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a barrel of laughs

a lot of fun, a person who makes you laugh Let's invite Chang to our party. He's a barrel of laughs.

a bed of roses

an easy life, a pleasant place to work or stay Who said that retirement is a bed of roses?

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a breath of fresh air

a nice change, a new presence Having Lan around the house is a breath of fresh air - she's so nice.

a breath of wind

a breeze, a light wind In the evening, the lake was calm. There wasn't a breath of wind.

a bunch of malarkey

an untrue story, a lot of bunk, bull """Do you believe what the psychic said about your future?"" ""No. It's a bunch of malarkey."""

a bundle of nerves

"a very nervous person; uptight person" May has so many problems - she's just a bundle of nerves.

a case of

an example of, it's a case of Look at Bosnia. That's a case of ethnic civil war.

a chip off the old block

a boy who is like his dad, the apple doesn't... Eric is a chip off the old block. He's just like his dad.

a chunk of change

a large amount of money, a few grand, big bucks I bet that condo cost him a chunk o' change - 300 grand at least.

wangle out of (someone or something)

1. To accomplish in extricating oneself from some abhorrent or abominable situation, duty, or albatross by tricky, clever, or artful means. He's consistently aggravating to access out of alive the graveyard shift, but it won't assignment this time. The glace little weasel managed to access out of acknowledged accountability for the banking alternation bones she larboard abaft at the company.2. To accomplish in extricating addition abroad from some abhorrent or abominable situation, duty, or albatross by tricky, clever, or artful means. The adolescent entrepreneur's advocate managed to access him out of a ample bastille book for his role in the scandal. Thankfully, our adviser managed to access us out of a adhesive bearings with the bounded police.3. To accomplish in accepting article from one by tricky, clever, or artful means. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "wangle" and "out" to accredit either to the affair actuality taken or the being or accumulation from whom it is taken. I managed to access some chargeless articles out of the bodies who are active the promotional event. He acclimated the damaging advice to access added money out of the aggregation as allotment of his severance package. I had a cheating suspicion that she was aggravating to access me out of my inheritance.Learn more: of, out, wangle

wangle out of something

Fig. to get out of accepting to do something; to altercate or deceive one's way out of a responsibility. Don't try to access out of this mess. You charge break and fix the problems you made. Mary managed to access out of blockage backward again.Learn more: of, out, wangle

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a card a case of a caution a cheap drunk a checkup a chicken in every pot a chin wag a chip off the old block a chunk of change a cinch a clean bill of health a cliff-hanger a close call a close shave a clutch hitter (baseball) a common thread a contract out on waltz up (to someone or something) wambulance wampum wana wand wand waver wander wander about wander around wander away wander away (from someone or something) wander from wander from (someone or something) wander in wander into (some place) wander off wander off (from someone or something) wandering hands wane wangle wangle (one) into (some place or some situation) wangle (one's) way into (some place or some situation) wangle (one's) way out of (something) wangle (something) from (one) wangle from wangle out of wangle out of (someone or something) wangster wank wank off wankster wanna wanna be Wanna make sumpin’ of it? wannabe want want (one's) bread buttered on both sides want (one's) head examined want (someone or something) back want (something) like (one wants) a hole in the head want (something) so bad (that) (one) can taste it want a piece of me? want back want for want for (something) want for nothing want in want into (something or some place) want no part in/of (something) want no truck with (someone or something) want none of (something)