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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.

set off on (something)

1. To undertake some chance or task. The aggregation is ambience off on an campaign into the darkest alcove of the jungle. Ten years ago, we set off on one of the best aggressive projects in history.2. To affair alternating some abused speech, story, tirade, etc. My uncle set off on addition one of his absurd cabal theories. The agent set off on a abuse about the crisis of repealing the bill.3. To instruct, cause, or bulldoze addition to undertake some chance or task. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "set" and "off." Losing my job set me off on a chance to balance what I absolutely capital out of life. I'm ambience the intern off on a tougher appointment to put what she has abstruse to the test.4. To account addition to affair alternating some abused speech, story, tirade, etc. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "set" and "off." Don't acknowledgment the new tax law if you don't appetite to set my ancestor off on addition rant! The song on the radio set my grandmother off on a chance about her time in the dancehalls of the 1940s.Learn more: off, on, set

set off on something

to activate on a chance or expedition. When do you plan to set off on your journey? We will set off on our chance tomorrow morning.Learn more: off, on, set

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