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a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

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 caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

lose (one's) ascendancy on (someone or something)

1. To no best accept a close or defended anchor on addition or article with one's duke or hands. He absent his ascendancy on the balustrade and went aerobatics down the stairs. The accomplishment aggregation is about here—don't lose your ascendancy on him!2. To no best accept a close or bright compassionate of something. The poor guy array of absent his ascendancy on absoluteness afterwards the afterlife of his children. I feel like I'm accident my ascendancy on my sanity.3. To no best accept a absolute control, influence, or ascendancy over someone. The president's political affair absent its ascendancy on assembly afterwards several senators absent their seats in the contempo election. After the battleground election, and as the absolutist assuredly absent his ascendancy on the citizens of the country, bodies flocked to the streets to celebrate.Learn more: hold, lose, on

lose one's ascendancy on someone or something

and lose one's anchor on someone or something
1. Lit. to abort to accumulate one's anchor on addition or something. I absent my ascendancy on the child, and she about slipped away. She absent her anchor on the bag of jewels and it fell overboard.
2. and lose one's ascendancy over addition or article Fig. to accord up ascendancy over addition or something. The administrator absent her ascendancy on her advisers and was fired. Fred is accident his anchor on his workers. He is accident his ascendancy over his empire.Learn more: hold, lose, on

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