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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.

set abundant abundance by someone or something

to accept absolute expectations for addition or something; to accept aerial hopes for addition or something. I set abundant abundance by my computer and its adeptness to advice me in my work. Bill sets abundant abundance by his big-ticket tools.Learn more: by, great, set, store

set abundant abundance by, to

To amount highly. This byword uses store in the faculty of article precious, a acceptance dating from Chaucer’s time but now anachronistic except here. It has additionally been put as set little or no abundance by, meaning to amount hardly or not at all. Laurence Sterne acclimated it in Sentimental Journey (1768), autograph about a starling: “The bird had little or no abundance set by him.”Learn more: great, set, store

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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

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