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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.

paddle one's own canoe

Fig. to do article by oneself; to be alone. I've been larboard to paddle my own canoe too abounding times. Sally isn't with us. She's off canoeing her own canoe.Learn more: canoe, own, paddle

paddle one's own canoe

Be absolute and self-reliant, as in It's time Bill abstruse to paddle his own canoe. This argot alludes to council one's own boat. [c. 1800] Learn more: canoe, own, paddle

paddle one's own canoe, to

To be absolute and self-reliant. The affinity to council one’s baiter is actual old indeed; Euripides drew it in his comedy Cyclops (ca. 440 b.c.). Canoes actuality abundantly a Western Hemisphere conveyance, this accurate adaptation of the appellation is American in origin. It dates from about 1800. An aboriginal actualization in book occurs in Frederick Marryat’s Settlers in Canada (1840). A few years after Harper’s Monthly (May 1854) appear the afterward ditty: “Voyager aloft life’s sea, to yourself be true, And whate’er your lot may be, paddle your own canoe.” It became a accepted music-hall song.Learn more: own, paddle

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paddle one's own canoe, to Идиома

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

paddle one's own canoe

paddle one's own canoe

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