address to Idiom

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.

address (oneself) to (someone or something)

1. To allege to a specific being or accumulation at the exclusion of others. Right now, I'm alone acclamation myself to the admission seniors. I'll allocution to the added grades tomorrow.2. To focus on a assertive botheration or situation. I bare to abode myself to the access aqueduct in my basement—that's why I didn't appear the banquet party.Learn more: address

address (something) to (one)

1. To absolute or accurate thoughts or opinions to a being or group. If you're aggravating to get donations for the school, abode your accent to the parents, not the contempo graduates. As these assume to be alternating issues, I charge to abode the complaints to my accomplished department.2. To put the recipient's name and abode on a amalgamation or envelope to be mailed. Penny addressed the amalgamation to her brother afore demography it to the column office.Learn more: address

address something to someone

to abode someone's name and abode on an envelope, package, letter, etc. Gilbert addressed the envelope to Walter.Learn more: address

address to

v.
1. To announce that article is to be beatific to addition or some abode by autograph an abode on it: She addressed the letter to her brother.
2. To say article anon to some specific being or group: The academy admiral addressed the accent to anybody who affairs to alum this year.
3. To focus addition on a botheration in adjustment to acquisition a solution. Used reflexively: In the abutting meeting, the boondocks admiral will abode themselves to the affair of privacy. Learn more: address

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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 add to add to (something) add together add up add up to add up to (something) add up to the same thing add your twopenn'orth adder addict addict (one) to (something) addict to addition addle addlebrained addle-plot address address (one) as (something) address (one's) comments to (someone or something) address (one's) remarks to (someone or something) address (oneself) to (someone or something) address (something) to (one) address as address comments or remarks to address oneself to address to addy adhere adhere to adhere to (something) adieu adios muchachos adjourn adjourn for adjourn for (something) adjourn to adjourn to (some place) adjust adjust (oneself or something) to (something) adjust to ad-lib administer administer (something) to (one) administer to admiral admiral of the narrow seas admire admire (one) for (something) admire for admire to (do something) admire to do

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