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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.

kick up one's heels

Enjoy oneself, as in When she retires, she affairs to bang up her heels and travel. This announcement originated about 1600 with a absolutely altered meaning, "to be killed." The avant-garde sense, alluding to a prancing horse or animated dancer, dates from about 1900. Learn more: heel, kick, up

kick up (one's) heels

Informal To casting off one's inhibitions and accept a acceptable time.Learn more: heel, kick, up

kick up one's heels, to

To adore oneself exuberantly; to frolic. This term, which calls to apperception a prancing horse or a active dancer, originally meant to be agape down or killed. Thomas Dekker acclimated it in this faculty in his play, The Honest Whore (1604): “I would not for a duckat she had kickt up her heeles.” The avant-garde faculty dates from the backward nineteenth or aboriginal twentieth century.Learn more: kick, up

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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 kick the habit kick the habit, drug, booze, etc. kick the hell out of (one) kick the shit out of (one) kick the shit out of someone, knock the shit out of someone kick the stuffing out of kick the stuffing out of (one) kick the tin kick the tires kick the tyres kick the wheels kick the/(one's) door down kick the/(one's) habit kick tires kick up kick up (one's) feet kick up (one's) heels kick up a dust kick up a fuss kick up a fuss, row, etc. kick up a row kick up a stink kick up a storm kick up heels kick up one's heels kick up one's heels, to kick up your heels kick up/make/create/raise a stink kick upstairs kick upstairs, to kick with the other foot kick your heels kick yourself kick-ass kick-ass on someone kicken kicker kickeraboo kickerapoo kickin kickin’ kicking kicking and screaming kickoff kicks kick-start kicky kid kid (one) about (something) kid (oneself) about (something) kid about