'Misery guts' 3069

'Misery guts'

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A misery guts is a person who's always unhappy and tries to make others feel negative.

'More heat than light' 3068

'More heat than light'

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If a discussion generates more heat than light, it doesn't provide answers, but does make people angry.

It takes two to make a bargain. 3067

'More heat than light'
It takes two to make a bargain.

Prov. Both parties in a negotiation must agree in order for the negotiation to be successful. Jill: You'll give me a ride to work every day this week, like we agreed, won't you? Jane: Wait a minute. I only said I'd give you a ride to work today. It takes two to make a bargain. Ellen: We decided you should make dinner tonight, right? Fred: No,

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If a discussion generates more heat than light, it doesn't provide answers, but does make people angry.

'Money laundering' 3066

'Money laundering'

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If people launder money, they get money made illegally into the mainstream so that it is believed to be legitimate and clean


Luxembourg can help you to comply with ever-changing regulations and to meet best practices in order to prevent money laundering and

whole kit and caboodle 3065

whole kit and caboodle
Inf. a group of pieces of equipment or belongings. (The word caboodle is used only in this expression.) When I bought Bob's motorhome, I got furniture, refrigerator, and linen—the whole kit and caboodle. The salesman managed to sell John the whole kit and caboodle.
See also: and, kit, whole

'On your toes' 3064

'On your toes'

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Someone on his or her toes is alert and ready to go.

'Off your chump' 3063

'Off your chump'

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If someone is off their chump, they are crazy or irrational

Take someone under your wing 3062

Take someone under your wing'

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If you take someone under your wing, you look after them while they are learning something.

Even in the midst of the storm you take me under your wings and give me new hope and new courage

mom-and-pop 3061

mom-and-pop (mmn-pp)
adj.
1. Of or being a small business that is typically owned and run by members of a family: a mom-and-pop grocery store.
2. Resembling or evocative of the small-scale, homelike, or informal atmosphere of such a business: "toasted the advantages of mom-and-pop journalism" (Newsweek).

self-assurance 3060

self-assurance
n
confidence in the validity, value, etc., of one's own ideas, opinions, etc

prim and proper 3059

prim and proper
someone who is prim and proper behaves in a very formal and correct way and is easily shocked by anything rude I can't quite imagine Ellen drinking pints of beer - she's very prim and proper.

with) might and main (formal)3058

with) might and main (formal)
with all your effort and strength War is something we should be working might and main to avoid

Meet your Maker 3057

'Meet your Maker'

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If someone has gone to meet their Maker, they have died

'Words fail me' 3056

'Words fail me'

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If words fail you, you can't find the words to express what you are trying to say.

NICKEL TOUR 3055

someone gives you a nickel tour, they show you around a place. ('Fifty-cent tour' is also used.)

'Muck or nettles' 3054

'Muck or nettles'

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'Muck or nettles' means 'all or nothing'

the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus 3053

the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus (British)
an imaginary person whose opinions and behaviour are thought to be typical of ordinary British people (usually singular) The man on the Clapham omnibus probably knows nothing about Rwanda.
See also: man

On the flip side 3052

On the flip sideShare .
Idiom Definitions for 'On the flip side'

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Attack is the best form of defence 3051

Attack is the best form of defence


For North Korea, defense is best form of attack

If you say that someone has a thick skin, you mean that they are able to listen to criticism about themselves without becoming offended.3050

If you say that someone has a thick skin, you mean that they are able to listen to criticism about themselves without becoming offended.

live for the moment 3049

live for the moment

Fig. to live only for the pleasures of the present time without planning for the future. You need to make plans for your future. You cannot live just for the moment! He lives only for the moment.
See also: live

notch up 3048

notch up Informal
Meaning: to achieve something like a win or a record

Synonym: clock up
For example:

•notch up sth Rafael Nadal notched up another win this week, so he's now won six matches in a row.


•notch sth up Richard takes great pleasure in putting together big financial deals, and he's just notched another one up.


Nouns often used as objects with

en·twine (n-twn)3047

en·twine (n-twn)
v. en·twined, en·twin·ing, en·twines
v.tr.
To twine around or together: The ivy entwined the column.

entrelezar
v.intr.

strike the right note 3046

strike the right note

Fig. to achieve the desired effect; to do something suitable or pleasing. Meg struck the right note when she wore a dark suit to the interview. The politician's speech failed to strike the right note with the

. snog 3045

1. snog 1148 up, 228 down
buy snog mugs, tshirts and magnets1. verb; to interface passionately with another being, creating a field of physical obsession and focused arousal +centered+ on the lips, mouth and tongue.



morrearse,pegarse el lote

shack up 3044

shack up Slang
1. To sleep together or live in sexual intimacy without being married.
2. To live, room, or stay at a place: I'm shacking up with my cousin till I find a place of

totty 3043

totty 238 up, 112 down
buy totty mugs, tshirts and magnetsmeans a good looking person, can be either male or female.

inter-robbed 3042

inter-robbed 2 up, 2 down
buy inter-robbed mugs, tshirts and magnetsalleged losses from people downloading or sharing product over the internet.

