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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.

turn (one's) duke to (something)

To undertake or administer oneself to (doing) something; to attack or be able to do something. I'd like to about-face my duke to acquirements the saxophone in my additional time. With Sarah's intelligence, she could apparently about-face her duke to annihilation afterwards aerial school.Learn more: hand, turn

turn one's duke to something

to activate to or to be able to do something. I would like to about-face my duke to Chinese cooking. He gave up accounting and angry his duke to autograph poetry.Learn more: hand, turn

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a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK a pack of lies a pain in the ass a pain in the butt a paper trail a party to that a pat answer a penny for your thoughts a penny pincher a perfect stranger a pick-me-up a picture is worth a thousand words a piece of ass a piece of cake turn a hair, not turn a phrase turn a place upside down turn a profit turn a trick turn a trick/tricks turn about turn against turn against (someone or something) turn an honest penny turn and turn about turn around turn around (something) turn around and (do something) turn aside turn away turn away from (someone or something) turn back turn back the clock turn belly up turn down turn down for what turn for the better turn full circle turn geese into swans turn hand to turn head turn heads turn in turn in (one's) badge turn in grave turn in his, her, etc. grave turn in on (oneself) turn in on oneself turn in one's grave turn in their grave turn in upon (oneself) turn inside out turn into turn into (someone or something) turn into a pumpkin turn it up turn King's/Queen's evidence turn nasty turn nose up at turn of events turn of fate turn of phrase turn of speed turn of the century turn of the screw