arching イディオム

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arching for it

(like a cat on heat) a term sometimes used to describe a young lady who is sexually fired up

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Bolivian marching powder

cocaine

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Searching question

A searching question goes straight to the heart of the subject matter, possibly requiring an answer with a degree of honesty that the other person finds uncomfortable.

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give someone their marching orders

fire someone: "After the argument, he was given his marching orders."
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get your feet under the table
get settled in: "It only took him a week to get his feet under the table, then he started to make changes."

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search one's heart|heart|heart-searching|search|se

v. phr., formal To study your reasons and acts; try to discover if you have been fair and honest. The teacher searched his heart trying to decide if he had been unfair in failing Tom. -

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marching orders, get one's

marching orders, get one's
Be ordered to move on or proceed; also, be dismissed from a job. For example, The sales force got their marching orders yesterday, so now they'll be on the road with the new product, or It's too bad about Jack—the boss gave him his marching orders Friday. This expression originally alluded to a military command. [Colloquial; late 1700s]