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Phrase: Sound like a deal
Meaning: If something sounds like a deal, it is a deal, that is, it means that you accept the deal.
Example:
A grand for that old car! That sounds like a deal (to me).
Date: 07-06-2018
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Phrase: Give somebody an inch, and (s)he will take a yard / mile
Meaning: You give/allow someone something, and that person keeps on asking for more.
Example:
The idea of having them at home did not appeal to me at all, but finally they convinced me because they said they would stay for a couple of days only. That was six months ago, and they are still at home. I gave them an inch, and they took a yard.
Date: 22-04-2018
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Phrase: Have an axe to grind
Meaning: It refers to someone that does something because it is profitable to him or her, it will bring him or her benefits.
Examples:
He does not have an axe to grind in this matter. He just wants everybody to know the truth.
I find so much interest strange. I think he has an axe to grind here.
I have no axe to grind here. I just wanted to help you because you deserve it.
Date: 23-02-2018
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Phrase: The Union Jack (or the Union flag)
Meaning: The flag of the United Kingdom
Date: 20-07-2015
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Phrase: Know someone by sight
Meaning: If you know someone by sight, it means that you have seen him/her many times, but you have never talked to him/her
Date: 21-02-2015
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Phrase: A cry in the wilderness
Sent by Dr. Pramod Kumar Verma
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Phrase: A flash in the pan
Sent by Ivy Robinson
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Phrase: A good deed is its own reward
Sent by Wayfarer
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Phrase: A lost ball in the high weeds
Sent by Dr. Pramod Kumar Verma
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Phrase: A new broom sweeps clean
Sent by Anuradha Rao
Email: anu919@hotmail.com
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Phrase: A rolling stone gathers no moss
Sent by Tony Western
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Phrase: And a silly millimeter longer
Sent by Kim
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Phrase: And that is flat
Meaning: Nothing will change my mind: I'm going to stay at home tonight, and that's flat.
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Phrase: Ballpark figures (rough estimate)
Sent by Lou Hevly
Email: lou@visca.com
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Phrase: Be a mixed blessing
Meaning: Something good and bad at the same time.
Example:
Working long hours was a mixed blessing. I got some extra money, but I did not have time for myself.
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Phrase: Be at each other's throats
Meaning: If two or more people are at each other's throats, they do not get on well together.
Example:
We had to divorce because we were constantly at each other's throats. We could not stand each other. We were always arguing. I even hit him several times.
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Phrase: Be curtains for somebody / something
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Phrase: Be no mean feat (achievement, task, etc.)
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Phrase: Blind somebody with science
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Phrase: Blow them to Kingdom Come
Sent by Caldwell
Email: caldwell@icansurf.net
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Phrase: Bring out all the skeletons in the cupboard
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Phrase: Clutch at a straw (or at straws)
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Phrase: Come down on someone like a ton of bricks
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Phrase: Cross your bridges when you come to them (or do not cross your bridges before you come to them)
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Phrase: Cut no ice (with somebody)
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