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running around like a chicken with its head cut offdoing/accomplishing a lot of things, sometimes frantically or quicklyRate it:

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s'attirer une mauvaise affaireTo get into a mess, scrape.Rate it:

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screw aroundTo make out or engage in sexual activity, usually without actually having sex.Rate it:

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screw aroundTo waste time; to dawdle; to play or idle.Rate it:

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screw upTo make a mess of; to ruin.Rate it:

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screw withTo mess with; to have on; to trick.Rate it:

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shit showAKA: shit storm. A big mess. A predicament.Rate it:

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shook ya droorsa trick, a quick move around an unexpected opponent, or person to gain ground.Rate it:

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shop aroundTo actively search and compare options before making a selection or choice of vendor.Rate it:

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sit aroundTo spend time sitting idle, not doing anything important.Rate it:

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sit outTo escape a hold while face-down by swinging one's legs around into the sitting position.Rate it:

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skirt aroundto circumvent, to bypass, to go around in order to avoidRate it:

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sleep aroundTo have numerous sexual partners.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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snoop aroundTo snoop.Rate it:

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sow one's wild oatsTo spread one's genes around by impregnating many females.Rate it:

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spare tyreA large stomach and rolls of fat around the waist.Rate it:

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squad and blatherSlippery muddy messRate it:

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squirrel aroundTo move or search erratically, especially as if hurried or confused.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA devoted fan of live theatre and of performing artists, who habitually spends time in and around theatres.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female object(s) of his affection.Rate it:

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stage-door JohnnyA man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female object of his affection.Rate it:

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stick aroundTo stay; to linger; to remain.Rate it:

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take a turnTo walk around; to stroll.Rate it:

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talk aroundTo persuade someone.Rate it:

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talk overTo persuade someone; to talk around.Rate it:

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talk roundAlternative form of talk aroundRate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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this ain't recessNot playing around, serious. Getting the task done immediatelyRate it:

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throw one's weight aroundTo exercise influence or authority especially to an excessive degree or in an objectionable manner.Rate it:

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Throw Your Weight AroundUsing power in a mean way or to threaten; to be in the command in a threatening wayRate it:

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tiptoe aroundUsed other than as an idiom: see tiptoe, around.Rate it:

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tiptoe aroundTo act very cautiously about something; to avoid speaking about a painful or controversial issue.Rate it:

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to stick aroundOne whom sticks around is a person in waiting, quietly present and ready to serve.Rate it:

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tool aroundTo drive or jaunt about, going from place to place without any specific direction or goal.Rate it:

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tool aroundTo spend one's time idly.Rate it:

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toss aroundTo offer for suggestion.Rate it:

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toss aroundUsed other than as an idiom: To toss (throw) from one person to another..Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bush.Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bushRate it:

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turn aroundAn upset; a suprising comeback.Rate it:

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turn roundTo revolve or rotate around a centre.Rate it:

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twiddle one's thumbsTo circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored.Rate it:

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twinkle in one's father's eyeA notional look of anticipation or hope (either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.Rate it:

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Upset the ApplecartSpoil careful plans, to mess with someone plans, to cause trouble, to interfere with a planRate it:

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vous avez fait là une belle affaire (ironic.)You have made a pretty mess of it.Rate it:

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vous voilà bien avancé! (ironic.)Here you are in a pretty mess! What good have you gained by that?Rate it:

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walk aroundTo walk with no real planned destination, but to just walk, to meander "around".Rate it:

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walk offTo recover from or digest by walking around.Rate it:

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wallow in the mireUsed other than as an idiom. To roll around in mud or dirtRate it:

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