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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.

permit up to (something)

1. To admission one permission arise to article or some place. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "permit" and "up to." I don't admittance my accouchement up to the attic. The CEO wouldn't admittance board up to the top attic of the company's headquarters.2. To acquiesce for an bulk not college than some figure. Our authorization permits up to 150 bodies to be central at one time. Each independent appointment in the circuitous permits up to six one-person desks. The new law permits up to 60% of balance to be adequate from assets tax.Learn more: permit, up

permit someone up to something

to acquiesce addition to appear up to article or some place. The abecedary would not admittance the aboriginal accouchement up to the edge. They would not admittance us up to the aboideau afore our about-face came.Learn more: permit, up

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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 perish with (something) perk perk along perk up perk up (one's) ears perked perked up perking perky perma-fried permeate permeate (something) with (something) permeate through permeate through (something) permeate with permit permit (one) in(to something or some place) permit (one) out (of something or some place) permit (one) through (something or some place) permit (one) up (something or some place) permit into permit me permit out permit through permit up permit up to permit up to (something) permitting perp perp walk perpetrate perpetual persecute persecute (one) for (something) persecute for persevere persevere at persevere at (something) persevere in persevere in (something) persevere with persevere with (something) persimmon persist persist in (doing something) persist in doing persist with persist with (something) person person Friday person of color