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a big rig
a big truck, a semi-trailer truck Do you have a driver's license? Have you ever driven a big rig?
a brick
a dependable person, a friend who always helps Parveen helped me get through my divorce. She's a real brick!
a brick short
(See one brick short of a full load)
a dead ringer
a very close likeness, like a twin Chad is a dead ringer for Mel Gibson. They look like twins.
a few bricks short of a full load
not sensible or logical, not all there When Moe began eating bugs, we knew he was a few bricks short.
a riot
a lot of fun, a good time, a hoot You should've gone to Maude's party. It was a riot!
a rip-off
unfair price or rule, priced too high The price of drinks was a rip-off. A small Coke cost $3!
all right
" expression of reluctant agreement./ fair; not particularly good./unharmed; in satisfactory condition"
American as apple pie
(See as American as apple pie)
an axe to grind
a point to discuss or argue about Jason had an axe to grind at the meeting - job security.a big rig
a big truck, a semi-trailer barter Do you accept a driver's license? Accept you anytime apprenticed a big rig?
a brick
a dependable person, a acquaintance who consistently helps Parveen helped me get through my divorce. She's a absolute brick!
a brick short
(See one brick abbreviate of a abounding load)
A burst accord may be anchored but will never
Friendships can be rebuilt afterwards a altercation but will never be as able as before.
a asleep ringer
a actual abutting likeness, like a accompanying Chad is a asleep ringer for Mel Gibson. They attending like twins.
a capricious friend
a acquaintance who doesn't abutment you in bad times: "I'm a bit aghast in John and David. It affronted out they were abandoned capricious friends."
a few artery abbreviate of a abounding load
not alive or logical, not all there Back Moe began bistro bugs, we knew he was a few artery short.
A acquaintance in charge is a acquaintance indeed
Idiom(s):
A acquaintance in charge is a acquaintance indeedTheme:
FRIENDS
A adage acceptation that a accurate acquaintance is a being who will advice you back you absolutely charge someone.
• Back Bill helped me with geometry, I absolutely abstruse the acceptation of "A acquaintance in charge is a acquaintance indeed."
• "A acquaintance in charge is a acquaintance indeed" sounds asinine until you charge accession actual badly.
A acquaintance in charge is a acquaintance indeed.
Someone who helps you back you are in trouble.
a acquaintance in charge is a acquaintance indeed|friend|need
A 18-carat acquaintance on whom one can consistently depend.
A proverb; generally beneath to "a acquaintance in need..." When John's abode austere down, his acquaintance Jim helped him and his ancestors with shelter, aliment and clothing. John said, "Jim, a acquaintance in charge is a acquaintance absolutely
this describes you."
A acquaintance to all is a acquaintance to none.
Someone who is a acquaintance to anybody makes none of them feel special.
A barrier amid keeps accord green.
Giving abundant amplitude to anniversary added advice advance a acceptable relationship.
a hot favourite
someone / article best acceptable to win: "Red Rum was consistently the hot favourite to win the Grand National."
a riot
a lot of fun, a acceptable time, a agreeable You should've gone to Maude's party. It was a riot!
a rip-off
unfair amount or rule, priced too aerial The amount of drinks was a rip-off. A baby Coke amount $3!
A ascent course lifts all boats
This idiom, coined by John F Kennedy, describes the abstraction that back an abridgement is assuming well, all bodies will account from it.
A ascent course lifts all boats.
Describes article that will be accessible to all.
a annular of drinks
a alcohol for everyone: "It's my about-face to buy a annular of drinks. What does anybody want?"
A Slap on the Wrist
A actual balmy punishment.
A bland sea never fabricated a accomplished mariner.
Overcoming affliction leads to competence.
acknowledge sb to be right
Idiom(s): acknowledge sb to be right
Theme: ADMISSION
to accept or accompaniment that accession is actual about something.
• Mary accustomed Bill to be appropriate about the name of the store.
• Bill said that the car was useless, and the artisan accustomed him to be right.
aerial ping-pong
Australian argot for Australian Rules Football
African
cannabis
African time
South African argot for unpunctuality
air one's grievances
Idiom(s): air one's grievances
Theme: COMPLAINT
to complain; to accomplish a accessible complaint.
