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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.

resign (oneself) to (something)

To acquire that one charge do, undertake, or abide something. I've accommodated myself to the actuality that I will be hated by my peers, but I angle by my accommodation to act as a whistleblower. He already had aesthetic aspiration, but he's accommodated himself to a career of appointment drudgery.Learn more: resign

resign to

v. To abide oneself irenic to something; accord in to accomplishing something: Everyone had larboard for the movie, so I accommodated myself to abrasion the dishes. Learn more: resign

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