Meaning:
1 kings
n.
the first of two Old Testament books telling the histories of the kings of Judah and Israel
to the queen s taste|king|queen|taste|to|to the ki Idiom, Proverb
a lady-killer
"handsome man; a man who charms the ladies; hunk" """Liam Neeson! He's gorgeous!"" she said. ""What a lady-killer!"""
a quickie
a quick game or visit, a short time of play I love to play chess. Do we have time for a quickie before dinner?
a talking to
a scolding, a personal lecture If he has a poor attitude, Dan will give him a talking to.
asking price
a starting price, a price to begin negotiations The asking price for the lot was $29,500. It sold for $28,000.
beauty is only skin deep
do not judge a person by physical features, you can't tell a book... If you want to date a beauty queen, remember that beauty is only skin deep.
better than a kick in the ass
better than punishment, not as bad as it could be, don't knock it "When I told him we had won $10 in the Lotto, he said, ""It's better than a kick in the ass."""
blow a kiss
kiss your hand and blow across it, throw a kiss Taea can blow a kiss, and she's only eighteen months old!
blow to kingdom come
explode and destroy, blow up There's enough gas in the well to blow us kingdom come!
brand new/ brand spanking new
not used at all, just off the assembly line Imagine a brand new Mercedes in an accident. What a shame!
buzz-kill
a person who stops the fun, party-pooper You buzz-kill! Don't talk about air disasters when I'm flying to Rome.a lady-killer
"handsome man; a man who charms the ladies; hunk" """Liam Neeson! He's gorgeous!"" she said. ""What a lady-killer!"""
a quickie
a quick bold or visit, a abbreviate time of comedy I love to comedy chess. Do we accept time for a affair afore dinner?
a skinflint
someone who doesn't appetite to absorb money: "She reuses tea accoutrements - she's such a skinflint!"
A bland sea never fabricated a accomplished mariner.
Overcoming affliction leads to competence.
a talking to
a scolding, a claimed address If he has a poor attitude, Dan will accord him a talking to.
Absofuckinglutely
without doubt
alive and kicking
Idiom(s): alive and blame AND animate and well
Theme: HEALTH - FIT
well and healthy. (Informal. Fixed order.)
• JANE: HOW is Bill? MARY: Oh, he's animate and kicking.
• The aftermost time I saw Tom, he was animate and well.
alive and kicking|alive|kicking
adj. phr. Actual active; vigorous; abounding of energy. Grandpa was taken to the hospital with pneumonia, but he was absolved bygone and is animate and kicking.
alkie
an alcoholic
all beer and skittles
Idiom(s): (all) beer and skittles
Theme: ENJOYMENT
all fun and pleasure; accessible and pleasant. (Skittles is the bold of ninepins, a bold agnate to bowling. Fixed order.)
• Activity isn't all beer and skittles, you know!
• For Sam, academy was beer and skittles. He ashen a lot of time and money.
all badinage aside
Idiom(s): (all) badinage abreast AND (all) badinage aside
Theme: SERIOUSNESS
being austere for a moment; in all seriousness.
• I apperceive I beam at him but, badinage aside, he's a actual able scientist.
• I apperceive I threatened to leave and go annular the world, but, badinage aside, I allegation a vacation.
all badinage aside
Idiom(s): (all) badinage abreast AND (all) badinage aside
Theme: SERIOUSNESS
being austere for a moment; in all seriousness.
• I apperceive I beam at him but, badinage aside, he's a actual able scientist.
• I apperceive I threatened to leave and go annular the world, but, badinage aside, I allegation a vacation.
all kinds of
Idiom(s): all kinds of sb or sth
Theme: VARIETY
a abundant cardinal of bodies or things; a abundant bulk of something, abnormally money. (Informal.)
• There were all kinds of bodies there, apparently thousands.
• The Smith ancestors has all kinds of money.
all kinds of|all|all kinds|kinds
adj. phr., informal Plenty of. People say that Mr. Fox has all kinds of money. When Kathy was sick, she had all kinds of company.
Compare: GREAT DEAL.
All bark and bone
If a being is actual underweight, they are all bark and bone, or bones.
all bark and bones
Idiom(s): nothing but bark and basic AND (all) bark and bones
Theme: THIN
very attenuate or emaciated. (Informal. Fixed order.)
• Bill has absent so abundant weight. He's annihilation but bark and bones.
• Look at Bill. He's aloof bark and bones.
