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three rsThe basic education received in primary schools. Literally; reading, writing and arithmetic.Rate it:
three rsThe basic precepts of any subject matter.Rate it:
three score and tenA life span. The number 70 (= 60 + 10).Rate it:
three sheets to the windDrunk.Rate it:
three sheets to the windthe state of being quite inebriatedRate it:
three skips of a louseSaid about some trifling or insignificant matter.Rate it:
Three StoogesA group of three stupid people.Rate it:
three wise monkeys, see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil.avoid all evil in every formRate it:
three-dimensionalityThe state or characteristic of occupying, or of appearing to occupy, three dimensions of space.Rate it:
three-dimensionalityComplexity and depth of character.Rate it:
three-martini lunchA leisurely, expensive, midday meal associated with drinking, which is tax-deductible because business is discussed.Rate it:
three-martini lunchA leisurely, expensive midday meal associated with drinking, which is tax-deductible because business is discussed.Rate it:
three-on-the-treeOn an automobile, describing the gearshift lever of a steering column-mounted three-speed manual transmission.Rate it:
three-on-the-treeOn an automobile, a three-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted on the steering column.Rate it:
three-ring circusA large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.Rate it:
three-ring circusA disorderly, complicated, rapidly changing situation or set of events, which is a source of bewilderment, amazement, or amusement.Rate it:
thresh outthrash outRate it:
thrill killAn act of murder motivated solely by the murderer's desire to have a very exciting experience.Rate it:
thrill killOf, pertaining to, or being such an act of murder.Rate it:
thrill killerA murderer who is motivated by a strong personal desire to have a very exciting experience.Rate it:
throttle downreduce the pace or speedRate it:
through and throughCompletely; entirely; fundamentally.Rate it:
through in through outWhen in depth explaining something. Something so deep in meaning.Rate it:
Through the GrapevineSpreading of the message in an informal manner; rumors about something or spread of a confidential infoRate it:
through the millbadly treated, abusedRate it:
through the roofRapidly increasing.Rate it:
throw a bone toTo provide support or assistance to, especially in one particular way or to a limited extent; to make a concession to.Rate it:
Throw a CurveSurprising a person in an unpleasant manner; mislead or to lie about somethingRate it:
throw a fitTo become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc.Rate it:
Throw a Monkey Wrench into the WorksInterfering or disturbing an operation that was going in a smooth manner; destabilizing the progression of somethingRate it:
throw a partyTo organize and execute a party.Rate it:
throw a sickieTo take a day off from work, supposedly because of ill health. The illness could be either real or feigned.Rate it:
throw a spanner in the worksTo be a problem, dilemma or obstacle, something unexpected or troublesome.Rate it:
throw a sprat to catch a mackerelTo sacrifice something of little value in the hope of gaining something better.Rate it:
throw a tantrumTo have a temper tantrum, to display a fit of childish anger.Rate it:
throw a wobblyTo burst out into a verbal uproar.Rate it:
throw aboutTo cast about; to try expedients.Rate it:
throw an eyeTo glance; peepRate it:
throw asideto discard.Rate it:
throw awayTo discard or dispose of something.Rate it:
throw awayTo place a son or daughter for adoption.Rate it:
throw backto throw something backRate it:
throw backto hinder the development of somethingRate it:
throw backto revert to an earlier stage of developmentRate it:
throw caution to the windDo something despite the risks.Rate it:
throw caution to the windDo something despite the risksRate it:
throw chunksTo vomitRate it:
throw cold water onTo belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.Rate it:
Throw Cold Water on SomethingDoing or saying something that may not be very encouraging; dampening the eagerness of someoneRate it:
throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf 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 on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole 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 Rate it:

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