SEE SYNONYMS FOR dime a dozen. So plentiful as to be valueless. For example, Don't bother to buy one of these—they're a dime a dozen.
call it a day. Meaning. stop doing something, especially working. to give up work and go back to home.
"Cold shoulder" is a phrase used to express dismissal or the act of disregarding someone. Its origin is attributed to Sir Walter Scott in a work published in 1816, which is in fact a mistranslation of an expression from the Vulgate Bible.
Resulting from a revised opinion or change of mind, as in I thought I'd go to the movies, but on second thought I'd rather stay home. Similarly, have second thoughts means “change one's mind,” as in I've had second thoughts about moving to Florida. This idiom alludes to ideas that come later. [
Learner's definition of SECOND THOUGHT. : a feeling of guilt, doubt, worry, etc., that you have after you have decided to do something or after something has happened. After she agreed to lend him the money, she had second thoughts. She was having second thoughts about getting married.
to annoy or upset someone: It really winds me up when he goes on about teachers having an easy life.
informal (also bored to death/tears) extremely unhappy because something is not interesting or because you have nothing to do. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bore and bored.
If you do something without a second thought, you do it without first considering if you should do it or not: She'll spend a hundred dollars on a dress without a second thought. to change your opinion about something or start to doubt it: You're not having second thoughts about getting married, are you?
slang. to relax somewhere, usually with other people, not doing anything in particular: Most weekends I'll just kick it with my friends.
Hick definitionsAn awkward, unsophisticated person regarded as typical of rural areas; yokel; hayseed. noun.
Slang. a pretty but expressionless or unintelligent woman. a girl or woman, especially one who is considered attractive. a boy or man who is considered attractive.
looker (plural lookers) (literally) One that looks or is actively looking; a watcher; an observer. One having a specific look or appearance. (slang) Someone or something who is remarkably good-looking. Wow, your new man is much more of a looker than your last one!
In 1946, the songwriter Bobby Troup and his wife drove across the country to Los Angeles. He wrote a song about traveling on Route 66. The song told people they could have fun, could get their kicks, on Route 66. Route 66 represented the spirit of movement and excitement.
"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen. The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition.
An archaic use of bucket was a beam from which a pig is hung by its feet prior to being slaughtered, and to kick the bucket originally signified the pig's death throes.
phrase. If someone is dressed to kill, they are wearing very smart or fashionable clothes because they want people to notice them and think they are attractive. [informal]
To take forty winks is to take a nap for a short period of time (usually not in bed), or to take a short sleep during the day.
The most common theory refers to an actor breaking the “leg line” of the stage. If you were to tell the actor to “break a leg,” you were wishing them the opportunity to perform and get paid. The sentiment remains the same today; the term means “good luck, give a good performance.”
Etymology. From kick the bucket (“to die”) + list, hence a “list of things to do before you die”. The term was coined by American and British screenwriter Justin Zackham in his screenplay for the 2007 film The Bucket List. The first item on his list was to have a screenplay produced at a major Hollywood studio.
Go straight to, as in He made a beeline for the refreshments. In this expression, beeline means “the shortest distance between two points,” alluding to the route of worker bees bringing nectar and pollen back to the hive. [ c.
noun Informal.a list of things a person wants to achieve or experience, as before reaching a certain age or dying: a bucket list for a terminally ill patient;What's on your summer bucket list?
So “Go fly a kite” basically means asking someone to go and discover something new or get a greater idea or do something worthwhile.
