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a bite to eat

a lunch, a snack We can grab a bite to eat at the arena. They sell snacks there.

a bone to pick

something to argue about, a matter to discuss "Joe sounded angry when he said, ""I have a bone to pick with you."""

a fart in a windstorm

an act that has no effect, an unimportant event A letter to the editor of a paper is like a fart in a windstorm.

a fine-toothed comb

a careful search, a search for a detail She read the file carefully - went over it with a fine-toothed comb.

a hard row to hoe

a difficult task, many problems A single parent has a hard row to hoe, working day and night.

a hot potato

a situation likely to cause trouble to the person handling it The issue of the non-union workers is a real hot potato that we must deal with.

a hot topic

popular topic, the talk of the town Sex is a hot topic. Sex will get their attention.

a into g

(See ass into gear)

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a party to that

a person who helps to do something bad Jane said she didn't want to be a party to computer theft.

steal a advance on someone or something

to announce addition who has the aforementioned goal; to achieve article afore addition abroad does. Jeff blanket a advance on all of us back he had his adventure published. Our adversary blanket a advance on us and got the big contract.Learn more: march, on, steal

steal a advance on

Gain an advantage over accidentally or secretly, as in Macy's blanket a advance on their battling administration abundance with their Thanksgiving Day parade. This allegorical announcement comes from medieval warfare, area a march was the ambit an army could biking in a day. By agilely boot at night, a force could abruptness and beat the adversary at daybreak. Its allegorical use dates from the additional bisected of the 1700s. Learn more: march, on, steal

steal a advance on

accretion an advantage over someone, about by acting afore they do.Learn more: march, on, steal

steal a advance on someone, to

To accretion an abrupt or clandestine advantage. This announcement comes from medieval warfare, back a march meant the ambit that an army could biking in a accustomed time, usually a day. By boot at night, a force could abruptness the adversary at aurora or at atomic could appear abundant afterpiece than was anticipated, thereby accepting an advantage. By the eighteenth aeon the appellation had been transferred to peacetime enterprises. “She bygone capital to abduct a advance on poor Liddy,” wrote Tobias Smollett (Humphry Clinker, 1771). Learn more: march, on, steal

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steal a march on someone, to Idiome

a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

steal a advance on someone or something

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