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sign inIn order to get into the office after hours, you'll have to sign in at the security desk.Rate it:

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sing a different tunechange one's opinion about or attitude toward someone or something.Rate it:

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sing the praises ofTo commend someone's attributes to others.Rate it:

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sing your praisesTo praise someone or something very much.Rate it:

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Sink or SwimTo be responsible or get failed or success for one’s own actions without involving anybodyRate it:

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sit backTo relax, to not exert oneself.Rate it:

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sit backTo recline while still in a seated position, with one's back on the frame of the seat.Rate it:

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Sitting DuckA person or thing that is considered vulnerable, to easily get attacked by somethingRate it:

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size queenSomeone who is attracted to men with larger than average penises.Rate it:

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sketched outto be unnerved by someone or somethingRate it:

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skin backRetract.Rate it:

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skunk at a garden partyWithin a group, someone who is unwelcome and actively avoided.Rate it:

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slag offTo talk insultingly to or about someone or something.Rate it:

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slap downTo browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people.Rate it:

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sleep offTo get rid of by sleeping.Rate 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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slick backTo make hair flat by putting oil, water, etc. on it.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 throughTo get past an inspection or procedure without any issue.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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smoke upTo smoke, and get the effects from, a drug, especially marijuana.Rate it:

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smuggle pastTo illicitly or dishonestly get through an inspection.Rate it:

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snail it, until you nail it!When you’re practicing a musical piece and mistakes are happening. Slow it down at a snails pace and get it right and then speed it up.Rate 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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sneak pastTo get through or successfully go around an inspection, guard or bureaucratic hurdle.Rate it:

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snitches get stitchesPeople who snitch or tattle will in return receive repercussions.Rate it:

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snitches get stitches and wind up in ditchesSynonym of snitches get stitchesRate 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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so far so goodUp to this point, all is OK.Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good, now let's get to Minorca without any troubles.Rate it:

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soak the richGet money from the richRate 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 days you get the bear, other days the bear gets youOne cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.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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sommergere di cazzatetalk someone's ear offRate 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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sow the wind, reap the whirlwindEvery decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to him.Rate it:

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