[warm-up] {n.} A period of exercise or practice in preparation for a game or other event. * /During the warm-up the baseball players were throwing the ball around and running […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

warm up

[warm up] {v.} 1. To reheat cooked food. * /Mr. Jones was so late that his dinner got cold; his wife had to warm it up./ * /When the children […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

warm one's blood

[warm one's blood] {v. phr.} To make you feel warm or excited. * /When the Bakers came to visit on a cold night, Mr. Harmon offered them a drink to […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Terry Pratchett, British SF author, in book Jingo

Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life. www.english-slang.com

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Rogers Hornsby

(1896-1963) U.S. baseball player I don't want to play golf. When I hit a ball, I want someone else to go chase it.

Slang and Idioms

Selected Podcasts where slang, idioms or expressions get explained

hole

[hole] See: [ACE IN THE HOLE], [BURN A HOLE IN ONE'S POCKET], [IN A HOLE] or [IN A SPOT], [IN THE HOLE], [OUT OF THE […]

stop cold

[stop cold] or [stop dead] or [stop in one's tracks] {v. phr.}, {informal} To stop very quickly or with great force. * /The […]

of late

[of late] {adv. phr.}, {formal} In the recent past; not long ago; a short time ago; lately; recently. * /There have been too […]

run around

[run around] or [chase around] {v.}, {informal} To go to different places for company and pleasure; be friends. * /Tim […]

Guy Bellamy

U.S. author Life is a sexually-transmitted disease.

jag

[jag] {adj.} {n.} 1. A drug taking, or sometimes drinking, binge. 2. A period of uncontrolled activity.