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| EATEN OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME ( Henry IV, Part II, 1597) |
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to eat everything that someone has in the house.
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I'm being eaten out of house and home.So I am off to the store again tomorrow |
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Envy. Green is a color associated with sickness, possibly because people's skin takes on a slightly yellow/green tinge when they are seriously ill. Green is also the color of many unripe foods that cause stomach pains.
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Do you think his criticisms of Jack are valid or is it just a case of the green-eyed monster? |
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Dead - devoid of life (when applied to people, plants or animals). Finished with - unusable (when applied to inanimate objects).
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You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail. Scrooge knew he was dead? |
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To make short work of - to give little consideration to.
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One of the most popular additions to the BMW 3-Series is the installation of a short shift kit. The kit shortens the length of throw on the BMW shifter, theoretically giving you the ability to shift faster. |
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In a quandary or some other difficult position.
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George then says, "Holy mackerel, who's got themselves in a pickle?" Several days later his body is recovered from a dam.
The 'in trouble' meaning of 'in a pickle' was an allusion to being as disoriented and mixed up as the stewed vegetables that made up pickles. This was partway to being a literal allusion, as fanciful stories of the day related to hapless (good fortune) people who found themselves on the menu. |
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| A HORSE, A HORSE, MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE |
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| One of Shakespeare's best known lines. The quotation is sometimes now repeated ironically when someone is is need of some unimportant item. |
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| Life is like a play - we merely go through the stages of our life acting it out. |
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| Properly conducted conditions for a game, giving all participants an equal chance. Also used more widely to mean fairness and justice in contexts other than games. |
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We don't really choose who we fall in love with. Also when we are in love we can't see their faults.
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But love is blind, and lovers cannot see what petty follies they themselves commit. |
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| ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL |
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| A risky enterprise is justified so long as it turns out well in the end. |
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