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save someone's baconTo save someone's life.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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pull someone's bacon out of the fireTo rescue someone, especially at the last moment.Rate it:

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save someone's skinTo save someone's life.Rate it:

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save someone's skinto prevent an undesirable occurrenceRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heartRate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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a good voice to beg baconSaid in ridicule of a bad voice.Rate it:

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bacon-facedHaving a fat, sleek face.Rate it:

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bring home the baconTo have a job and earn money or to lead a successful career.Rate it:

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Bring Home the BaconWorking together to earn livelihoodRate it:

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get the bacon badTo be morbidly obese.Rate it:

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you saved my bacon:An action or development contributed by another which resulted in unexpected grand results to your benefit!Rate it:

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bacon fedFat, greasy.Rate it:

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bacon-fedFat.Rate it:

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good voice to beg baconAn unpleasant voice.Rate it:

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save faceTo take an action or make a gesture intended to preserve one's reputation or honour.Rate it:

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save itA response given when a person believes that another person is lying or making excuses.Rate it:

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save by the bellTo rescue or favorably assist (someone) by means of a timely interruption or the sudden termination of difficult circumstances.Rate it:

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to save one's lifeunder any circumstances; rather die than...Rate it:

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save asTo specify a filename for a file, and save it under that name.Rate it:

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save asTo enter a dialog box where the user can specify a filename, and such that when the filename is specified, an appropriate file will be saved with that name.Rate it:

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save by the bellIn a boxing or wrestling match or similar competition, to ring the bell which concludes the round and thereby to prevent a competitor who has been knocked down from being counted out by the referee.Rate it:

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save downTo write a computer file to disk.Rate it:

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Save for a Rainy DayTo save something for bad time or for a time of need, To keep something in store for future useRate it:

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save one's breathTo refrain from speech.Rate it:

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save oneselfTo refrain from having sex until one meets a suitable person to date or betroth or marryRate it:

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save something for a rainy dayTo save something just in case one may need it.Rate it:

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save the dayTo rescue the situation.Rate it:

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save the furnitureTo salvage something positive from a calamitous situation, especially one involving the reputation or fate of a political party.Rate it:

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save upTo accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.Rate it:

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save vs.In certain games, to successfully guard against a particular dangerRate it:

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scrimp and saveTo scrimp greatly; to economize; to live very frugally, particularly when saving for something.Rate it:

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skimp and saveAlternative form of scrimp and save.Rate it:

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to save one's lifeat allRate it:

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jump someone's bonesTo have sex.Rate it:

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to be on someone's assTo annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone.Rate it:

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someone's jaw droppedsomebody was very surprised; often followed by "to the floor"Rate it:

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step on someone's toesTo offend someone or make them feel bad, by doing or saying something that is another person's authorityRate it:

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tan someone's hideTo beat or spank someone.Rate it:

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give someone an inch and someone will take a mileIf concessions are made for someone, that will embolden them to take further advantage of the person who helped them, instead of being content with what they have been given.Rate it:

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's all goodShortened version of "It's all good." No problem; that’s fine; you’re welcome.Rate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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