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Sleep on ItTo take time in taking a decision , to delay one’s decision or plan because it is yet to be ponder uponRate it:

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sleep overTo spend the night as a guest in someone's home.Rate it:

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sleeping giantSomeone or something with great, latent strength.Rate it:

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slip inTo play a subtle pass into someone in a goalscoring position.Rate it:

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slip it toTo smuggle to someone; to surreptitiously pass to someone.Rate it:

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slip someone's mindTo be forgotten; to escape one's memory.Rate it:

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slip under the radarTo go unnoticed, especially for a long period of time.Rate it:

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slop bowlOne of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.Rate it:

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slot inTo schedule something for a particular time.Rate it:

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smarty pantsTo be really smart for your age or to be just really smart; often used sarcastically toward someone who acts as if they are smart or to a child who 'sasses' their parent or elderRate it:

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smear campaignAn effort to damage or call into question someone's reputation, by propounding negative propaganda.Rate it:

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Smell a RatTo be skeptical about something wrong, someone who could sense the dangerRate it:

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Snake in the GrassAn untrustworthy, traitor or betrayer, someone not to be relies onRate it:

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snap someone's head offTo suddenly and sharply rebuke or insult a person, especially in response to a harmless remark.Rate it:

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snuggle upTo lie or sit in a comfortable, relaxed position, holding someone or something else.Rate it:

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só o tempo diráAlternative form of o tempo dirá; literally only time will tellRate it:

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soak inTo spend time experiencing somethingRate it:

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social distanceTo stay far from someoneRate it:

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soft as a grapesomeone who is limited in their abilityRate it:

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soft heartedBe kind; Fall for someoneRate it:

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soft shoeA speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone.Rate it:

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Soft SoapTo gently or politely urge someone to do something, to persuade someone with sweet-talking or butteringRate it:

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soften upTo appease someone in order to make them more receptive to an idea or proposal.Rate it:

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some people have all the luckSuggests that someone is enjoying more success than they deserve.Rate it:

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someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"Rate it:

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someone's elevator doesn't go all the way to the topUsed as an indirect way to say that someone is mentally deficient.Rate it:

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someone's elevator doesn't go all the way to the topUsed as an indirect way to say that someone is crazy.Rate it:

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somewhere along the lineAt some unspecified time; eventually or once; at some point.Rate it:

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sommergere di cazzatetalk someone's ear offRate it:

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sorry I'm lateUsed to apologise for not arriving on time.Rate it:

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soup sandwichSomeone or something that is not as it should be; something disorganized or unfinished.Rate it:

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space cadetSomeone who acts spacy or under the influence of drugsRate it:

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spare someone's blushesTo save someone from embarrassmentRate it:

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Spare the Rod and Spoil the ChildTo give corporal punishment to someone in orders to make him learn something, or civilized himRate it:

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spatio temporis intermissoafter some time.Rate it:

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speak now or forever hold your peaceSay something now, if you want to object, or don't ever say anything about it; most commonly said at weddings before the person performing the ceremony pronounces the couple man and wife.Rate it:

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speak someone's languageTo talk about concerns, feelings, ideas, etc. which someone understands well and can relate to intimately.Rate it:

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special constablespart-time police volunteersRate it:

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speed merchantSomeone who runs, drives or moves in a given way very fast.Rate it:

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Speedy GonzalesA fast person; someone who does something fast.Rate it:

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Spill the BeansTo reveal a secret to someone who is not reliable or trustworthyRate it:

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spin one's wheelsWaste time, money and energy.Rate it:

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spin outto prolong, make longer (in time)Rate it:

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Spitting ImageTo have perfect resemblance with someone, to be exactly like somethingRate it:

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spoil somebody rottenTo overindulge someone, especially when it results in making them selfish and demanding.Rate it:

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spring forward, fall backA mnemonic to advise how clocks are altered for Daylight Saving Time: time goes forward in the Spring, and back in FallRate it:

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spring the trapTo cunningly trick someone or take advantage of a situation in a deceptive wayRate it:

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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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squeeze inTo find time or other resources for.Rate it:

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squeeze upTo move closer together, in order to make more space for someone else.Rate it:

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