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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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Marilyn Manson

In the end we're all Springer guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.

Idioms to Learn Today

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glad rags

[glad rags] {n.}, {slang} Clothes worn to parties or on special occasions; best clothes. * /Mrs. Owens put on her glad rags […]

howling success

[howling success] {n.}, {informal} A great success; something that is much praised; something that causes wide enthusiasm. * […]

Lord Woolton, British politician

One of the principle troubles about inflation is that the public likes it.

Idea Hamsters

[Idea Hamsters] People whose idea generators are always running.

come off second best

[come off second best] {v. phr.} To not win first but only second, third, etc. place. * /Our home team came off second best […]

loaded for bear

[loaded for bear] {adj. phr.}, {slang} Ready for action; prepared and eager. * /Frank liked the new merchandise and as he […]