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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.

put on airs

To anticipate or behave as admitting one is above to others or bigger than one absolutely is; to accept or accept a affected or boasting attitude. I anticipate John is absolutely a appropriate adolescent at heart, but I absolutely ambition he wouldn't put on such affectedness about his autograph abilities. Stop putting on airs, Mary, you're not some world-class actor—you're aloof an abecedarian like the blow of us!Learn more: air, on, put

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and give oneself airsFig. to act bigger than one absolutely is; to pretend to be acceptable or to be superior. Pay no absorption to her. She is aloof putting on airs. Stop giving yourself affectedness and act like the blow of us.Learn more: air, on, put

put on airs

Assume a assuming manner, pretend to be bigger than one is, as in I'm ailing of Claire and the way she puts on airs. Airs actuality agency "a address of superiority." [c. 1700] Learn more: air, on, put

put on airs

If addition puts on airs, they behave in a way which shows that they anticipate they are bigger or added important than added people. She anticipation the covering was far too grand. "People will anticipate I'm putting on airs." He put on no airs, but his allure was enormous.Learn more: air, on, put

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To accept a above address or actualization to which one has no absolute claim. Airs here agency a address of superiority. The appellation appeared in book from about 1700. Joseph Addison acclimated it in his biking annual of Italy (1704): “Which calmly discovers the Affectedness they accord themselves.”Learn more: on, put

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put on airs, 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

put on airs

put on airs

put on airs

put on airs

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