British 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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Whenever you want to marry someone, go have lunch with his ex-wife.

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give voice

[give voice] {v. phr.}, {formal} To tell what you feel or think; especially when you are angry or want to object. - Used with […]

oddball

[oddball] {n.}, {slang}, {informal} An eccentric person; one who doesn't act like everyone else. * /John is an oddball - he […]

half an eye

[half an eye] {n. phr.} A slight glance; a quick look. * /The substitute teacher could see with half an eye that she was […]

into line

[into line] {adv. phr.} 1. Into agreement. * /The department's spending was brought into line with the budget./ 2. Under […]

Lee Iacocca

(1924--) U.S. businessman We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?