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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.

hearken aback to (something)

1. To anamnesis or admonish one of article in the past. ("Hearken" is absolutely an ancient chat acceptation "to listen," but it is added frequently acclimated in abode "hark" for this chatty byword in abreast English.) That song hearkens aback to an beforehand time in my life. The booth is acutely aggravating to catch aback to the aesthetics of the aboriginal 1950s.2. To accept originated or amorphous as something. You know, our avant-garde corpuscle phones catch aback to those old rotary phones you like to accomplish fun of.3. To revisit or anticipate afresh about article mentioned earlier. Before we get too upset, let's all catch aback to the absolute acumen we're actuality today.Learn more: back, hearken

hearken to (someone or something)

To accept carefully or anxiously to something. Edgar, catch to that sound—I anticipate someone's coming!Learn more: hearken

hearken to someone or something

Formal or stilted to accept to addition or something; to pay absorption to addition or something. Please catch to me. I allege the truth. Hearken to the alarm of the nightingale.Learn more: hearken

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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 hear from hear from (one) hear of hear of (someone or something) hear oneself think, can't hear out hear something on the grapevine hear something through the grapevine hear the end of (someone or something) hear the last of (someone or something) hear things hear through hear word hear word (from someone or something) hear, hear hear, hear! hear/see the end/the last of somebody/something hear/see the last of somebody/something heard (of) such a thing hearing hearing impaired hearing things hearing-impaired hearken hearken back to (something) hearken to hearken to (someone or something) heart heart (someone or something) heart and soul heart attack heart goes out to, one's heart in it, have one's heart in one's mouth, have one's heart in one's mouth, to have one's heart in the right place, have one's heart in the right place, to have one's heart misses a beat heart misses a beat, one's heart not in it heart of glass heart of gold heart of gold, (to have) a heart of oak heart of stone heart of stone, to have a heart sinks heart sinks, one's heart skips a beat heart to heart heartbeat