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paper chaseThe effort to earn a diploma, college degree, personal certificate or license (as the necessary paperwork required [documents, assignments, forms, reports, applications] amasses a literal trail of paper)Rate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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up in the airLiteral: up in or into the sky or air.Rate it:

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al pie de la letraEn forma o sentido literal.Rate it:

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beat someone at their own gameto win against someone who is good, better or best at something (not necessarily a literal game) or in their fieldRate it:

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boomshankaA wish of happiness. Purportedly a literal translation (from an unknown language) is, "May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman"Rate it:

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double entendreA phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..Rate it:

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face valueNo more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation.Rate it:

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figure of speechA word or phrase that departs from straightforward, literal language.Rate it:

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Four Horsemen of the ApocalypseHarbingers of doom; several signs which combine to imply the imminence of literal or figurative destruction.Rate it:

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give it the gunLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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hang one's hatLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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hang up one's hatLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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hit the pavementLiteral meaning.Rate it:

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how are youAn informal greeting, not requiring a literal response. Typical responses include.Rate it:

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how do i get to carnegie hallA set phrase, spoken as a rhetorical question, which is answered "Practice, practice, practice!" or sometimes with the humorous literal directions to Seventh Avenue between 56th and 57th.Rate it:

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izquierda aberzaleSe dice normalmente de la corriente política nacionalista/separatista y más o menos radical vasca. Su significado literal en español podría ser izquierda patriota, pero el adjetivo abertzale se refiere exclusivamente a la vasca.Rate it:

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mal pensadoEn sentido literal, que no está bien o correctamente pensado, formulado, planeado o concebido.Rate it:

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más malo que el natreMuy malo, ya sea en su sentido literal de mal sabor o, más usualmente, aludiendo a la maldad.Rate it:

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patas arribaVuelto del revés, tanto literal como metafóricamente.Rate it:

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put the pedal to the metalThe literal meaning is to press the gas pedal to the maximum extent; see our other entry for the figurative meaning this phrase has also come to meanRate it:

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there and backOne or for a round trip journey, literal or figurative.Rate it:

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tomar del peloEn su sentido literal, agarrar a una persona o animal sujetando su pelo o cabello.Rate it:

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vox pópuliExpresión latina cuyo significado literal es voz del pueblo. Es usada para hacer referencia a algo que es bien conocido por todos.Rate it:

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what's newAn informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their lives. A typical response might be, "Not much, you?". At times the greeting may not be literal and might just be used as a synonym for hello or what's up.Rate it:

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