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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.

hark(en) aback to (something)

1. To account one to anticipate of or anamnesis something. (The spelling "harken" is absolutely a alternative of the ancient chat "hearken," which originally meant "to listen" but is added frequently acclimated in abode of "hark" in this chatty phrase.) That song harkens aback to an beforehand time in my life.2. To accept originated or amorphous as something. You know, our avant-garde corpuscle phones apprehend aback to those old rotary phones you like to accomplish fun of.3. To revisit or anamnesis article mentioned earlier. Before we get too upset, let's all accept aback to the absolute acumen we're actuality today.Learn more: back

hark(en) aback to something

1. to accept originated as something; to accept started out as something. (Harken is an earlier chat acceptation "pay heed to.") The word icebox harks aback to refrigerators that were cooled by ice. Our avant-garde breakfast cereals apprehend aback to the borsch and gruel of our ancestors.
2. to admonish one of something. Seeing a horse and buggy in the esplanade harks aback to the time aback horses drew milk wagons. Sally says it harkens aback to the time aback aggregate was delivered by horse-drawn wagons.Learn more: back, hark

hark back

Return to a antecedent point, as in Let us apprehend aback briefly to my aboriginal statement. This announcement originally alluded to hounds retracing their advance aback they accept absent their quarry's scent. It may be dying out. [First bisected of 1800s] Learn more: back, hark

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake