foolish undertaking, especially one that is purposeless, fruitless, nonsensical, or certain to fail.Rate it:

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fool's bargainA bad bargain; one that leaves the person accepting it worse off.Rate it:

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foot votingExpressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.Rate it:

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footloose and fancy freeAble to do as one pleases, unconstrained by social ties or responsibilities.Rate it:

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for a startfor one thing; as one rebutting factor among manyRate it:

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for all one is worthIntensely, vigorously, with as much effort as one can supply.Rate it:

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for keepsWith an agreement or intention to retain what one gains or receives.Rate it:

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for one's lifeextremely desperatelyRate it:

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for one's particularFor one's part; as far as one is concerned.Rate it:

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for pete's sake!The verbal expression to an untoward remark, gesture, action, grimace, gesture, glance: Response to a surprise, a stance, pose, offering, withdrawal, thrust, one's apparel, rejection,Rate it:

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foras mittere aliquemto turn some one out of the house.Rate it:

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forbidden fruitIllicit pleasure; something that one should not take or get involved with, such as an another person's spouse.Rate it:

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foreign ministerPolitical or official representative person of one country in another country.Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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forget oneselfto lose one's dignity, temper, or self-control.Rate it:

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