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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.

thank one's advantageous stars

Fig. to be beholden for one's luck. You can acknowledge your advantageous stars that I was there to advice you. I acknowledge my advantageous stars that I advised the appropriate things for the test.Learn more: lucky, star, thank

thank one's advantageous stars

Be beholden for acceptable fortune, as in I acknowledge my advantageous stars that I wasn't on that even that crashed. This phrase, which reflects the age-old acceptance in the access of stars over animal destinies, appeared in hardly altered anatomy in Ben Jonson's comedy Every Man Out of His Humour (1599): "I acknowledge my Stars for it." The exact declamation dates from the 1800s and is added a accepted announcement of abatement than of acceptance in the stars' protection. Also see thank god. Learn more: lucky, star, thank

thank one's advantageous stars, to

To be beholden for acceptable fortune. In age-old and medieval times, the stars were believed to accept a able access over the lives and destinies of animal beings. Thanking them for acceptable fortune, therefore, was a bit of awesome politeness. Ben Jonson acclimated the appellation “I acknowledge my Starres for it” in his play, Every Man Out of His Humour (1599). The avant-garde alternative came into use during the aftermost aeon and is added an announcement of accepted abatement at arising safe from some bind than of acceptance in angelic influence.Learn more: lucky, thank

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thank one's lucky stars, to Idiom

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

thank one's advantageous stars

thank one's advantageous stars

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