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it's curtains for him!	Black curtains, and clothing were often part of decor at funeral services in olden days.	added 8 years ago
swing-up	Trainman reaches for a grab-bar on a boxcar and swings-up onto the footrail:	added 8 years ago
get down to biz	focus, concentrate, think hard.	added 8 years ago
button up	say nothing	added 8 years ago
hungry as a bear	voracious, starved, empty.	added 8 years ago
chicken out	Back-out of an activity because of fear or other mindless reason. Refuse to keep your word.	added 8 years ago
down in the dumps	An individual with a mindset or appearance of being dejected, depressed.	added 8 years ago
happy landings	An expression of good-luck, safe travel in any conveyance, Have success in your career or business venture.	added 8 years ago
you punched my button	Your encouragement, reasoning, financial support and confidence that we could succeed turned me around.	added 8 years ago
you drained me dry	Your incessant and extended discussion, queries and theories have been so exuberant that I am exhausted.	added 8 years ago
swallow your pride!	To accept that you have to do something that you think is embarrassing or that you think you are too good to do.	added 8 years ago
your objection is simply 'a smoke screen':	Your response does not in any manner address the subject of the discussion, rather presents language designed to 'cover-up', disguise, deny existence of the problem, insert dissimilar subject matter to defer focus on the actual subject at hand!	added 8 years ago
barking up the wrong tree!	Picking the wrong person, the most unlikely person, to do, listen, or accept something.	added 8 years ago
please take it down a notch or two!	Your objections are expressed in strong tones of violence!	added 8 years ago
jack of all trades, master of none!	An individual capable of repairing, correcting, restoring many deficiencies, however is incapable of rendering a high level of expertness in these instances.	added 8 years ago
pop off	To take action in a sudden, hostile manner.	added 8 years ago
use it or lose it	Human abilities require repetitive usage or practice lest one become, rusty. out of tune, uncoordinated:	added 8 years ago
every man for himself!	Everyone has to fight for his or her own survival. This extraordinary admonition, generally applies during an extreme emergency, commercial or military wherein rescue assistance or other lifesaving help is unlikely.	added 8 years ago
pop the question	Pop the question in the general context refers to requesting for future action in an interpersonal relationship.	added 8 years ago
you lost me	You left me out in left field, You did not explain clearly. Your explanation was to me enigmatic, and requires another meeting of the minds.	added 8 years ago
flip-out	One flips-out in becoming hysterical, extremely illogical, unreasonable, disoriented, discontented, or uncontrollable.	added 8 years ago
hit the books!	Launch a determined review or study of appropriate material and subjects by hitting the books in preparation for a stringent examination/knowledge test in a pre-employment interview.	added 8 years ago
brush-up!	A 'brush-up' is a thorough review, rehearsal, self-examination prior to submitting to job interviews, probings, investigations of any category in order to be proficient in the future demands of the hoped-for position, challenge or opportunity:	added 8 years ago
try to top that one!	When one excels often and in a high degree, there is naturally a strong feeling of achievement. The proud winner may chide and challenge his associates and peers.	added 8 years ago
making a mountain out of a molehill	In the process of making a judgement call relative to a situation or incident one can easily gather unconfirmed reports, unsubstantiated evidence which can lead to making a mountain out of a molehill.	added 8 years ago

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