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break out of your shell	When someone is a little shy.	added 8 years ago
go take a jump in the lake!	a rude way of telling someone to go away and stop annoying you.	added 8 years ago
pick up where you left off	to start up again in the very place that one has stopped.	added 8 years ago
hits pretty close to home	having a direct personal effect on you.	added 8 years ago
kick butt	The words describe an action. The words can also describe a command for immediate physical action. Frequently used by military officers, sports team coaches and other leaders. Variations include street talk.	added 8 years ago
know-it-all	a person who behaves as if they know everything.	added 8 years ago
turned on	One becomes 'turned on' or strongly motivated through many catalysts; friends, alertness to realistic challenges, emotional triggers, strong emotions.	added 8 years ago
burned out	Individuals whom expend more energy and funds than they really possess can overdo, go bankrupt or savage their health status.	added 8 years ago
a risk taker	Any new venture replete with myriad unknown consequences can become costly in many areas.	added 8 years ago
strike out into unknown territory	Venture forth into a new or unknown business, theme, vacation, personal relationship or program.	added 8 years ago
to 'put out'	'put out'; To engage in 'heavy petting' or 'sexual congress'. a Depression expression, may be archaic:	added 8 years ago
put-up or shut up!	Agree to pay-up, agree fully and forthwith to cooperate, join, invest oneself or funds or chattels.	added 8 years ago
keep your heads down!	A military admonishment to infantrymen while crawling under barbed wire or across terrain toward the enemy.	added 8 years ago
stuff yourself 'til you pop!	One can overeat, binge, gorge, gulp, gobble-down chow-down and stuff your gut on food! ! ! ! !	added 8 years ago
get off easy	'get off eas', receive mild punishment, avoid heavy costs or fines, avoid strong admonishments or stern warnings.	added 8 years ago
slap-happy	Slap Happy is a disposition, an apparent affectation, an intentional mood-swing, unusual presence in the moment, goofy.	added 8 years ago
come along!	Join me, move forward, let's stay together.	added 8 years ago
don't be chicken!	An exhortation to another; Don't be cowardly, afraid to venture forth, gutless, afraid of the strange or unknown!	added 8 years ago
high as a kite	A person's internal condition of jubilation, enthusiasm, expectation, apprehension, obvious to others from the person's body language, verbal expressions, demeanor.	added 8 years ago
down in the dumps	down in the dumps is an emotional state of depression, immobilization, an act of vegetating, regressing.	added 8 years ago
something may fall in your lap	Unexpectedly your desires may be fulfilled.	added 8 years ago
keep a watchful eye!	Expect someone or something or anything:	added 8 years ago
that fills the bill	The project, the agenda, is now complete.	added 8 years ago
don't make a big production out of this!	Over emphasized, blown out of proportion, made it into a big deal, made it appear as a movie!	added 8 years ago
all washed-up	no longer successful, skillful, popular, or needed.	added 8 years ago

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