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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.

fill the bill

To be helpful, useful, or what is bare in a assertive situation. A: "I charge addition cord of lights." B: "Will this one ample the bill?"Learn more: bill, fill

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and fit the billto be acceptable. Jane: I charge some string. Tom: Here's some twine. Will it ample the bill? I charge bolt to accomplish a shirt. This muslin care to fit the bill.Learn more: bill, fill

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Serve a accurate purpose well, as in I was abashed there wasn't abundant craven for everyone, but this goulash will ample the bill , or Karen's affidavit aloof fills the bill, so we're abiding to get a conviction. This announcement alludes to abacus less-known performers to a affairs (or bill) in adjustment to accomplish a continued abundant entertainment. [First bisected of 1800s] Learn more: bill, fill

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Informal To serve a accurate purpose.Learn more: bill, fill

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To amuse the requirements, to clothing a purpose. This appellation originally came from the nineteenth-century American stage, area the posters announcement a affairs would account the brilliant attractions and again add lesser-known entertainers to complete the appearance (or ample out the bill). By mid-century the appellation had been transferred to added areas, area it acquired a added primary faculty of accouterment what was needed. Thus a political commodity in Harper’s Magazine in 1890 included the comment. “They abounding the bill according to their lights.”Learn more: fill

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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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a bite to eat

a bone to pick

a fart in a windstorm

a fine-toothed comb

a hard row to hoe

a hot potato

a hot topic

a into g

a little bird told me

a party to that

fill the bill

fill the bill

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