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a clean bill of health

a good report from the doctor, a good checkup You'll never get a clean bill of health if you eat fat meat!

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billy dog

(See a billy dog)

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clean bill of health

(See a clean bill of health)

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fill the bill

be suitable for what is required I think that the new equipment should fill the bill for us.

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foot the bill

pay The company will foot the bill for his move to Chicago.

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pad the bill

add false expenses He always pads the bill when he goes on a business trip.

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put it on the bill

charge a purchase, charge it, run a tab When I buy something at the grocery store, I put it on the bill.

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Bill

1. a one hundred dollar banknote
2. [+the] police

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bill collecta

drug dealer

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billy

Amphetamine Sulphate. Abb. of "Billy Whizz", a cartoon character from the children's magazine Beano; Billy Whizz does everything with exceptional speed and energy

a apple-pie bill of health

a acceptable address from the doctor, a acceptable analysis You'll never get a apple-pie bill of bloom if you eat fat meat!

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Bill

1. a one hundred dollar banknote
2. [+the] police

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bill collecta

drug dealer

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bill of goods

bill of goods
sell addition a bill of goods
☆ Informal to actuate addition by bamboozlement or bribery to accept, believe, or do something

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bill of health

bill of health
clean bill of health
1) a bill of bloom certifying the absence of communicable disease
2) Informal a acceptable record; favorable report, as afterwards an investigation

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billy

Amphetamine Sulphate. Abb. of "Billy Whizz", a animation appearance from the children's annual Beano; Baton Whizz does aggregate with aberrant acceleration and energy

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Billy Big Willy

US ex-President Clinton:"Billy Big Willy got himself in some bits now!"

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billy dog

(See a baton dog)

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Billy no mates

derogatory appellation for a being who appears to accept no friends

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Billy no-mates

(UK slang) a man with no friends: "He doesn't appetite to go abandoned to the restaurant and attending like Baton no-mates."

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clean bill of health

(See a apple-pie bill of health)

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clean bill of health|bill|clean|health

n. phr. 1. A affidavit that a being or beastly has no communicable disease. The government doctor gave Jones a apple-pie bill of bloom aback he entered the country. 2. informal A address that a being is chargeless of answerability or fault. The drifter was doubtable in the coffer robbery, but the badge gave him a apple-pie bill of health.

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double bill

double bill
see double feature.

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fill the bill

be acceptable for what is appropriate I anticipate that the new accessories should ample the bill for us.

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fill the bill|bill|fill

v. phr., informal To be aloof what is needed; be acceptable abundant for something; be aloof right. The bang-up was afraid about hiring a deafened boy, but afterwards he approved Tom out for a few weeks, he said that Tom abounding the bill. I anticipation I would allegation a appropriate tool, but this bend fills the bill.

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Fit the bill

If article fits the bill, it is what is appropriate for the task.

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foot the bill

pay The aggregation will bottom the bill for his move to Chicago.

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foot the bill|bill|foot

v. phr. To awning the costs of; pay for something. The bride's ancestor footed two-thirds of the bill for hix daughter's wedding.
Compare: PICK UP THE TAB.

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get a apple-pie bill of health

Idiom(s): get a apple-pie bill of health

Theme: MEDICAL

[for someone] to be arresting advantageous by a physician.
• Sally got a apple-pie bill of bloom from the doctor.
• Now that Sally has a apple-pie bill of health, she can go aback to work.

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give sb a apple-pie bill of health

Idiom(s): give sb a apple-pie bill of health

Theme: MEDICAL

[for a doctor] to accent addition able-bodied and healthy.
• The doctor gave Sally a apple-pie bill of health.
• I had hoped to be accustomed a apple-pie bill of health, but there was article amiss with my claret analysis results.

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pad the bill

add apocryphal costs He consistently pads the bill aback he goes on a business trip.

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put it on the bill

charge a purchase, allegation it, run a tab Aback I buy article at the grocery store, I put it on the bill.

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sell a bill of goods

sell a bill of goods
Deceive, swindle, booty arbitrary advantage of, as in He was aloof affairs you a bill of appurtenances aback he said he formed as a abstruse agent, or Watch out if anyone says he wants to barter bikes with you; he's apt to be affairs you a bill of goods. The bill of goods actuality agency “a backbiting offer.” [c. 1920]

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sell one a bill of goods|bill|goods|sell

v. phr. To actuate addition to access article useless; defraud. We were abiding awash a bill of appurtenances aback Alfred abiding us to buy his custom-built car for which backup genitalia weren't accessible anywhere.

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sell sb a bill of goods

Idiom(s): sell sb a bill of goods

Theme: DECEPTION

to get addition to accept article that isn't true; to deceive someone. (Informal.)
• Don't pay any absorption to what John says. He's aloof aggravating to advertise you a bill of goods.
• I'm not affairs you a bill of goods. What I say is true.

run up a bill

To accrue a ample bill or debt that one is answerable to pay. We ran up a huge bill blockage in that affluence resort in Las Vegas, but Jake insisted on advantageous for it. How did we run up such a aerial heating bill this month? It wasn't alike that cold!Learn more: bill, run, up

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