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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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Jim Ferree
(1931--) U.S. golfer There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don't have elevators.
head off
[head off] {v.} 1. To get in front of and stop, turn back, or turn aside. * /The sheriff said to head the cattle thieves off  […]
turn off
[turn off] {v.} 1. To stop by turning a knob or handle or by working a switch; to cause to be off. * /He turned the water  […]
at sixes and sevens
[at sixes and sevens] {adj. phr.} Not in order; in confusion; in a mess. * /He apologized because his wife was away and the  […]
play the market
[play the market] {v. phr.} To try to make money on the stock market by buying and selling stocks, * /John lost all his  […]
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For Teachers of English as a Second Language An Internet periodical devoted to English language teaching. However it will be  […]
Jimmy Buffett
U.S. singer Indecision may, or may not, be my problem.
crying shame
[crying shame] {n. phr.} A glaring disgrace, scandal, injustice.
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