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bottom feederA person who operates amidst or thrives on the unwholesome things in a society; one who takes advantage of the misfortune of others.Rate it:

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bottom fishingBuying, or seeking opportunities to buy, investment securities or other valuable properties at a time when markets are depressed and prices are low.Rate it:

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bottom fishingFishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.Rate it:

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bottom handUsed other than as an idiom: see bottom, hand.Rate it:

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bottom lineThe summary or result; the most important information; the upshot; the net-net.Rate it:

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bottom lineThe final balance; the amount of money or profit left after everything has been tallied.Rate it:

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Bottom LineThe end results, hard fact or the ultimate deduction of any event, cause, argument or situationRate it:

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bottom of the lineThe worst, the most lackluster, or lowest quality currently on the market, especially among selections in a product line.Rate it:

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bottom of the ninthIn baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.Rate it:

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bottom of the ninthBy extension, any last chance or final opportunity.Rate it:

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bottom outTo touch or drag along the ground.Rate it:

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bottom outTo reach the bottom, to reach the nadir or low point.Rate it:

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bottom the houseTo clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughlyRate it:

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get to the bottom ofTo understand, discover the truth about, or solve.Rate it:

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put the bottom rail on topTo reverse a hierarchy.Rate it:

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every good boy deserves fudgeA mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the five lines on a musical treble stave in order from the bottom to the top: E G B D F.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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cock pilotSomeone that is very preoccupied with penises and being sexually penetrated, particularly a gay male bottomRate it:

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bottoming the houseThe process by where someone cleans their house 'from top to bottom'. It is a very thorough clean indeed, even more so than 'spring cleaning'.Rate it:

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bblAbbreviation of barrel, notably for oil.Rate it:

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boo booa cut, scrape, "owie" or injury you get when you get hurt; usually a minor injury that only requires a BandAid; See also other definitions of "boo boo" and "Boo Boo"Rate it:

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break groundTo lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.Rate it:

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broad across the beamWithout fat on the hips and the bottom.Rate it:

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broad in the beamWithout fat on the hips and the bottom.Rate it:

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Davy Jones's lockerThe bottom of the ocean, especially as the grave for sailors. Also a common saying when something goes overboard and is lost.Rate it:

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de fond en comblefrom top to bottom, from wall to wallRate it:

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field dayTop-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.Rate it:

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

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palmed the ticketSharpie' kept his ticket, volunteered to 'Draw the Winning Ticket', reached into the barrel and withdrew his own 'winning ticket': It happened at the 'Marvin'' theater:Rate it:

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pitThe bottom part of.Rate it:

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powder kegA barrel containing gunpowder.Rate it:

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prop upTo be at the bottom of (a league)Rate it:

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read the tea-leavesTo foretell someone's future by examining the tea-leaves at the bottom of the cup.Rate it:

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s'attirer une mauvaise affaireTo get into a mess, scrape.Rate it:

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se tirer d'un mauvais pasTo get out of an awkward fix (scrape).Rate it:

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stuffA melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication.Rate it:

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touch and goTo touch bottom lightly and without damage, as a vessel in motion.Rate it:

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tuck inTo push the fabric at the bottom of a shirt under the pants.Rate it:

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turn overTo flip over; to rotate top to bottom.Rate it:

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turn upside downTo flip over; to rotate top to bottom.Rate it:

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wash downTo wash something completely from top to bottom.Rate it:

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what's the skinnyWhat is the bottom line? What is the basic story?Rate it:

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由頭到尾from top to bottom; from the beginning to the endRate it:

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