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spin one's wheelsTo make no progress despite making an effort; to get nowhere.Rate it:

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spin one's wheelsWaste time, money and energy.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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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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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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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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take for a spinTo test or try out something, especially an automobile.Rate it:

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take for a spinTo take, as a companion, for a drive in a motor vehicle.Rate it:

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take a spinTo go for a ride; especially, to try riding or driving something.Rate it:

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spin doctornews managerRate it:

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spin a yarnTo tell or create a story, especially one which is lengthy or far-fetched.Rate it:

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in a spinVery confused, worried, excited, or angry; in a state of disruptionRate it:

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make your head spinStaggering exasperationRate it:

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masters of spinPeople who put a different perspective on obvious things.Rate it:

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spin doctorpolitical news managerRate it:

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spin downTo reduce its spinning speed from that required for reading and writing.Rate it:

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spin downTo diminish in energy; to slow down or peter out; to be gradually canceled or ended.Rate it:

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spin downTo reduce its speed of rotation.Rate it:

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spin offTo create as a by-product or a secondary derived work.Rate it:

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spin outto prolong, make longer (in time)Rate it:

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spin roundto rotate; to revolveRate it:

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spin upTo reach a sufficient spinning speed for reads and writes to take place.Rate it:

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spin upTo power up, launch, or instantiate.Rate it:

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wanna 'take a spin?Take a ride in car, Take a SPIN in MY J-3 Taylor Cub Airplane?Rate it:

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squeaky wheels get oiledAlternative form of squeaky wheel gets the grease.Rate it:

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the wheels came off the busSynonym of the wheels fell offRate it:

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unless the wheels available to you aren't made for the vehicle you're trying to drive.Follow-up to the phrase, "No need to reinvent the wheel." Meant for when one does, in fact, need to reinvent a process to account for accumulated changes that make the old status-quo obsolete.Rate it:

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wheels atA time to leaveRate it:

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set the wheels in motionto initiate a chain of events necessary to help one achieve a goal (more quickly)Rate it:

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grease the wheelsTo create conditions likely to produce or hasten favorable future developments.Rate it:

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hell on wheelsTough, aggressive, lawless, wild.Rate it:

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meals on wheelsFood delivered to the homes of those unable to cook for themselves.Rate it:

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motel on wheelsRecreational Vehicle or a VanRate it:

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on wheelsMobile; able to be moved.Rate it:

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on wheelsHaving wheels affixed to the bottom, and so transportable.Rate it:

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on wheelsTo a large degree, excessive.Rate it:

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set of wheelscarRate it:

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spinning my wheelsWorking hard but not getting anywhereRate it:

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the wheels came offSynonym of the wheels fell offRate it:

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the wheels came off the wagonSynonym of the wheels fell offRate it:

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the wheels fell offSomething failed, often after a laborious, tiring process.Rate it:

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the wheels fell off the busSynonym of the wheels fell offRate it:

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the wheels fell off the wagonSynonym of the wheels fell offRate it:

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wheels upMore of a question than an answer: Does this mean when the plane is directed to depart, when the wheels leave the tarmac, or when the wheels are retracted into the body of the plane?Rate it:

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