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anchor you

make you feel stable or confident When you have a crisis, your faith will anchor you.

beggars can't be choosers

people who receive free things should not expect the best "When they complained about the shabby coats, he said, ""Beggars can't be choosers."""

chock full

very full, full to the top, plump full The truck was chock full of paper to be recycled.

choke

be so nervous you cannot perform or do it well Don't even think about choking when you make your speech.

choked

angry, mad, pissed She was really choked when you called her a bitch.

chomping at the bit

eager to go, anxious to leave If you mention camping, the kids will be chomping at the bit.

choose sides

help one side or team, take sides Some of the students will dislike you if you choose sides.

choose up sides

choose people to play on two or more teams Let's choose up sides and play a game of volleyball.

chops

lips and teeth, mouth You need big chops to play the tuba, eh.

chow

food.

chow down

eat, have a meal I'm hungry. Let's chow down before we go to the movie.

drop out (of school)

quit school or a course of some kind She dropped out of the class after three months.

head honcho

boss, foreman, manager Who's the head honcho here? I have a package for him - or her.

Hobson's choice

"accept what is offered or you get nothing; tight spot" If I don't agree to accept half the money, it will all go to charity. It's a Hobson's choice.

macho

super masculine / masculine to an extreme (in appearance and behavior).

school of hard knocks

ordinary experiences of life He learned all about life in the school of hard knocks.

school's out

school is finished for the day or for the year When the bell rings at 3:30, school's out! Yea!

Sophie's choice

choosing between the death of you or your child He was facing a Sophie's choice: Lose his son or lose his own life.

the school of hard knocks

life's hard lessons, learning from mistakes, roll with the punches "Teachers taught me what I should know; the school of hard knocks taught me what I must know."

there's not much to choose between them

they are nearly equal, it's a toss-up A Ford or a Mercury - there's not much to choose between them.

anchors

brakes

chocha

vagina

chocker

1. chocolate; also chocko or the more childlike term chockies
2. very crowded, busy. Also phrased as chocko; from the expression chock-a-block

Chocolate City

Washington D.C.

chocolate starfish

the anus

chode

1. a derogatory term. Notes: in many areas, refers to the portion of skip between the scrotum and anus. Therefore, being a chode is undesirable. In other areas, the word lacks a true translation, the closest equivalent being moron: "You are such a chode!" or "You chode!"
2. a short, stubby penis

choice

1. the best, excellent;"Your new boyfriend is a choice geezer"
2. extremely fine, nice or attractive, hot;"She's so choice!"

chokey

prison

chola

Spanish reference for a girl involved in gang activity

cholo

Spanish reference for a boy involved in gang activity

chomp

1. to eat
2. the act of chewing or eating

chong it

to smoke marijuana/cannabis constantly [North West use?]

chonies

underwear;"My chonies were ridin' up all day"

choosin' fee

money spent for the right to go out with someone

chopper

1. a helicopter
2. the penis
3. a blow to the face
4. to drink

Chopper City

New Orleans

choppers

1. teeth
2. see AK

chord

a bad mood;"Sarah's in a right chord after smudging her lipstick" [Widnes/Merseyside use]

chordy

moody

chore

to steal; from the Romany cor, to steal

chota

police

chubbychops

jocular and affectionate term of address for a podgy person

cock of the school

the hardest guy in the institution:"Don't dis him; he's the cock of the school"

drop anchor

to defecate:"Where's the can? I gotta drop anchor"

get choked

to smoke pot

school

a specific era in hiphop history. There have been many discussions about the difference between the "Old School" and the "New School". One accepted view was put to words in alt.rap by Charles L. Isbell: All of time can be divided pretty easily this way:
- Everything before "Run DMC" (Run DMC [1984])
- Everything before "It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back" (Public Enemy [1988])
It gets harder after that, but maybe you'd have to label parallel movements with stuff like:
+ Everything before "Straight Outta Compton" (NWA [1988]) and "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" (Ice Cube [1990]) for the West Coast Gangsta Movement
+ Everything before "3 Feet High And Rising" (De La Soul [1989]) and "Low End Theory" (A Tribe Called Quest [1991]) for the Jazz/Bohemian Movement
Others seem to think we're about to enter the Everything before "93 'Til Infinity" (Souls of Mischief [1993]) era for th

choke down

1．swallow with difficulty（困难地）咽下
Jim hated the food but choked it down out of politeness．吉姆并不喜欢那食物，但他还是出于礼貌把它吃了下去。
2．accept with difficulty Jack choked down the manager's rudeness because otherwise he might lose his job．杰克强忍了经理的粗野无礼，不然的话，他可能会失业的。

pick and choose

select with much care挑三拣四
Some people pick and choose to get something perfect，and some just because they can't make up their minds．有些人挑剔是想得到完美的东西，而有的人只是因为拿不定主意。
You haven't time to pick and choose from among so many pictures．这么多的图片，你是没有时间从中细选的。

tell tales out of school

Idiom(s): tell tales out of school

Theme: GOSSIP

to tell secrets or spread rumors.
• I wish that John would keep quiet. He's telling tales out of school again.
• If you tell tales out of school a lot, people won't know when to believe you.

strike a chord

Idiom(s): strike a chord (with sb)

Theme: NOSTALGIA

to cause someone to remember something; to remind someone of something; to be familiar.
• The woman in the portrait struck a chord and I realized that it was my grandmother.
• His name strikes a chord with me, but I don't know why.