[in one's blood] or [into one's blood] {adv. phr.} Agreeing perfectly with one's sympathies, feelings, and desires. * /Living in a warm section of the country gets in your blood./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

make one's blood boil

[make one's blood boil] or [make the blood boil] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make someone very angry. * /When someone calls me a liar it makes my blood boil./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

out of one's blood

[out of one's blood] {adv. phr.} Separate from one's feelings, interests, or desires. * /When Tom moved to the city, he couldn't get the country out of his blood./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

blood runs cold

[blood runs cold] also [blood freezes] or [blood turns to ice] You are chilled or shivering from great fright or horror; you are terrified or horrified. - Usually used with […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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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 […]

to the full

[to the full] {adv. phr.} Very much; fully. * /The campers enjoyed their trip to the full./ * /We appreciated to the full […]

Lawrence "Yogi" Berra, Reader's Digest

(August 1988) You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there.

Jeff Raskin

Imagine if every Thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. This happens to us all the time with computers, […]

Blamestorming

[Blamestorming] A group discussion of why a deadline was missed or a project failed and who was responsible.

no kidding

[no kidding] {n. phr.} Without jokes or teasing; honestly spoken. * /"You actually won the lottery?" Dick asked. "No […]

slack off

[slack off] {v. phr.} 1. To become less active; grow lazy. * /Since construction work has been slacking off toward the end […]