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"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

An idiom is

an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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(1953--) U.S. actor I only have two rules for my newly born daughter: she will dress well and never have sex.

drop back

[drop back] {v.} To move or step backwards; retreat. * /The soldiers dropped back before the enemy's attack./ * /The […]

make it snappy

[make it snappy] {v. phr.}, {informal} To move quickly; be fast; hurry. - Usually used as a command. * /"Make it snappy," […]