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blow this popsicle stand

leave this place, quit this place What a boring town! Let's blow this popsicle stand!

can't stand

does not like, hate Don can't stand love songs. He thinks the words are silly.

drive standard

shift gears on a car or truck Can you drive standard? My car has a five-speed transmission.

give to understand

make a person understand by telling him very plainly or boldly I was given to understand that I could rent an apartment very easily here.

hair stand on end

become frightened or afraid of something My hair stood on end when I saw the aftermath of the automobile accident.

hair stands on end

the hair of one's head rises because of fright My hair stood on end when I saw the large dog run out and begin to bark at me.

heart stand still

be very frightened or worried My heart stood still when the truck on the highway almost hit our car.

heart stands still

be very frightened or worried My heart stood still when I heard the story about the little boy and the fire.

if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitche

"if you do not like the pressure you can leave; if you can't cut it, you can't stay" In the boardroom someone had written on the flip chart If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!

know where we stand

know our position, know if we have a chance, leave me hanging The Department hasn't replied to our application for assistance, so we don't know where we stand.

the way things stand

Considering the accepted situation; beneath the accepted circumstances. The way things angle this season, we may actual able-bodied end up in aftermost place. With the way things stand, I don't see how we can allow a new car.Learn more: stand, thing, way

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know better know by heart know inside out know-it-all know like the back of your hand know the first thing... know the ropes know the score know where we stand know which end is up know which side one know which side your bread is buttered on know your stuff know your way around knuckle down knuckle under knucklehead the vale of years the very dinkum the very dinky The very idea! the very last the very thing the village bicycle the villain of the piece the voice of an angel the W the W5 questions the wages of sin (is death) The wages of sin is death the walking wounded the walls have ears the watches of the night the way the way I see it the way it plays the way of the world the way the cookie crumbles the way the crow flies the way the wind blows the way the wind is blowing the way things are (going) the way things stand the way to (one's) heart the way to a man's heart is through his stomach the way to somebody's heart the weak link the wee hours (of the night/morning) the wee small hours (of the night/morning) the weed of crime bears bitter fruit the weight of the world the Weinstein effect the well has run dry the wheel has come full circle the wheel has come/turned full circle the wheel has turned full circle the wheel of fortune the wheels are in motion the wheels are turning the wheels came off the wheels came off the bus the wheels came off the wagon the wheels come off the wheels fell off the wheels fell off the bus the wheels fell off the wagon the wheels turn the wherewithal for (something)