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bad shit

Categories: avoidable noun vulgar
A Dictionary of American Idioms
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[bad shit]  {n.},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
An unpleasant event or situation, such as a long lasting and unsettled quarrel or recurring acts of vengeance preventing two people or two groups from reaching any kind of reconciliation.
There is so much bad shit between the two gangs that I bet there will be more killings this year.
Compare: [BAD BLOOD].
Categories: avoidable noun vulgar
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fuck around

Categories: avoidable fuck verb vulgar
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[fuck around]  {v. phr.},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
1. To be promiscuous.
John fucks around with the secretaries.
2. To play at something without purpose, to mess around.
He doesn't accomplish anything, because he fucks around so much.
Categories: avoidable fuck verb vulgar
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fuck up

Categories: avoidable fuck verb vulgar
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[fuck up]  {v. phr.},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
To make a mess of something or oneself.
Because he was totally unprepared, he fucked up his exam.
He is so fucked up he doesn't know whether he is coming or going.
Categories: avoidable fuck verb vulgar
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fuck-up

Categories: avoidable fuck noun vulgar
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[fuck-up]  {n.},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
A mess; a badly botched situation.
What a fuck-up the dissolution of the USSR created!
Categories: avoidable fuck noun vulgar
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have someone by the balls

Categories: avoidable slang verb vulgar
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[have someone by the balls]  {v. phr.},  {slang},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
To have someone at a disadvantage or in one's power.
The kidnappers had the company by the balls for six long weeks.
Categories: avoidable slang verb vulgar
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like hell

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[like hell]  {adv.},  {slang},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
1. With great vigor.
As soon as they saw the cops, they ran like hell.
2.  {interj.}
Not so; untrue; indicates the speaker's lack of belief in what he heard.
Like hell you're gonna bring me my dough!
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piss off

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[piss off]  {v.},  {slang},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
To bother; annoy; irritate.
You really piss me off when you talk like that.
- [pissed off]  {adj.}
Why act so pissed off just because I made a pass at you?
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screw around

Categories: avoidable verb vulgar
A Dictionary of American Idioms
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[screw around]  {v. phr.},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around.
You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day.
Categories: avoidable verb vulgar
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have one's ass in a sling

Categories: avoidable slang verb vulgar
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[have one's ass in a sling]  {v. phr.},  {slang},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
To be in an uncomfortable predicament; to be in the dog-house; to be at a disadvantage.
Al sure had his ass in a sling when the boss found out about his juggling the account.
Categories: avoidable slang verb vulgar
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fuck off

A Dictionary of American Idioms
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[fuck off]  {v. phr.},  {vulgar},  {avoidable}
1. Go away!
Can't you see you're bothering me? Fuck off!
2. To be lazy.
John said "I don't feel like working, so I'll fuck off today."
Compare: [BEAT IT], [GOOF OFF].
A Dictionary of American Idioms