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abbacies 
ab·ba·cy || 'æbəsɪn. 大修道院長の地位（修道院の長）
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a pack of lies
many lies, no truth to it What Gail is saying about Julie is a pack of lies. It's not true.
as the crow flies
the shortest distance between two places The farm is about ten miles northeast of town, as the crow flies.
bevy of beauties
a group of beautiful women, a few lovelies Mr. Gable returned to Hollywood and his bevy of beauties.
boozing buddies
friends who drink liquor and party together In those days, Billy and I were boozin' buddies - pals.
butterflies in one
a feeling of fear or anxiety in the stomach The little boy had butterflies in his stomach when he had to give the speech in front of the class.
cackleberries
eggs, chicken eggs Look! This hen laid five cackleberries!
dirties
(See dirty laundry)
dirty thirties
"1930s, when drought caused hardship on the prairie; dirty thirties" During the dirty thirties, soil drifted into the ditches and crops wouldn't grow.
drop like flies
dying in great numbers, falling dead on the floor When a pox infected the tribe, people were dropping like flies.
end justifies the means
(See the end justifies the means)
get your jollies
(See get your kicks)
goodies
"accessories: air, cruise, sun roof, etc.; loaded" He likes the Buick because it has a lot of goodies.
how time flies
how quickly time passes, how short the time seems How time flies when I visit you. The hours pass too quickly.
hungry thirties
(See dirty thirties)
in the boonies
out of town, out in the country Lan lives in the boonies - fifty kilometers from Calgary.
life is just a bowl of cherries
life is just wonderful, life is grand "When Anne is happy, she says, ""Life is just a bowl of cherries!"""
lovelies
ladies, women, girls, chicks When we docked at Rome, we met three lovelies and went dancing.
Mounties
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) The Mounties, Canada's police force, were once called Redcoats.
pinch pennies
be careful with money, be thrifty My grandmother always pinches pennies and will never spend her money foolishly.
play the ponies
bet on horses at the race track He's lost a lot of money playing the ponies. He bets on every race.
praise him to the skies
praise him a lot, sing his praises Wade is an excellent student. His teachers praise him to the skies.
pushing up daisies
dead and buried in a graveyard, deep six Old Tom's pushin' up daisies. He died a long time ago.
Roaring Twenties
the decade following World War I (1920-1929) In the Roaring Twenties, ladies had short hair with kiss curls.
take liberties
act toward someone in too close or friendly a manner, use someone as one would a close friend or something of one
the end justifies the means
any method is fine if the result is good If a person steals food to survive, does the end justify the means?
time flies when you're having fun
time goes quickly when you are playing, how time flies "Ho looked at his watch, yawned and said, ""Time flies when you're having fun, eh."""
woof your cookies
vomit, puke, barf, hork If you eat bananas, anchovies and cheese, you'll woof your cookies.
allies
a person or persons that supports homosexuality or a homosexual
aries
heroin
arnies
any anabolic steroid
baffies
slippers [Scottish use]
berries
dollars
bizzies
the police; possibly derived from the expression busy body [North west usage]
bobbing for fries
extremely ugly--as in the girl's so ugly she stuck her face in a fry vat
boobies
the female breasts
boonies
rural areas, the countryside; abb. of boondocks [U.S.]
bubbies
female breasts
bump titties
to fight
catch flies
to look blankly with one's mouth open
centuries
money
charlies
women's breasts
chonies
underwear;"My chonies were ridin' up all day"
chunk one's cookies
to vomit
cock diesel
very muscular
darbies
British slang for handcuffs
duckies
1. money:"I'm low on duckies. Can you loan me some?"
2. priorities:"I finally got my duckies in a row"
fries
see bobbing for fries
Louies
Louis Vuitton gear
shiesty
shadey; probably from the German "sheist" (shit)
in large quantities
in a large amount大量地
He buys cotton in large quantities．他买进大量棉花。