[mind] See: [CROSS ONE'S MIND] or [PASS THROUGH ONE'S MIND], [GIVE A PIECE OF ONE'S MIND], [HALF A MIND], [IN MIND], [IN ONE'S MIND'S EYE], [MAKE UP ONE'S MIND], [NEVER […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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hand and foot

[hand and foot] {adv. phr.} 1. So that the hands and feet cannot be used. - Used with "bind" or a synonym. * /The robbers […]

sitting pretty

[sitting pretty] {adj.}, {slang} To be in a lucky position. * /The new library is sitting pretty because a wealthy woman […]

Wilfred Sheed

(1920--) U.S. writer If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.

brown bread

[brown bread] {adj.} Dead (Cockney rhyming slang).

keekles

[keekles] Usually used while deliberately acting like a newbie.

Spanish proverb

I wept when I was born and every day explains why.

hem and haw

[hem and haw] {v. phr.} 1. To pause or hesitate while speaking, often with little throat noises. * /The man was a poor […]

underway

[underway] {adv. phr.} In progress; in motion. * /The yearly fund-raising campaign for the renovation of our university […]