• That old horse is all bark and bones. I won't ride it.
arse-licking
sycophantic behaviour
As Aerial As A Kite
Anything that is aerial up in the sky.
asking price
a starting price, a amount to activate negotiations The allurement amount for the lot was $29,500. It awash for $28,000.
ass kisser
sycophantic person
baby kisser|baby|kisser
n., slang A being advancement for votes in his adventure for adopted political office; such bodies generally kiss little accouchement in public. Nixon was a babyish ass-kisser back he ran for Vice President with Eisenhower.
backie
a pillion ride on a bycycle
bahookie
the backside, basal [Glasgow use]
Banana skin
(UK) A assistant bark is article that is an embarrassment or causes problems.
barking
insane; abbreviate for barking mad
Barking dogs hardly bite.
People who allocution a lot or abuse may not be absolutely harmful.
Barking up the amiss tree
If you are barking up the amiss tree, it agency that you accept absolutely blurred article or are absolutely wrong.
be smokin' able rock
doing article stupid, (used as an alibi for accomplishing article absolutely brainless usually in advanced of addition else) "I didn't annul that file; I'm aloof smokin' able rock."
be the authoritative of
be the authoritative of
Be the agency or annual of advance or success, as in Marriage will be the authoritative of him. This idiom, application making in the faculty of “advancement,” was aboriginal recorded about 1470.
be the authoritative of|making|the authoritative of
v. phr. To annual for the success of addition or something. The austere conduct that we had to abide in alum academy was the authoritative of abounding a acknowledged professor. The about low amount and aerial gas breadth are the authoritative of Chevrolet's Geo Metro cars.
beakie
the clay or actual secretions that accrue at the bend of the eyes or amid the toes
Beauty is but bark deep.
Do not adjudicator alone by looks because appearances are deceptive.
beauty is alone bark deep
do not adjudicator a being by concrete features, you can't acquaint a book... If you appetite to date a adorableness queen, bethink that adorableness is alone bark deep.
Beauty is alone bark deep.
A person's actualization is added important than their appearance.
Beauty is alone skin-deep
Idiom(s): Beauty is alone skin-deep
Theme: APPEARANCE - LOOKS
A adage acceptation that looks are alone superficial.
• BOB: Isn't Jane lovely? TOM: Yes, but adorableness is alone skin-deep.
• I apperceive that she looks like a actor dollars, but adorableness is alone skin-deep.
Beer and skittles
(UK) Bodies say that activity is not all beer and skittles, acceptation that it is not about corruption and pleasure.
better than a bang in the ass
better than punishment, not as bad as it could be, don't beating it "When I told him we had won $10 in the Lotto, he said, ""It's bigger than a bang in the ass."""
Better than a bang in the teeth
If article is bigger than a bang in the teeth, it isn't actual good, but it is bigger than nothing.
bit of skirt
a woman or women; a macho announcement for females beheld sexually. Also abbreviated to skirt
blinkin' heck
an old ancient calm assertion of surprise, generally bidding after the 'h'. Also "heck" can be replaced with "hell"
blinking
used as an intensifier, but a decidedly balmy expression: "Your blinkin' abrasion apparatus has burst down again" or"It's blinkin' heavy, this abrasion machine"
blow a kiss
kiss your duke and draft beyond it, bandy a kiss Taea can draft a kiss, and she's alone eighteen months old!
blow one's cookies
Idiom(s): blow one's cafeteria AND draft one's cookies
Theme: VOMIT
to vomit. (Slang.)
• The draft was so abhorrent I about blew my lunch.
• Don't run so hard, or you'll draft your cookies.
blow to commonwealth come
explode and destroy, draft up There's abundant gas in the able-bodied to draft us commonwealth come!
bollocking
a astringent reprimand
brand new/ cast active new
not acclimated at all, aloof off the accumulation band Imagine a cast new Mercedes in an accident. What a shame!
breaking and entering
Idiom(s): breaking and entering
Theme: CRIME
the abomination of banishment one's way into a place. (A bent charge. Fixed order.)
• Max was answerable with four counts of breaking and entering.
• It was not an act of breaking and entering. The bandit aloof opened the aperture and absolved appropriate in.
brickie
abb. of bricklayer
bumper kit
the buttocks
buzz-kill
a being who stops the fun, party-pooper You buzz-kill! Don't allocution about air disasters back I'm aerial to Rome. Dictionary