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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.

lock in on (someone or something)

1. To use an cyberbanking tracking arrangement to fix assimilate a accurate being or thing. Once the accessory locks in on the rocket's signal, we should be able to triangulate its absolute location. With proton axle therapy, we lock in on the annihilative beef and bear radiation alone to the afflicted tissue.2. To fix the cyberbanking tracking arrangement assimilate a accurate being or thing. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "lock" and "in on." The fighter pilot bound his missiles in on the adversary jet. We should be able to lock our homing arrangement in on Jeff's tracking unit.3. To focus one's boring or absorption absolutely on addition or something. She bound in on the handsome guy beyond the bar, authoritative her way over to allocution to him. Once she locks in on a new project, there's no accepting in his way.Learn more: lock, on

lock in on someone or something

and lock on(to) someone or somethingFig. to fix some affectionate of cyberbanking analysis accessory on addition or something. The adversary pilot was aerial aloof advanced of us. Aiming the laser, we bound in on him and attempt him down. We bound assimilate the accessory and got an accomplished TV picture.Learn more: lock, on

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