Significato: 13th generation

tredicesima generazione (nata fra il 1961 e il 1981 e così chiamata in quanto rappresenta la tredicesima generazione di cittadini dalla fondazione degli Stati Uniti dàùcostituzione americana)

slip one over on Idioma

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.

slip one over on (one)

To con, deceive or booty advantage of one; to accomplish a fool of or baffle one. My little brother consistently thinks he can blooper one over on me, but I'll be the one to get the aftermost beam abutting time! Beware of these artery vendors affairs broken-down souvenirs. They're usually aloof aggravating to blooper one over on you.Learn more: on, one, over, slip

slip one over on

Informal To hoodwink; trick.Learn more: on, one, over, slip

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a fill-up a fine line a fine-toothed comb a firm hand a flash in the pan a fleeting glance a fly on the wall a fool and his money are soon parted a foregone conclusion a fraidy cat a free-for-all a free hand a freeze on a fresh pair of eyes a fresh start a full house (cards) a full plate slip back slip beneath the/(one's) radar slip between the cracks slip by slip down slip five slip from slip from (something) slip in slip into slip into (something or some place) slip into (something) slip into something more comfortable slip it to (one) slip me five Slip me five! slip mind slip of a (something) slip of the lip slip of the pen slip of the tongue slip off slip on slip on a banana skin slip one over slip one over on slip one over on (one) slip one past (someone or something) slip one past the goalie/keeper/goaltender/etc. slip one’s trolley slip one's mind slip out slip over slip over on slip past slip past (someone or something) slip somebody's memory/mind slip someone a Mickey slip someone a Mickey Finn slip someone five slip something over slip something over on slip something over on (one) slip through slip through (one's) fingers slip through fingers slip through one's fingers, to let slip through somebody's fingers slip through the cracks slip through the net slip through your fingers