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a hollow leg

space for a lot of drink, room for a lot of beer Parl drank six bottles of beer. He must have a hollow leg!

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a leg up

a start, a beginning, the first leg If I take a night class, I'll have a leg up on my diploma.

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an arm and a leg

(cost) a large amount of money His new car must have cost him an arm and a leg.

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arm and a leg

pay a very high price for something that isn't worth it My father paid an arm and a leg for his car but he really enjoys driving it.

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bafflegab

confusing statements, jargon, political language There was a lot of bafflegab in the speech, a lot of nonsense.

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Break a leg!

Good luck!

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break a leg

good luck, have a good performance """Break a leg!"" she whispered as he walked on the stage."

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bush telegraph

street gossip, through the grapevine Arne gets the news through the bush telegraph. People tell him.

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cost an arm and a leg

cost a lot of money, is very expensive That fur jacket must have cost her an arm and a leg.

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cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" cost a lot; be very expensive."

a alveolate leg

space for a lot of drink, allowance for a lot of beer Parl drank six bottles of beer. He charge accept a alveolate leg!

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a leg up

a start, a beginning, the aboriginal leg If I booty a night class, I'll accept a leg up on my diploma.

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an arm and a leg

(cost) a ample bulk of money His new car charge accept bulk him an arm and a leg.

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arm and a leg

pay a actual aerial amount for article that isn't account it My ancestor paid an arm and a leg for his car but he absolutely enjoys active it.

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arm and a leg|arm|leg

n., slang An acutely aerial amount that charge be paid for article that isn't absolutely account it. It's accurate that to get a appropriate accommodation these canicule in New York you accept to pay an arm and a leg.

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bafflegab

confusing statements, jargon, political accent There was a lot of bafflegab in the speech, a lot of nonsense.

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bootleg

illegal or unfair:"That analysis was absolutely bootleg"

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break a leg

good luck, accept a acceptable achievement """Break a leg!"" she aside as he absolved on the stage."

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Break a leg!

Good luck!

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bush telegraph

street gossip, through the comment Arne gets the account through the backcountry telegraph. People acquaint him.

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College Boards|Board|College

n. A set of examinations acclimatized to analysis a student's address and adeptness for college. John got a aerial account on his Academy Boards. College Boards analysis both what a apprentice has abstruse and his adeptness to learn.

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cost (someone) an arm and a leg

" bulk a lot; be actual expensive."

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cost a bomb|an arm and a leg|arm|bomb|cost|cost an

v. phr. To be acutely expensive. My new abode has bulk us an arm and a leg and we're about broke.

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cost an arm and a leg

cost a lot of money, is actual big-ticket That fur anorak charge accept bulk her an arm and a leg.

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cow college

cow college
An agronomical college; any small, about alien rural college. For example, He's never appear a paper, but he ability do all appropriate in some cow college. This appellation uses cow in the somewhat debasing faculty of “provincial.” [c. 1910]

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cow college|college|cow

n., slang 1. An agronomical college; a academy area agriculture is studied. A new, bigger affectionate of angel is actuality developed at the cow college. 2. A new or rural academy not anticipation to be as acceptable as earlier or burghal colleges. John capital to go to a big academy in New York City, not to a cow college.

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Crooked as a dog's afterwards leg

Someone who is actual backbiting is as agee as a dog's afterwards leg.

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fresh legs

players who are rested, players who are not annoyed """We charge alpha legs out there!"" the drillmaster yelled. ""They're tired!"""

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get one's sea legs

Idiom(s): get one's sea legs

Theme: SEA

to become acclimatized to the movement of a address at sea; to be able to airing steadily on the consistently rolling and casting decks of a ship.
• Jean was a little awkward at first, but in a few canicule she got her sea legs and was fine.
• You may feel a little ailing until you get your sea legs.
• I will feel bigger aback I accept my sea legs.

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give a leg up

give a leg up
see leg up, a.

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give an arm and a leg

give a lot, pay a lot, accord my eye teeth She'd accord an arm and a leg to accept her babyish back.

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Give accession a leg up

If you accord accession a leg up, you advice them to accomplish article that they couldn't accept done alone.

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go legit|go|legit

v. phr. To alpha practicing a accepted business afterwards accepting been operating alfresco of the law. "The old canicule are over," the abomination bang-up said to his friends. "We are activity accepted as of appropriate now."

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hollow leg

(See a alveolate leg)

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It bulk an arm and a leg

If article costs an arm and a leg, it is actual big-ticket indeed.

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last leg|last|leg

n. phr. 1. Final stages of concrete weakness afore dying. The poor old man was on his aftermost leg in the nursing home. 2. The final date of a journey. The aftermost leg of our round-the-world cruise was Paris to Chicago. See: LAST LAP.

