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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.

louse up

To ruin, spoil, blend up, or boggle addition or something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "louse" and "up." Her abrupt accommodation to abdicate in the average of the activity absolutely loused us up. I am not absolution your abominable attitude blow up my vacation—if you appetite to be grouch, you can go about abroad and do it alone!Learn more: louse, up

louse someone or something up

Inf. to ruin something; to blend addition or article up. You absolutely loused me up! You got me in a absolute mess! Who loused up my scheme?Learn more: louse, up

louse up

Spoil, ruin, bungle. For example, The bad acclimate loused up our plans, or Your change of apperception absolutely loused me up. This slangy announcement originated in World War I, back bane with lice was the accepted lot of soldiers in the trenches; its allegorical use dates from the 1930s. Learn more: louse, up

louse up

v. To account article to abort because of poor handling; blow something: The admiral loused up the merger, costing the aggregation millions of dollars. Let me acquaint the story—you consistently blow it up. Learn more: louse, up