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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.

push someone's buttons

Also, press someone's buttons. Draw a able affecting acknowledgment from someone, abnormally acrimony or animal arousal. For example, My mother-in-law absolutely knew how to advance my buttons, or A attractive redhead, she consistently seemed to columnist his buttons. This allegorical announcement transfers activating some apparatus by blame buttons to animal emotions. [Slang; 1920s] Learn more: button, push

push (or press) someone's buttons

be acknowledged in agitative or afflictive a acknowledgment in someone. informalLearn more: button, push

push someone's buttons, to

To draw a able affecting acknowledgment from someone, usually negative. The appellation originated in the aboriginal bisected of the 1900s and has become a cliché. For example, “I said some abrogating things about the accepted administering and that absolutely pushed Mary’s buttons—she exploded.” Learn added rub the amiss way. Learn more: push

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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 push comes to shove, if/when push down push down on push down on (someone or something) push for push for (something) push forward push in push into push it push luck push money push off push off on push on push one's luck push out push out of push out of (something) push over push paper push paper(s) push past push somebody's buttons push someone's buttons push someone's buttons, to push something to the back of your mind push the boat out push the envelope push the panic button push the panic button, to push the right button(s) push through push to push to the wall push together push too far push toward push up push up (the) daisies push up against push up daisies push up daisies, to push up on push up on (someone or something) push your luck pushed pushed for cash pushed for money pushed for time pusher