n.
a colorless insoluble solid alcohol used to make detergents and pharmaceuticals

piece of the action, a Idiom, Proverb

a babe in arms

a baby, a child who is still wet behind the ears Dar was just a babe in arms when we emigrated to Canada.

a babe in the woods

"a defenseless person; a naive, young person" He's just a babe in the woods. He needs someone to protect him.

a bad taste in my mouth

a feeling that something is false or unfair, a feeling of ill will I left the meeting with a bad taste in my mouth. There was a lot of dishonesty in the room.

a bad time

a lot of teasing, a rough time The class gave him a bad time about his pink shorts.

a ball-park figure

"a number that is near the total; approximate figure" Fifty is a ball-park figure. It's close to our class size.

a bar fly

a person who often goes to bars or lounges Every evening Penny goes to Lucifer's. She's quite a bar fly.

a bar star

a girl who goes to bars to drink and find friends Lola was known as a bar star at Pinky's Lounge.

a bare-faced lie

a deliberate lie, a planned lie His statement to the police was false - a bare-faced lie.

a barnburner

an exciting game, a cliff-hanger When the Flames play the Oilers it's a barnburner - a great game.

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.

piece of the action

A allotment of the profits or success from an activity. Once Sarah heard that Mel was starting a new software company, she absitively she capital a allotment of the activity and asked to be his business partner.Learn more: action, of, piece

piece of the action

A allotment in an activity or in the profits, as in They capital a allotment of the activity in this acreage deal. [Slang; mid-1900s] Learn more: action, of, piece

a allotment of the action

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a allotment of the action

mainly BRITISH, INFORMALCOMMON If addition wants a allotment of the action or a allotment of the action, they appetite to get complex in an activity which seems acceptable to be actual acknowledged or profitable. More than 27.3 actor shares in adaptable buzz companies afflicted easily as dealers accolade to get a allotment of the action. Within bristles years, every car architect was at it. The auto access had amorphous and anybody capital a allotment of the action. As the British rap arena grows in strength, the Americans are acceptable keener to grab a allotment of the action.Learn more: action, of, piece

a allotment (or slice) of the action

1 a allotment in the activity of something. 2 a allotment in the profits from something. informalLearn more: action, of, piece

piece (of the action)

and bit of the action and slice of the action n. a allotment in the activity or the profits. (Especially bank activity.) Don’t be selfish. Give me a allotment of the action. I helped! I appetite a bit of the action. Learn more: action, of, piece

piece of the action

Slang A allotment of an activity or of profits: "a allotment of the activity in a Florida acreage deal" (Shana Alexander).Learn more: action, of, piece

piece of the action, a

A share, usually acceptation a banking share. This appellation originated as U.S. appearance business argot and referred from the 1920s on to advance in a assembly and thereby administration in the profits. From the 1960s on it was transferred to added endeavors as well, as in Emma Lathen’s abstruseness Murder Without Icing (1972): “What’s it got to do with her if you advertise your allotment of the action?”Learn more: of, piece

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More Idioms/Phrases

a babe in the woods a bad taste in my mouth a bad time a ball-park figure a bar fly a bar star a bare-faced lie a barnburner a barrel of laughs a basket case a bawling out a bed of roses a bee in her bonnet a big rig a big shot a big wheel a big wig