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keep at arm's lengthAvoid a close relationship.Rate it:

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keep at arm's lengthStay at a distance, away from one's body.Rate it:

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arm's lengthBarely within reach.Rate it:

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arm's lengthIndependent, but related.Rate it:

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arm's lengthDistant, detached.Rate it:

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at arm's lengthAvoiding a close relationship.Rate it:

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at arm's lengthAt a distance, away from one's body.Rate it:

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short of a lengthOf a ball that pitches short of a good length; a ball that bounces closer to the bowler than the area of the pitch regarded as the best for dismissing or restricting the scoring of the batsman.Rate it:

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the length of the Flemington straightA long way, a great distance, a large gap, a lot.Rate it:

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if you know what I meanUsed to allude to something unsaid or hinted at.Rate it:

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what does XX meanUsed to ask the meaning of a word.Rate it:

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know what i mean?Do you understand?Rate it:

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lean and meanEfficient because of having nothing in excess of what is needed, and single-minded in one's objective.Rate it:

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mean businessTo be serious, especially where achieving a specific end against opposition is concerned.Rate it:

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mean streakA defect in character characterized by persistent nastiness, viciousness, or malevolence.Rate it:

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mean the world toTo be loved or cared about a great deal by.Rate it:

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mean toTo intend to.Rate it:

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no mean featA laudable triumph of great difficulty.Rate it:

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treat them mean, keep them keenA woman will be more interested in a man if he is not kind to her.Rate it:

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what do you meana request for clarification of an anterior statement or questionRate it:

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you know what I meana phrase used to attempt to get the interlocutor to agreeRate it:

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and then someUsed to confirm preceding utterance, while implying that what was said or asked is an understatement.Rate it:

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in silicoalluding to the mass use of silicon for semiconductor computer chips, is an expression used to mean "performed on computer or via computer simulation."Rate it:

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like shooting fish in a barrelTo imply that something is very easy. Can be used sarcastically to mean the oppositeRate it:

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up and at 'emVigorously launched or launching into an activity; Also used to mean promptly awake and ready to start the day or given as a command to wake up, get out of bed, and get busy with activitiesRate it:

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within an inch of one’s lifeFiguratively or hyperbolically, means very soundly, thoroughly, or completely; To an extreme degree or extent; often follows the verb ‘beat’ to mean ‘very close to or near death’Rate it:

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ymtsInitialism of you mean to say.Rate it:

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stand forTo mean; to symbolize; to represent.Rate it:

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vowel quantityA vowel's duration of articulation; its length.Rate it:

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bad actorIll-intentioned, mean, ill-tempered person.Rate it:

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sam is not bonded to share his meat with you!Who is SAM? representative of hardworking, righteous, law abiding and peace loving people. What is bonded? Mutilated and/or loyal & liable. What does meat mean here? Empirically meat had been the symbol of wealth and prosperity. What is the narrator telling ? SAM is not to give up his share & rights of peace and progress to the may be a rent seeking person!Rate it:

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spill one's gutsTo confess, or to divulge secrets, typically speaking freely and at length after a change of motive or an incentive.Rate it:

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tight as a duck's arseExtremely tight, mean, excessively thriftyRate it:

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grace periodA length of time during which rules or penalties do not take effect or are withheld.Rate it:

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one thousandUsed in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.Rate it:

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talk a blue streakTo talk for a long time, at great length, or to the point of tedium.Rate it:

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voice in the wildernessA person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.Rate it:

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yack onTo talk at length, in an annoying, boring and long-winded way.Rate it:

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and howUsed to strongly confirm preceding utterance.Rate it:

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as long asThe same length as.Rate it:

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aw14Autumn/Winter 2014 - used in the fashion industry to mean the designer's autumn/winder collection.Rate it:

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bad offan extreme or severe situation i.e. badly beaten, in poor health or poor mental well being i.e. hurt, not doing well, struggling to stay alive, etc.; can also mean poor financially or bad in some other wayRate it:

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barrelA round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.Rate it:

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be on aboutTalk about; mean, intend.Rate it:

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Buggins's turnThe appointment of a person by rotation or promotion, on the basis of length of service (it being that person's "turn") rather than merit or level of qualification.Rate it:

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bunged uppronounced with a hard "G" sound, not a "j" sound; injured, mangled; usually used to mean a bodily injury; often said by small children and often with the word "all" in front of the phraseRate it:

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calm before the stormA time of peace before any storm or disaster--either an actual storm or hurricane or figuratively to mean any calm before anything bad happensRate it:

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casual expressiona word in the dictionary that has an alternate definition than the dictionary definition or a phrase that means something different than its words put together would literally mean when put togetherRate it:

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catch someone's driftIf you catch someone's drift (or get someone's drift) it means you understand what they mean; this phrase is used especially when you want to get an idea across to someone but you don't want to exactly speak the words you mean or if you think the listener may be confused about what you meanRate it:

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ce mot m'est échappéThat word escaped me inadvertently (i.e., I did not mean to say it).Rate it:

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