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float someone's boat
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get under someone's skin
To make a memorable impression or have a strong effect on someone; to impact someone's feelings.
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have someone by the short and curlies
to exercise total control over someone.
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hell mend someone
Expressing exasperation at someone whose behavior is likely to result in trouble but who will not heed warnings.
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make someone's blood boil
To cause a person to feel angry or very annoyed, especially in situation in which one cannot fully display that feeling to others.
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before someone's time
From before one was born or old enough to be aware of the world.
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let someone down gently
To reject or refuse someone in a way that avoids causing hurt or disappointment.
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eat out of someone's hand
To behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.
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give someone the business
To treat someone harshly or in a wrongful manner, such as by abusing, deceiving, or manipulating.
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pull someone's bacon out of the fire
To rescue someone, especially at the last moment.
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put someone in his place
Remind someone of his or her position.
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warm the cockles of someone's heart
To provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment.
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beat someone to the punch
To do something before somebody else is able to.
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beat someone's brains out
To beat someone very severely.
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before someone's time
At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.
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behind someone's back
Without somebody's knowledge; secretly.
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bend someone's ear
To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.
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bite someone in the arse
To punish or take retribution on.
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bless someone's cotton socks
Used to express affection toward the named person.
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bless someone's heart
Used to express gratitude.
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bless someone's heart
Used to soften criticism or express pity.. )
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blind side someone
To injure, reveal shared private information or cause financial or personal loss through disloyalty or actions which hurt or disappoint.
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blow someone out of the water
To trounce; to defeat someone thoroughly, at a game or in battle.
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blow someone's cover
To reveal that someone's behavior, situation, or identity has been fabricated or deliberately misrepresented for an ulterior motive.
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blow someone's cover
To reveal that one has fabricated or deliberately misrepresented one's own behavior, situation, or identity for an ulterior motive.
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blow someone's mind
To astonish someone, to flabbergast someone.
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box someone's ears
To slap someone on the side of the head, usually as an informal punishment.
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break someone's heart
To cause a person to feel grief or sadness.
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broaden someone's horizons
To increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range.
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Bug Someone
To annoy someone, bothering, irritating a lot
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bust a cap in someone's ass
Alternative form of pop a cap in someone's ass.
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Butter Someone Up
To praise someone; to flatter someone to attain his/her favor
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butter will not melt in someone's mouth
Alternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
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butter won't melt in someone's mouth
Alternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
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butter would not melt in someone's mouth
Alternative form of butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
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butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
The identified person appears to be benign, mild-mannered, or calm.
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butter wouldn't melt in someone's mouth
The identified person is prim and proper, standoffish, cool, or dispassionate.
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call someone's bluff
To take action on the basis that another person is bluffing.
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carry someone's water
To do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.
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cat got someone's tongue
Why are you not saying anything?.
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catch someone napping
To take advantage of someone's inattention.
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Catch Someone Red-Handed
To get hold of a person or situation, while a wrong act is being carried out
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catch someone red-handed
To discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.
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catch someone with one's hand in the cookie jar
To catch someone taking something that he or she is not entitled to.
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catch someone's drift
To understand the meaning or implications of someone’s pronouncement.
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catch someone's eye
To capture someone's attention.
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change someone's mind
To convince someone to make a decision differing from what a previous one.
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Chew Someone Out
To handle someone roughly and scold them severely
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clean someone's clock
To defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
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come to someone's aid
To assist and rescue someone.
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come to someone's rescue
To rescue (or save) someone from further harm
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