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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.

sink through the floor

1. To wilt, wince, or apple-polish from acute embarrassment. When the abecedary accused me of cheating on the test, I anticipation I would bore through the floor. I accidentally let out a actual aural fart as I angled over, and I got aback to my board as anon as I could so I could bore through the floor.2. To ache a activity of acute dejection, disappointment, or sadness. Usually said of one's heart. My affection sank through the attic back I saw Joe walking hand-in-hand with Melissa. Our hearts started biconcave through the attic the moment the doctor came into the cat-and-mouse allowance with such a austere announcement on her face.Learn more: floor, sink, through

sink through the floor

Suffer acute embarrassment, as in When she alleged our name on the account of those who owed dues, I sank through the floor. This abstract appellation dates from the aboriginal 1900s. Learn more: floor, sink, through

sink through the floor, to

To be acutely embarrassed. This abstract expression, advertence that one wishes one could absolutely abandon by biconcave through the floor, dates from about 1900. L. M. Montgomery acclimated it in her accepted atypical Anne of Green Gables (1908): “She anticipation she would bore through the attic back she saw you appear in all chic out like that.” Learn more: sink, through

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sink through the floor, 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

sink through the floor

sink through the floor

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