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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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poison-pen

[poison-pen] {adj.} Containing threats or false accusations; written in spite or to get revenge, and usually unsigned. * […]

within an inch of one's life

[within an inch of one's life] {adv. phr.} Until you are almost dead; near to dying. * /The bear clawed the hunter within an […]

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