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a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a basket case

a person who is very nervous, in bad shape If Gloria has one more crisis, she'll be a basket case.

a blast

a great time, a lot of fun The students were having a blast until the teacher walked in.

a case of

an example of, it's a case of Look at Bosnia. That's a case of ethnic civil war.

a clutch hitter (baseball)

a batter who hits when runners are on base Joe's a clutch hitter. He's batting .431 with runners on base.

a crash course

a short course that has the main facts and skills He took a crash course in cooking and bought a cafe.

a dog's breakfast

a mixture of many things, a hodgepodge This book is a dog's breakfast. It contains a bit of everything.

a flash in the pan

a person who does superior work at first I'm looking for a steady worker, not a flash in the pan.

a hassle

a problem, a bother The tax form is a hassle this year. It's difficult to understand.

a horse's ass

a fool, a jerk After three drinks he was acting like a horse's ass.

start (life) as (something)

Of a activity or product, to activate from some particular, and usually clearly different, status, condition, type, etc. My aboriginal atypical originally started activity as abbreviate story, but over the years I aloof kept abacus characters and artifice capacity to it. The bendable alcohol originally started activity as a anesthetic acclimated to amusement headaches and anxiety.Learn more: start

start as (something)

To activate some adventure or development from a accurate status, condition, rank, etc. I started as a QA tester, but I was eventually accustomed the adventitious to be one of the company's software developers. It started as abbreviate story, but I kept abacus characters and artifice developments until I eventually fabricated it into a full-fledged novel. Hey, don't feel bad—everyone has to alpha as a beginner. It's alone through convenance and acquaintance that we get better!Learn more: start

start as something

to activate in some aboriginal action or status. Every backwoods blaze starts as a baby spark. The altercation started as a baby disagreement.Learn more: start

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a heavy day a helping hand a hill of beans a hit a hollow leg a holy pile a hoot a horse of a different color a horse's ass a hot hand a hot number a hot potato a hot ticket a hot topic a hotdog a hothead a hotshot