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Idiomatic
(384 entries)
red shirt
A "redshirt" is a stock character in fiction who dies soon after being introduced. The term originates from the original Star Trek
(NBC, 1966–69)
television series in which the red-shirted security personnel frequently die during episodes.
Natalia D
In the nose bleeds
A seating area very high up in a stadium or theater, as for a sporting event, musical performance, play, etc., which typically costs less money but has a restricted view.
LenaTsvet
Robert is your father's brother
Bob's your uncle
Alexander Oshis
Robert is your mother's brother
Bob's your uncle
Alexander Oshis
CP time
Colored people's time is an American expression referring to African Americans as frequently being late.
Natalia D
Get off my back!
If you tell somebody to get off your back, you ask them to stop finding faults or criticizing you.
Interex
Too many chiefs and not enough indians
It means there are too many executives and not enough "hands on" employees.
Interex
up hill and down dale
Over every hill and dale
Andrey Truhachev
the salami method
Salami tactics, also known as the salami-slice strategy or salami attacks, is a divide and conquer process of threats and alliances used to overcome opposition. With it, an aggressor can influence and eventually dominate a landscape, typically political, piece by piece.
Natalia D
mixed blessing
Something that has both good and bad features.
mrsgreen
look like a Sunday-school picnic
Sunday-school picnic
4uzhoj
Let
(one)
down easy
To deliver bad news to one in the kindest or least upsetting way possible.
Natalia D
live large
To have a luxurious lifestyle.
'More
Let one's hair down
To relax
Franka_LV
up hill and down dale
Up all hills, down all dales
Andrey Truhachev
up hill and down dale
Up hill and dale
Andrey Truhachev
me three
Used to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too".
Interex
fair-haired boy
a boy or man who is liked very much and is treated well by someone, especially someone in authority
fancy footwork
a clever and intricate strategy that helps someone get out of trouble
old saw
a clichéd or hackneyed expression
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