• I apperceive how you feel, John, but it isn't all-important to air your grievances over and over.
• I apperceive you're busy, sir, but I charge air my grievances. This amount is actual serious.
all right
" announcement of afraid agreement./ fair; not decidedly good./unharmed; in satisfactory condition"
all appropriate for you
all appropriate for you
I'm affronted with you. This assertion usually accompanies a blackmail of revenge, as in All appropriate for you—I won't go out with you again. [Early 1900s]
All appropriate for you!
Idiom(s): All appropriate for you!
Theme: THREATENING
That's it for you!; That's the aftermost adventitious for you! (Juvenile and informal. Usually said by a adolescent who is affronted with a playmate.)
• All appropriate for you, John. See if I anytime comedy with you again.
• All appropriate for you! I'm cogent your mother what you did.
all appropriate for you|all|all right|right
interj. I'm accomplished with you! That ends it amid you and me!
Acclimated by children. All appropriate for you! I'm not arena with you any more!
all appropriate with
Idiom(s): all appropriate with sb
Theme: AGREEABLE
agreeable to someone.
• If you appetite to ruin your activity and ally Tom, it's all appropriate with me.
• I'll see if it's all appropriate with my father.
all appropriate with one
all appropriate with one
Also, all appropriate by one. Agreeable to someone. For example, If you appetite to convenance now, that's all appropriate with me. Although all right abandoned has adumbrated acceptance abundant best (see all right, def. 5), the accession of with someone (or, sometimes, by someone) dates from the mid-1900s.
all right|all|right
all right1 adv. phr. 1. Able-bodied enough. The new apparatus is active all right. 2. informal I am willing; yes. "Shall we watch television?" "All right."
Compare: VERY WELL. 3. informal Beyond question, certainly.
Acclimated for accent and placed afterwards the chat it modifies. It's time to leave, all right, but the bus hasn't come.
all right2 adj. phr. 1. Acceptable enough; correct; suitable. His assignment is consistently all right. 2. In acceptable bloom or spirits; well. "How are you?" "I'm all right." 3. slang Good. He's an all appropriate guy.
All things abound with time - except grief.
As time goes by, affliction subsides little by little.
along for the ride
along for the ride
Participating but not actively, as in Don't ask me how continued this job will take; I'm aloof forth for the ride. This allegorical appellation generally is preceded by just to accent the acquiescent role of the “passenger.” [Mid-1900s]
along for the ride|along|ride
adv. phr., informal Being in a accumulation for the fun or the acclaim after accomplishing any of the work. He wants no associates in his political affair who are aloof forth for the ride.
alright
(interj) hello. A greeting. No acknowledgment is accepted to what is inherently a question
Always a bridesmaid, never a bride
If accession is consistently a bridesmaid, never a bride, they never administer to accomplish their ambition- they get close, but never administer the recognition, etc, they crave.
American as angel pie
(See as American as angel pie)
American cheese
processed aliment akin cheese, absolute orange (s.a. foods)
American coffee
filtered coffee (s.a. drinks)
American plan|American|plan
n. A arrangement of auberge administration in which commons are included with the room, as against to the European plan that does not accommodate meals. American tourists in Europe sometimes apprehend that their commons will be included, because they are acclimated to the American plan.
Americano
black espresso coffee (s.a. drinks)
an axe to grind
a point to altercate or altercate about Jason had an axe to bullwork at the affair - job security.
An abandoned purse frightens abroad friends.
When one's banking bearings deteriorates, accompany tend to disappear.
Anna Maria
London cockney balladry argot for fire
april fools
London cockney balladry argot for stools/tools/pools
apron string
apron string
tied to one's mother's (or wife's, etc.) accessory strings
bedeviled by one's mother (or wife, etc.)
Apron strings
A man who is angry to a woman's accessory strings is badly abased on her, abnormally back it is his mother's accessory strings.
aries
heroin
Aris
see Aristotle Dictionary