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a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

a bed of roses

an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay Who said that retirement is a bed of roses?

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a breath of fresh air

a nice change, a new presence Having Lan around the house is a breath of fresh air - she's so nice.

a breath of wind

a breeze, a light wind In the evening, the lake was calm. There wasn't a breath of wind.

a bunch of malarkey

an untrue story, a lot of bunk, bull """Do you believe what the psychic said about your future?"" ""No. It's a bunch of malarkey."""

a bundle of nerves

"a very nervous person; uptight person" May has so many problems - she's just a bundle of nerves.

a case of

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

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a chunk of change

a large amount of money, a few grand, big bucks I bet that condo cost him a chunk o' change - 300 grand at least.

knock the (living) daylights out of (one)

1. To physically advance one, as with punches and added blows, such that they ache cogent injury. This byword can be acclimated both actually and hyperbolically. Our acquaintance is in the hospital because a burglar agape the daylights out of him. I'm afraid that the captain of the football aggregation will beating the active daylights out of me if he finds out that I'm secretly seeing his girlfriend. Oh, my admirer knows that I would beating the active daylights out of him if he anytime lies to me about article that serious.2. To defeat one actually in a competition. The final account was 17-1? Wow, we absolutely agape the active daylights out of that team!Learn more: daylight, knock, of, out

knock the (living) daylights out of someone

Fig. Inf. to exhausted addition severely. If you do that again, I will beating the active daylights out of you. Fred wants to beating the active daylights out of his enemy, Mike "Fingers" Moran.Learn more: daylight, knock, of, out

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