American Slang

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Slang is

"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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narrow-minded

[narrow-minded] {adj. phr.} Limited in outlook; resistant to new ideas; bigoted. * /He is generally very open about […]

small

[small] or [wee hours] {n. phr.} The very early hours of the morning between 1 and 4 A.M. * /My brother was in trouble for […]

Mark Twain

(1835-1910) Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in.

Idioms to Learn Today

Learn/refresh your knowledge against this set!Then check yourself by running flashcard test by definitions or by descriptions.

beg off

[beg off] {v.} To ask to be excused. * /Father told Tom to rake the yard, but Tom tried to beg off./ * /Mrs. Crane accepted […]

man in the moon

[man in the moon] {n. phr.} An imaginary or nonexistent person (often used to indicate a person of ignorance). * /Stop […]

Bill Copeland

"The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in."

George Carlin - Airlines Announcements

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