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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.

kowtow to (someone or something)

To seek admire through acquiescence to someone. Don't aloof apple-polish to the boss—tell him what you absolutely think! He'll account you added for it. Legislators accept been accused of abject to accumulated lobbyists afterward the abolition of the regulations.Learn more: kowtow

kowtow to someone or something

to abase to addition or something. I won't apple-polish to anyone! You don't apprehend me to go in there and apple-polish to that committee, do you?Learn more: kowtow

kowtow to

v. To appearance addition or article boundless account and accordance in adjustment to accretion or advance favor: The peasants had to apple-polish to the dictator. The agents kowtowed to every plan their bang-up proposed. Learn more: kowtow

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