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Say Cry UncleTo lay down your arms or surrender, to accept defeatRate it:

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scrape togetherTo collect, assemble or gather small amounts , from various sources, with some difficulty.Rate it:

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scratch togetherTo collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficultyRate it:

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screen outTo use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small objects or particles.Rate it:

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se tenant par la tailleWith their arms round each other’s waists.Rate it:

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shotgunA gun which fires loads consisting of small metal balls, called shot, from a cartridge.Rate it:

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simple EnglishConstructed language created by Charles Kay Ogden which only contains a small number of wordsRate it:

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Sling HashTo serve as a waiter or waitress in small cheap restaurant and serving inexpensive and inelegant foodRate it:

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small armsFirearms designed to be carried and fired by a single person; often held in the hand.Rate it:

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small beerBeer with a low alcoholic content.Rate it:

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small beerSomething that is of relatively little importance.Rate it:

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small beerUsed other than as an idiom: see small, beer.Rate it:

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small changeA minor or insignificant amount of money.Rate it:

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small fryOne or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.Rate it:

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small fryOne or more small or immature fish.Rate it:

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small fryOne or more children.Rate it:

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small potatoesOne or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.Rate it:

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small printfine printRate it:

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small reedUsed other than as an idiom: see small, reed.Rate it:

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small reedA reed-like grass of the genus Calamagrostis.Rate it:

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small talkIdle conversation, typically on innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.Rate it:

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small wonderAn event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.Rate it:

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smell of an oily ragA very small amount, or the absolute minimum (usually of money).Rate it:

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snowmanA humanoid figure made with large snowballs stacked on each other. Human traits like a face and arms may be fashioned with sticks, a carrot, and stones or coal.Rate it:

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spannerA hand tool shaped like a small crank handle, for winding the spring of a wheel lock on a musket.Rate it:

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spoil the ship for a hap'orth of tarTo have something important fail for want of a small amount of money or effort.Rate it:

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spot of botherA slight problem; a small predicament.Rate it:

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square roda unit of area used for measuring small quantities of land. Equal in size to a square with sides 1 rod in length. Equal to 30¼ square yards or 1/160 acre. Sometimes known, simply, as a rod.Rate it:

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squeak outTo achieve something by a small margin.Rate it:

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storm in a tea-kettleA big fuss made in a small context.Rate it:

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sugar glider or sugar bearA small gliding marsupial often kept as a pet. Looks like a rodent. Known for being carried in owners’ pockets and other concealed places.Rate it:

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sweat equityAn investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence.Rate it:

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sweat the small stuffTo worry about petty issues or insignificant matters.Rate it:

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take offlineDiscuss a sensitive or highly specific topic individually or in a small group away from a larger groupRate it:

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teething troublesSmall problems such as are to be expected with some any new and untried system or product.Rate it:

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the hedgebirds raised a strainFrom Thomas Hardy's poem The King's Experiment. It means small song birds in hedges were singing.Rate it:

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the straw that broke the camel's backA small and seemingly insignificant addition to a burden that renders it too much to bear; the small thing which causes failure, or causes inability or unwillingness to endure any more of something.Rate it:

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thin end of the wedgeSomething that if allowed or accepted to a small degree would lead to systematic encroachment.Rate it:

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tidy upTo make clean. In particular to make satisfactorily neat. Usually used to describe the straightening-out of a small room or small space.Rate it:

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tiny but mightysmall but powerful; something people say to express self-worth that even though they may be small they make up for it in being mighty; don't underestimate me/usRate it:

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tip of the icebergOnly the beginning; just a small indication of a larger possibility; a problem is much bigger than it seems.Rate it:

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two bobA small amount of value.Rate it:

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up in armsTo be angry or upsetRate it:

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up in armsAngry; preparing for a fight.Rate it:

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up in armsTo be angry or upsetRate it:

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vi et armisby force of arms.Rate it:

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vous faites des pattes de moucheYou have a small, ill-formed handwriting.Rate it:

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wee small hoursHe worked into the wee small hours to get everything perfect for the opening day.Rate it:

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wee small hoursThe very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep.Rate it:

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whistle-stopA small train station.Rate it:

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