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red letter dayUsually very positive, sometimes very negative.Rate it:

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poison-pen letterA missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned.Rate it:

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french letterA condom.Rate it:

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Red Letter DayA day of great happinessRate it:

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to the letterLiterally, exactly, to follow the rules as they're written.Rate it:

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best regardsUsed as a polite closing of a letter.Rate it:

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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselvesIf you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999, Rate it:

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ten-dollar wordA long and uncommon word used in place of a shorter and simpler one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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X outto cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.Rate it:

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she would rip a dog off a gut wagonA gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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look offTo mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.Rate it:

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fire offTo write a note or letter quickly.Rate it:

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butter upTo flatter, especially with the intent of personal gain.Rate it:

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omegaomega (letter; scientific symbol)Rate it:

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twenty-five cent wordAn uncommon word, often used in place of a more common one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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have other fish to fryC. 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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throw downTo fight, incite to fight, or approach with the intent to fight; to make a stand.Rate it:

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snail mailLetter Mail, or Surface-Delivered Mail By United States Postal ServiceRate it:

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ad litteram, litterateto the letter; literally.Rate it:

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adscribere alicui salutem (Att. 5. 20. 9)to add to one's letter good wishes to some one.Rate it:

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bbsAlternative letter-case form of BBS.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensForgive me, then, for bringing owls to Athens as a thanks-offering. — Goethe, in a letter to Wilhelm von Humboldt.Rate it:

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burn some rubberAn expression of intent to drive ruthlessly, speedily, wildly, illegally: Express the intention to perform tasks, agendas in wild abandon, in order to impress, gain an advantage, recover lost time or missed opportunity:Rate it:

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college educationThe desired or promised intent of a degree program.Rate it:

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come afterTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.Rate it:

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consider it doneUsed to indicate an intent to fulfil a request or order promptly.Rate it:

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corner the marketTo monopolize a resource or commodity, as with the intent of driving up prices.Rate it:

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CUThe ISO 3166-1 two-letter code for Cuba.Rate it:

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èThe letter e with a grave accent.Rate it:

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epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta esta letter to Atticus.Rate it:

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epistulam (litteras) dare, scribere, mittere ad aliquemto write a letter to some one.Rate it:

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epistulam dare alicui ad aliquemto charge some one with a letter for some one else.Rate it:

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epistulam deprehendereto take forcible possession of a letter.Rate it:

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epistulam intercipere (Att. 1. 13. 2)to intercept a letter.Rate it:

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epistulam reddere alicui (Att. 5. 21. 4)to deliver a letter to some one (used of the messenger).Rate it:

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epistulam signare, obsignareto seal, fasten a letter.Rate it:

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epistulam solvere, aperire, resignare (of Romans also linum incīdere)to open a letter.Rate it:

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fire in angerTo fire a weapon with the intent of causing damage or harm to an opponent.Rate it:

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get some zzzzzz'sComic Strip person was pictured as 'sleeping' with a number of letter 'Z,Z,Z,Z,Z's' in overhead cloud:Rate it:

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give noticeTo announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.Rate it:

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go equippedTo possess tools, weapons or other articles with the intent of using them to commit a crime.Rate it:

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hammer and tongsWith tools indicating seriousness of intent and capability of harm.Rate it:

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hugs and kissesAn informal way to end a letter, email etc.Rate it:

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je lui ai écrit une lettre à chevalI wrote him a severe letter.Rate it:

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kind regardsUsed as a polite closing of a letterRate it:

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kindest regardsUsed as a polite closing of a letterRate it:

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kysAlternative letter-case form of KYS.Rate it:

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let go an anchor to the windward of the lawTo keep within the letter of the law.Rate it:

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litterae hoc exemplo (Att. 9. 6. 3)a letter, the tenor of which is...Rate it:

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