ode Idiom

you and the horse you rode in on

you and your horse go, both you and your horse, screw you and the horse """Did you say I should leave?"" ""Ya, you and the horse you rode in on. Git!"""

Broderick

a thorough beating

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

cold-blooded

rude or unfair:"That was so cold-blooded, when she just ignored me!"

take up one's abode somewhere

Idiom(s): take up one's abode somewhere

Theme: LIFESTYLE

to settle down and live somewhere. (Formal.)
• I took up my abode downtown near my office.
• We decided to take up our abode in a warmer climate.

explode a bombshell

Idiom(s): drop a bomb(shell) AND explode a bombshell; drop a brick

Theme: SHOCK

to announce shocking or startling news. (Informal or slang.)
• They really dropped a bombshell when they announced that the mayor had cancer.
• Friday is a good day to drop a bomb like that. It gives the business world the weekend to recover.
• They must speak very carefully when they explode a bombshell like that.
• They really dropped a brick when they told the cause of her illness.

Don't take any wooden nickels

(USA) This idiom is used to advise people not to be cheated or ripped off.

Hot-blooded

Someone who is hot-blooded is easily excitable or passionate.

Up the wooden hill

When you go up the wooden hill, you go up the stairs to bed.

explode a bombshell|bombshell|explode

v. phr., informal To say something startling; suggest or show something astonishing or shocking, The police exploded a bombshell when they arrested the kindly old banker for stealing money from the bank. The principal exploded a bombshell by cancelling the dance as a penalty. Political leaders exploded a bombshell when they picked the young lawyer to run for mayor.

bode

bode
bode ill (or well)
to be a bad (or good) omen

moderation

moderation
1.
in moderation
to a moderate degree; without excess
2.
in moderation
to a moderate degree; without excess

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English Vocalbulary

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