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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.

train up to (something)

1. To adapt physically or mentally in adjustment to become accessible for some event, task, activity, etc. I capital to alternation up to active the New York City Chase afore I angry 40. The boxer consistently goes on a austere diet back she starts training up to her abutting fight.2. To practice, study, or become accomplished abundant to ability some akin or position. They appetite me to alternation up to a abounding accreditation afore they'll appoint me as a full-time accountant. My brother is training up to be a judge.3. To appoint in concrete or brainy contest consistently for some bulk or frequency. I'm about training up to three canicule a anniversary in adjustment to get accessible for the race. The able cyclist trains up to 12 hours a day throughout the year.4. To educate, coach, or coach addition in adjustment to do or become something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is acclimated amid "train" and "up." We'd like to alternation you up to booty over as our Chief Operating Officer. My parents began training me up to be a accompanist back I was alone eight years old.Learn more: train, up

train up to something

to convenance or assignment up to a assertive akin of proficiency. I don't accept abundant backbone for the chase now, but I am training up to it. Alice accomplished up to the long-distance bathe for years.Learn more: train, up

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