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English Idioms and Expressions

final offer

not negotiable

buckle down

quality time

nightmare day

clear the head

as bloody as it gets

to eat something up(like a toy)

to think differently

to have a date

I'm there

to be crushed

barcode

to want something in someone

butch

Albert Schweitzer

Captain America

to be dreaming

one of us

push someone's button

everyone has a buttton

All someone has left

put yourself in someone else's shoes

to buy the whole package

a moral conscious

going fishing

ASAP

to sketch a quick background

to ring any bells

one man dirty duty

for crying out loud

the fall guy

to be short of someone's genius

to put things in perspective

to have plenty of time

to be business or pleasure

nothing coming in or going out

to have an identity crisis

to be soaked to the bone

a company perk

after all these years

to transfer out

a safety net

to know you're alive

to be a jerk

to try and impress someone

for all I care

no dice

to be out of control

to take something the wrong way

to not be someone's style

a one night stand

to not be ready for a relationship

to grow up with something

a prank

to shortsheet a bed

to not be clear about something

all I'd have to do

run a scam

you deal with it

to offer an option

to know the drill

to be screening a phone call

to be over (a relationship)with

to trace a phone call

to be the only person someone can turn to

to come bearing gifts

a Trojan horse

take a breath

to take a pause

to freak someout (out)

to be way out there

to be on your own

to make sense

to reach out to someone

to play doctor

to be a nobody

to formulate a plan

to be down(a feeling)

to stay put

to cover your tracks

to know what you're doing

free of charge

to be a big bad wolf

to not mess with someone

to be dying (not really, an expression)

Praetorian

to be ensconced at

first thing in the morning

a national emergency

to do something from the outside

to blow your head off

to handle outpatient care

could not make it (somewhere)

to take a step back

far-fetched

to hate to tell someone something

to have a fasle sense of security

to take some advice

to be incompetent to stand trial

to beat the bush

to have a lead

to be out of it

to turn ugly

to bring (something) to a halt

to override something

to be a false alarm

to go to the john

to look into something

a break-in

to be anywhere

to hide in a corner

to save the world

to have a backdoor

to cancel a contract

to change everything

to wipe someone out

to take back your life

to do the right thing

to have it all catch up with someone


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Last updated: 15 February 1999