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'tis the seasonIndicating that it is the time of year around Christmas, and that things associated with that time period are happening or likely to happen.Rate it:

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a pint’s a pound the world arounda pint = a pound, of liquid; an expression that helps people remember that a pint weighs the same as a pound (in liquid measure)Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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albatross around one's neckSomething that one is associated with that keeps one from succeeding in what they want to achieve.Rate it:

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Albatross Around Your NeckA person or a thing you feel like a burden and you always want to avoid and get rid of, something bad you did and want to avoid discussing or someone else recall it againRate it:

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albatross round one's neckAlternative form of albatross around one's neck.Rate it:

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alone in a crowdFeeling as though one does not fit in with the people around one.Rate it:

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along aboutApproximately; at around some time.Rate it:

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apron stringOne of the pair of strings or narrow sewn cloth strips used to fasten an apron around the wearer's waist.Rate it:

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around robin hood's barnThe long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route.Rate it:

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around robin hood's barnAll over the place.Rate it:

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around the bendCrazy, insane.Rate it:

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around the clockAll the time or seemingly all the time; constantly.Rate it:

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around the cornerImminent.Rate it:

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around the hornA difficult or precarious route that is less advisable than a simpler alternative; also, in baseball, throwing the ball from third base to second to firstRate it:

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around the HornVia shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends.Rate it:

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around the HornFollowing the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.Rate it:

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arse aroundTo behave in a clownish, irresponsible or inefficient manner.Rate it:

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ask aroundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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balls aroundAlternative form of balls aboutRate it:

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bandy aroundTo talk about something with others, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter.Rate it:

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bang aroundTo make a lot of percussive noise while doing an activity.Rate it:

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basement battlerA team in or around the relegation zone.Rate it:

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bat aroundTo discuss.Rate it:

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bat aroundWhen at least nine batters bat in a half inning.Rate it:

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be aroundTo be alive, existent, or present.Rate it:

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beat around the bushevasive responses, implausible explanations, extrapolations instead of explanations.Rate it:

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Beat Around the BushTo avoid getting to some point or answering any question that is relevant, the approach of some people, which is quite far from the real objective or center of focus.Rate it:

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beat around the bushTo delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.Rate it:

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beat around the bushTo treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.Rate it:

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beat the rapAvoid fines or punishment, receive forgiveness from family, friends, the law and the Boss for misdemeanors, infractions and Stupid Stunts.Rate it:

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beating around the bushAvoiding factual responses, offering evasive statements, presenting dubious evidence.Rate it:

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big guyA term of endearment, usually addressed toward an all-around good male person.Rate it:

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big kahunaA boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.Rate it:

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black eyefacial injury where the area around the eye(s) turn blackish, bluish purpleRate it:

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blow pastTo easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.Rate it:

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blowtorch a marshmallow cakeTo vilify a benefactor, ridicule the boss, scorn a well-to-do friend in public.Rate it:

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bomb aroundThe drive around at speed for pleasure.Rate it:

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boss aboutTo act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.Rate it:

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boss aroundTo act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.Rate it:

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box inTo enclose by drawing a box aroundRate it:

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bring aroundAlternative form of bring roundRate it:

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bring it on around jimmya phrase off of an old show on TV maybe a country western show? about bringing the wagon aroundRate it:

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BroadwayA place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.Rate it:

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bum aroundTo wander around idly to no purpose; to loaf or loiter.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cast aboutTo try to find; look around; search; meditate.Rate it:

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cast aroundTo cast about.Rate it:

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cat aroundTo engage in sex with various partners; to sleep around.Rate it:

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