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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.

put on one's cerebration cap

Think or reflect seriously, as in A new slogan? I'll accept to put on my cerebration cap for that. This appellation originated in the backward 1800s and replaced considering cap, which dates from the aboriginal 1600s. Learn more: cap, on, put, thinking

put on one's cerebration cap, to

To booty time to reflect or ponder. This term, which at aboriginal was declared as one’s considering cap, dates from the aboriginal seventeenth century. “Now I’ll put on my because cap,” wrote John Fletcher in his comedy The Loyal Subject (1618). It alone became a cerebration cap in the backward nineteenth century. Learn more: on, put, thinking

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake

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