Chillax 3041

mixture between the terms "chill out" and "relax".
Dude, just chillax, just because it's not your birthday doesn't mean that you won't have fun in the monkey jamboree. I'm out like a decent hurricane, schlater.

do bears shit in the woods? 3040

do bears shit in the woods? 66 up, 8 down
buy do bears shit in the woods? mugs, tshirts and magnetsA saying for of course, what else?, obversely. The same as "is the pope catholic?".
question:"do you want a beer?"
reply:"do bears shit in the woods?"


do bears shit in the woods?

blow hot and cold 3039

blow hot and cold
To change one's opinion often on a matter; vacillate


The stark differences among the three Midwestern manufacturers show how business can blow hot and cold in what is still a young and growing ...

stock up (with something)3038

stock up (with something)

to build up a supply of something. You had better stock up with firewood before the first snowstorm. Yes, I will stock up today.

quotes 3037

Melvin: "Where did they teach you to talk like this? At some Panama City sailor-wanna-hump-hump bar, or is this getaway day and your last shot at his whiskey? Sell crazy somepleace else.. we're all stocked up here."

wait and see 3036

wait and see

to be patient until a later time Nothing can be done about it now, so you'll just have to wait and see.

off-the-wall 3035

off-the-wall
Fig. odd; silly; unusual. Why are you so off-the-wall today? This book is strange. It's really off-the-wall.

stand tall 3034

stand tall

to be brave and proud. I can still stand tall. I'm innocent. Our athletes stand tall in the knowledge that they did their best.

sexcellent 24 up, 38 down 3033

sexcellent 24 up, 38 down
buy sexcellent mugs, tshirts and magnetsAdjective used to describe something that is exceedingly good. For even greater emphasis, a quanitative/qualitative adjective may precede it.

to) pitch in - to help 3032

to) pitch in - to help

Example 1: Nicole offered to pitch in and clean up her neighborhood beach. She picked up five plastic cups and an old towel.

Example 2: If you need my help, just ask. I'd be happy to pitch in

sit tight 3031

sit tight - to wait patiently

Example 1: Nicole won't hear back from the colleges she applied to until April. For now, she'll just have to sit tight.

Example 2: Sit tight, the doctor will be with you in a few minutes.

shoot one's cookies 3030

shoot one's cookies and shoot one's breakfast; shoot one's supper
Sl. to empty one's stomach; to vomit. I think I'm gonna shoot my cookies. I shot my supper, and I was glad to get rid of it.

“If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.”3029

“If you're going to tell people the truth, be funny or they'll kill you.”
Billy Wilder quote

shut out 3028

shut out Sports
To prevent (an opponent) from scoring any runs or points.

halo 3027

halo 5
Definition: an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint

silver screen 3026

silver screen

1.a screen on which films are projected in theaters

Special Needs" 3025

Special Needs"

Remember me when you're the one who's silver screened
Remember me when you're the one you always dreamed
Remember me whenever noses start to bleed
Remember me, special needs

Just 19 and sucker's dream I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene with six months off for bad behaviour

Remember me when you clinch your movie deal
And think of me stuck in my chair that has four wheels
Remember me through flash photography and screams
Remember me, special dreams

Just 19 this sucker's dream I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene with six months off for bad behaviour
Just 19 and sucker's dream I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene with six months off for bad behaviour

Remember me...

Just 19 this sucker's dream I guess I thought you had the flavour
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Just 19 and sucker's dream I guess I thought you had the flavour
Just 19 and dream obscene with six months off for bad behaviour

Remember me...

losing streak (n.)3024

losing streak (n.)
1.a streak of losses

racha de mala suerte

pucker up 3023

pucker up 56 up, 4 down
buy pucker up mugs, tshirts and magnets"Pucker up" means to stick out your lips ready to kiss somebody or something, the pursed movement your lips make in preparation for a kiss.

alive and kicking and alive and well 3022

alive and kicking and alive and well
Fig. well and healthy. Jane: How is Bill since his illness last month? Mary: Oh; he's alive and kicking. The last time I saw Tom, he was alive and well.

Keep out of trouble! 3021

Keep out of trouble!
¡No te metas en lios

preggers 3020

informal word pregnant



Beyonce Not Preggers After All

baltic 3019

very cold, oh man its baltic out there

two·pence or tup·pence 3018

two·pence or tup·pence (tpns)
n. Chiefly British
1.
a. Two pennies regarded as a monetary unit.
b. A very small amount; a whit: didn't care twopence about politics.
2. pl. twopence or two·penc·es A British coin worth two pennies

drop the sprog 3017

drop the sprog 9 up, 2 down
buy drop the sprog mugs, tshirts and magnetsTo give birth.
"Wens yer missus due ta drop the sprog?"

. Freeballing 3016

. Freeballing 327 up, 34 down
buy freeballing mugs, tshirts and magnetsnot wearing underwear usually used for males.

Up the duff 3015

Up the duff
buy up the duff mugs, tshirts and magnetsPregnant, usually unplanned.
She's up the duff and really confused right now.

hit the road 3014

hit the road
Fig. to depart; to begin one's journey, especially on a road trip; to leave for home. It's time to hit the road. I'll see you. We have to hit the road very early in the morning.

give lip 35 up, 4 down 3013

give lip 35 up, 4 down
buy give lip mugs, tshirts and magnetsTo lip off, contradict, or argue with someone.
Stop giving me lip!

Warhol moment 3012

Warhol moment minutes of fame that, if Andy Warhol is to be believed, we are all entitled to have.
Mary was selected to appear on Big Brother, she knew this was her Warhol Moment and that her 15 minutes was here