Significato: 9 to 5

n. dalle nove alle cinque, tipo di attività lavorativa che inizia alle nove del mattino e termina alle cinque del pomeriggio

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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.

shoot the bull

To babble or antipodal aimlessly or casually. Customers consistently appetite to shoot the balderdash with me in the abundance afore they buy something. I aloof attempt the balderdash with John for a while back he anesthetized me on the street.Learn more: bull, shoot

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and shoot the crap; shoot the shitInf. to babble and gossip. (The aforementioned as bandy the bull. Use attention with crap, shit.) Let's get calm ancient and shoot the bull. You absorb too abundant time cutting the crap.Learn more: bull, shoot

shoot the bull

and shoot the crap and shoot the shit tv. to babble and gossip. (The aforementioned as bandy the bull.) Let’s get calm ancient and shoot the bull. I don’t accept time to angle about cutting the applesauce with these jerks. Learn more: bull, shoot

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To accurate one’s opinions on a array of matters, whether or not one knows a abundant accord about them. Bull here appears to be a abridgement of bullshit, which has meant nonsense, lies, or exaggeration back the aboriginal 1900s. A acquisition for cutting the balderdash is alleged a bull affair and commonly consists absolutely of males. Yet addition delicacy for cutting the balderdash is shooting the breeze, which calls up the angel of the hot air expended in this affectionate of a account session. To shoot one’s aperture off, on the added hand, agency both to allocution absurdly or tactlessly and to exaggerate.Learn more: shoot

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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

shoot the bull, to Idioma

a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

shoot the bull

shoot the bull

shoot the bull

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