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a hair's breadthA very small distance or amountRate it:

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a pull of the hair for being unfairThe general response to "A kick and a flick for being so quick", which is in turn a response in itself to "A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month".Rate it:

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add oilTo make extra effort.Rate it:

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avoir un poil dans la mainTo be very lazy (so that hair grows on the palm of the hand).Rate it:

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bad hair dayA day when one's hair seems unmanageable.Rate it:

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bad hair dayA day when several things seems to be unmanageable or go wrong.Rate it:

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bald as a billiard ballOne whom has lost much hair and prematurely bald.Rate it:

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bald as a coottotally bald; without any hair on one's head.Rate it:

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barrelThe quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.Rate it:

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bblAbbreviation of barrel, notably for oil.Rate it:

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brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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burn the midnight oilTo work studiously, especially late into the night.Rate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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buscar pelos en la sopato look for excuses to complain; literally "to search for hair in the soup"Rate it:

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by a hair's breadthBy a narrow marginRate it:

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capilli compti, compositi (opp. horridi)well-ordered, well-brushed hair.Rate it:

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capilli horrenthis hair stands on end.Rate it:

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chrome domeA haircut in which the hair is clipped extremely close to the scalp.Rate it:

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crude oilunrefined petroleumRate it:

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curl someone's hairTo frighten, dismay, or excite someone thoroughly .Rate it:

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drill rigAn oil rig.Rate it:

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drilling rigAn oil rig.Rate it:

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dust bunnyA small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc. that tends to accumulate indoors in areas that are not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.Rate it:

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fine as frog hairExtremely fine.Rate it:

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finer than frog hairExtremely fine.Rate it:

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FortnightOilA Specially Refined Lantern-oil for the Switchman's Signal Lanterns used on the Grand Trunk Railroad. 'Topped-Off' Lanterns generally required refilling after a 'fortnight' of duty time. (Conjecture)Rate it:

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get in someone's hairTo hinder someone or interfere with their actions.Rate it:

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get in someone's hairTo annoy someone.Rate it:

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get out of someone's hairTo manipulate somebody into quit pestering somebody else.Rate it:

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goose bumpsBumps that form around hair follicles of the skin when a person is cold or frightened.Rate it:

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goose pimplesBumps similar to pimples that form around hair follicles of the skin when a person is cold or frightened.Rate it:

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grease upto smear with oil or grease.Rate it:

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hackles risingAn emotional or mental reaction to an irritable situation or person which causes a physical response to ones patience and/or the hair on the back of the one's neck.Rate it:

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hair of the dogAn alcoholic drink taken the morning after to cure a hangover or withdrawal symptoms.Rate it:

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hair-on-fireImpassioned, wild, crazy, rage-filled, frantic.Rate it:

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hair-splittingThe act of finding exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.Rate it:

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hair-splittinglyWith exceedingly small differences that are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.Rate it:

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hair-splittinglyWith exceedingly small differences which are probably neither important nor noticeable to most people.Rate it:

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hat hairAn accidental messy hairdo resulting from the wearing of a hat.Rate it:

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hide nor hairA trace, indication, or evidence, especially of a person.Rate it:

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Hide or HairSomething that is not to be seen or found, something or someone who is lost, missing or hidingRate it:

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idiot lightAny warning light or indicator on the dashboard of a car, designed to alert the driver of problems, such as the parking brake being on or the oil being low.Rate it:

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if there's grass on the pitch, play ballOnce someone has grown pubic hair or started puberty, they are sexually accessible.Rate it:

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keep one's hair onTo stay calm; to be patient.Rate it:

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keep your hair onAn admonition to stay calm.Rate it:

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lady gardenA woman's pubic hair, and the area around it.Rate it:

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landing stripA cultivated pubic hair pattern in which much of the pubic hair is removed, leaving only a central vertical line or rectangle.Rate it:

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Lard-OilAn oil from pork-fat-'LARD' whose viscosity was regulated according to environment in which it was utilized. The oil used in Railroad Switchman's signal-lanterns.Rate it:

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les cheveux en brosseHair cut short (standing up like the bristles of a brush).Rate it:

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