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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.

the adequate face of (something)

A presentation, manifestation, or aspect of article that is or tries to be adequate or alike attractive. They affirmation to be defenders of chargeless speech, but they're aloof aggravating to be the adequate face of racism, if you ask me. Their country, with its bread-and-butter success and acceptability for animal rights, has become the adequate face of communism.Learn more: acceptable, face, of

the adequate face of

the tolerable or adorable appearance or aspect of. 1996 New York Review of Books He presents himself as the adequate face of gambling…the man who, about single-handedly, has angry a huckster's paradise into a gangster-free zone. Learn more: acceptable, face, of

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a card a case of a caution a cheap drunk a checkup a chicken in every pot a chin wag a chip off the old block a chunk of change a cinch a clean bill of health a cliff-hanger a close call a close shave a clutch hitter (baseball) a common thread a contract out on that's why that's your, his, etc. problem thatta thaw thaw out thawed the the (absolute) limit the (dim and) distant past the (hand)writing is on the wall the (hand)writing on the wall the (hot) skinny the (in) thing the (most) unkindest cut (of all) the (old) college try the (old) heave-ho the (same) mixture as before the (some kind of) gods the (someone) of the world the (someone) of this world the (something) card the (very) idea! the 64,000 dollar question the ABCs of the ABCs of (something) the acceptable face of the acceptable face of (something) the acceptable face of something the ace in (one's) hand the ace in your hand the acid test the advantage of the advantage of (something) the age of miracles is past the air the almighty dollar the American Dream the Ancient of Days the angel in the house the answer to somebody's prayers the answer's a lemon the apple does not fall far from the tree the apple doesn't fall/never falls far from the tree the apple never falls far from the tree the apple of (one's) eye the apple of somebody's eye the apple of your eye the armpit of (some place) the armpit of somewhere the arse is gone right out of her the ass end of creation