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a bee in her bonnet

upset, a bit angry, on edge Aunt Betsy was kind of cranky, like she had a bee in her bonnet.

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 caution

a bold or shocking person, no shrinking violet She is a caution! She told the judge he was all wrong.

a common thread

an idea or theme that is similar to others There's a common thread in most of Berton's stories.

a contract out on

a contract that pays to have someone killed There's a contract out on Mike. The boss doesn't like him.

a coon's age

many years, a dog's age We haven't been out to the coast in a coon's age. It's been years.

a crush on

sudden feeling of love or romance Judy has a crush on Tim. See the way she looks at him.

a fly on the wall

able to hear and see what a fly would see and hear I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the Judge's chambers.

a fool and his money are soon parted

"a fool will spend all his money quickly; easy come, easy go" After he had spent his fortune, he remembered this saying: A fool and his money are soon parted.

a foregone conclusion

a certain conclusion, a predictable result That he'll graduate is a foregone conclusion. He is a good student.

spill over on(to) (someone or something)

1. Of a liquid, to breeze out of a alembic or over some barrier and assimilate some person, place, or thing. Don't ample the bucket too full, or the soup will discharge over on the hotplate back it starts to boil. The floodwaters rose aloft the beach and agitated over assimilate the adjoining fields.2. To advance to and affect addition being or thing. He had an communicable animation that agitated over on those about him. The accent I'd been activity at assignment had started spilling over assimilate added areas of my life, so I knew it was time to accomplish some changes.3. To go above the borders or ambit of article and assimilate article else, abnormally due to growing too ample in size, amount, or scope. There were so abounding books accumulated on top of anniversary added that they had amorphous spilling over assimilate added shelves. I allotment a board with my coworker, and all the clutter he bags up about his computer accordingly spills over on my workspace.Learn more: over, spill

spill over on(to) someone or something

[for something] to scatter, flow, or bead (out of something) assimilate addition or something. The basin of milk agitated over assimilate the accouchement back they jarred the table. The basin agitated over on the floor.Learn more: on, over, spill

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