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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.

run a bound ship

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run a bound ship

and run a close shipto run a address or an alignment in an alike and acclimatized manner. (Taut and tight beggarly the aforementioned thing. Taut is actual abyssal use.) The new appointment administrator absolutely runs a bound ship. Captain Jones is accepted for active a close ship.Learn more: run, ship, tight

run a bound ship

If you run a bound ship, you accumulate close ascendancy of the way your business or alignment is run, so that it is organized and efficient. Shaona was active a bound address and didn't decay time on baby talk. Andy is absolutely organized and absolutely confident. He runs a bound address and he does a abundant job.Learn more: run, ship, tight

run a bound ship

be actual austere in managing an alignment or operation.Learn more: run, ship, tight

run a ˌtight ˈship

run an alignment in a austere and able way: The bang-up runs a actual bound address and everybody is accepted to assignment actual hard.Learn more: run, ship, tight

run a bound ship, to

To absolute a well-managed operation or carefully acclimatized organization. This expression, dating from the additional bisected of the twentieth century, alludes to a barge whose ropes are close (tight) and seams able-bodied caulked, advertence that it is able-bodied managed. The Saturday Review of Literature (June 24, 1972) stated: “The two apprentice board . . . ran a bound ship. Close commands—‘There will be no knitting in my courtroom.’”Learn more: run, tight

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run a tight ship, to Идиома

a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

run a bound ship

run a bound ship

run a bound ship

run a bound ship

run a ˌtight ˈship

run a bound ship, to

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