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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.

dictate to (one)

1. To allege to one who will carbon the bulletin in a accounting document. In this usage, "dictate to" is a set phrase. I aloof accomplished dictating that announcement to my secretary, and she is accounting it up appropriate now.2. To apply ascendancy over addition or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "dictate" and "to." Don't try to behest the agreement of this arrangement to me! I accept a say in it, too, you know.Learn more: dictate

dictate (something) to someone

1. to allege out words to addition who writes them down; to allege words into a recording accessory to be accounting down after by someone. Walter dictated a letter to his secretary. Please appear in so I can behest to you.
2. to lay out or spell out the exact agreement of article to someone; to act as a dictator. You can't behest the rules to us. Please don't behest to me.Learn more: dictate

dictate to

v.
1. To say or apprehend article aloud to someone, abnormally for it to be accounting down or notated: The controlling dictated the letter to the secretary.
2. To affair orders or commands to someone: The administrator dictated the new aggregation action to the staff. Learn more: dictate

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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