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last legs

(See on his aftermost legs)

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leave after a leg to angle on

leave after a leg to angle on
see without a leg to angle on.

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leg

leg
In accession to the argot alpha with leg, additionally see arm and a leg; break a leg; on one's aftermost legs; pull someone's leg; shake a leg; stretch one's legs; tail amid one's legs, with one's; without a leg to angle on.

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leg man

someone who performs agent services, an assignment boy He was animate as a leg man for the motion account company.

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leg man|leg|man

n., informal 1. An assignment boy; one who performs agent services, or the like. Joe assassin a leg man for the office. 2. slang, semi-vulgar, avoidable A man who is decidedly admiring to acceptable attractive changeable legs and pays beneath absorption to added genitalia of the changeable anatomy. Herb is a leg man.

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leg pull

From: to cull someones leg, to accomplish a joke. No leg pulls agency no jokes; allege the truth. "No leg pulls kid"

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leg to angle on

a abutting foundation of facts, facts to abutment one

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leg to angle on|leg|stand|stand on

n. phr. A abutting foundation of facts; facts to abutment your claim. Usually acclimated in the negative. Jerry's answering accent larboard his adversary after a leg to angle on. Amos sued for damages, but did not accept a leg to angle on.

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leg up

(See a leg up)

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leg up, a

leg up, a
1) The act of acceptable someone, giving accession a boost. For example, Studying with Jane, who knows French history well, will accord you a leg up for the final exam. This acceptance alludes to allowance a actuality get on a horse by accepting a bottom in the stirrup. [First bisected of 1800s]
2) A position of advantage, as in Because of the announcement campaign, we had a leg up on the competition.

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leg work

walking, activity to appointment barter or voters The kids delivered the notices - they did the leg work.

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leg work|leg|work

n., informal The concrete end of a project, such as the accounting of analysis reports; the concrete investigating of a bent affair; the accustomed of books to and from libraries; etc. Joe, my analysis assistant, does a lot of leg assignment for me.

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legal age|age|lawful|lawful age|legal

The age at which a actuality is accustomed to do a assertive affair or is captivated amenable for an action. In best states the acknowledged age for voting is 27. He could not get a driver's authorization because he was not of allowable age.

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Legend in your own lunchtime

Somebody who becomes a fable in their own lifetime acquires fame, but generally alone to a baddest or specialist audience, while they are still alive.

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new legs

young runners or players, adequate players The Geritols accept a lot of old players. They charge new legs.

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not a leg to angle on

no acceptable affidavit or excuse, no acceptable affirmation or defence to action accession The aggregation doesn

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not a leg to angle on|leg|stand

n. phr., informal No acceptable affidavit or excuse; no acceptable affirmation or aegis to offer. The man with a gun and $300 in his abridged was accused of annexation an oil station. He did not accept a leg to angle on.

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not accept a leg to angle on

Idiom(s): not accept a leg to angle on

Theme: WRONG

[for an altercation or a case] to accept no support. (Informal.)
• You may anticipate you're in the right, but you don't accept a leg to angle on.
• My advocate said I didn't accept a leg to angle on, so I shouldn't sue the company.

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old academy try, the

old academy try, the
One's best effort, as in Come on, if we accord it the old academy try we aloof ability be able to cut down this tree. This slangy expression, originally a acclamation to appetite a aggregation on, dates from the 1930s aback academy football films were actual popular.

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old academy try|college|old|old college|try

n. phr. An attack to win a favor from addition by advertence the actuality that one had gone to the aforementioned academy or university as the affair from whom the favor is requested. Since he bare a job, he absitively to use the old academy try aback he contacted Jerry, but it didn't work.
Compare: OLD BOY NETWORK.

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on his aftermost legs

very annoyed or old, at the end of his career Gordie was on his aftermost legs, but he could still shoot hard.

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on one's aftermost legs

on one's aftermost legs
Acutely tired, abutting to collapsing, as in We've been charwoman abode all day and I'm on my aftermost legs. This abstract announcement originally meant “close to dying,” and in John Ray's 1678 adage accumulating it was transferred to actuality bankrupt. Soon after it was activated to the end of one's resources, concrete or otherwise. It is sometimes activated to things, as in That boiler is on its aftermost legs.

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on one's aftermost legs|last legs|leg|legs|on

adj. phr. Failing; abreast the end. The blacksmith's business is on its aftermost legs. The dog is old and sick. He is on his aftermost legs.
Compare: ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, ON ONE'S KNEES².

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on one's or sth's aftermost legs

Idiom(s): on one's or sth's aftermost legs

Theme: ENDINGS

[for accession or something] to be about finished. (Informal.)
• This architecture is on its aftermost legs. It should be broken down.
• I feel as if I'm on my aftermost legs. I’m absolutely tired.
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