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write home aboutSee nothing to write home about and something to write home about.Rate it:

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written all over someone's faceVery obvious, from someone's facial expression.Rate it:

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written in someone's faceAlternative form of written all over someone's faceRate it:

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wrong crowdA group of people thought to have a negative influence on a person's behaviour.Rate it:

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X's and O'skisses and hugs.Rate it:

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X's and O'sThe basic delineation of roles in a project.Rate it:

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X's and O'stic-tac-toeRate it:

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X's and O'sThe fundamental elements of a play.Rate it:

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XYZThe color space of the tristimulus values X, Y, and Z.Rate it:

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y para de contarand that's all, and that's it, period.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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yada yada yadaAnd so on; and so forth.Rate it:

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yank someone's chainUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see yank,‎ chain.Rate it:

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yank someone's chainTo tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.Rate it:

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yass sisterMeaning of a person encouraging with someone that helps them winRate it:

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yasssSomething that you accomplished and in a very valley girl accent.Rate it:

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yeah, boy howdy!Being in agreement with someone… an affirmationRate it:

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yeetus muc feetus and i will self deletusYall stop messin with me or I’ll explodeRate it:

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yellow brick roadA proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.Rate it:

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yellow journalismMaterial published in a broadcast or periodical, such as a tabloid newspaper or magazine, which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.Rate it:

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yellow journalistA journalist who writes material which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.Rate it:

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yellow pressNewspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.Rate it:

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yellowbellySomeone from Lincolnshire.Rate it:

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yes and amenAn emphatic agreement.Rate it:

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yes and noUsed other than as an idiom: see yes, and, no.Rate it:

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yes and noAn answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answerRate it:

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yes to deathTo agree with someone, often sarcastically.Rate it:

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YGMInitialism of you've got mail : used to inform someone that an e-mail message has been sent to them.Rate it:

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YHBTInitialism of you have been trolled : a response to someone who is "feeding a troll".Rate it:

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YHBWInitialism of you have been warned.Rate it:

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YHJBTSynonym of YHBT : you have just been trolled.Rate it:

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YKINMKInitialism of your kink is not my kink : an acknowledgement that people have different sexual preferencesRate it:

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you and what armyAlternative form of you and whose armyRate it:

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you and whose armyUsed in response to someone’s threat suggesting that the person in question cannot do what she or he says alone.Rate it:

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you and whose army%3fYou can't do all that on your own.Rate it:

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you beautyA general exclamation of happiness and joy.Rate it:

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you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegarIt's easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude than with rude demands and negativity.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.Rate it:

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you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pigYou can try to change something or one's outward appearance, but it will not change the inward appearance. Even if you put lipstick on a pig, it will always roll in mud and grunt.Rate it:

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you can't make an omelette without breaking eggsIn order to achieve something, it is inevitable and necessary that something should be destroyed.Rate it:

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you can't put an old head on young shouldersYoung people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.Rate it:

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you can't run with the hare and hunt with the houndsYou can't have it both ways.Rate it:

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you could have fooled meWhat you now tell me is true I thought was false, or I nonetheless think is false; I don't believe you.Rate it:

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you crack me up.One that makes someone else to laugh.Rate it:

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you don't know shit from shinola1. Like calling someone ignorant 2. Often said in reference to something specific, the person saying this phrase is expressing that they don't think the subject of their complaint knows what they are talking about, or doesn't know what they are doing or that they don't know anything at all 3. Same as the phrase: "You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground"Rate it:

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you don't know beans aboutYou Don't Have Any Idea About? Doing a task, performing a certain choreRate it:

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you don't know what you've got 'til it's goneA commonly used phrase to acknowledge the irony of taking something or someone for granted and only appreciating it/them once you don't have it/them any longer.Rate it:

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you drained me dryYour incessant and extended discussion, queries and theories have been so exuberant that I am exhausted.Rate it:

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you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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