[break into] {v.} 1. To force an entrance into; make a rough or unlawful entrance into. * /Thieves broke into the store at night./ 2. {informal} To succeed in beginning […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

break up

[break up] {v.} 1. To break into pieces. * /The workmen broke up the pavement to dig up the pipes under it./ * /River ice breaks up in the spring./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

break-up

[break-up] {n.} The end of a relationship, personal or commercial. * /The break-up finally occurred when Smith and Brown decided to sue each other for embezzlement./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

break in

[break in] {v.} (stress on "in") 1a. To break from outside. * /The firemen broke in the door of the burning house./ 1b. To enter by force or unlawfully. * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Elayne Boosler

U.S. comedienne I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me.

head

[head] {n.} 1. Lavatory (nautical slang) 2. Drug user. Sometimes preceded by the preferred drug, for example: Smackhead, […]

Idioms to Learn Today

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left-handed compliment

[left-handed compliment] An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. * /I didn't know you could look so […]

take the fifth

[take the fifth] {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. Taking refuge behind the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States […]

Achilles' heel

[Achilles' heel] {n. phr.}, {literary} A physical or psychological weakness named after the Greek hero Achilles who was […]

every cloud has a silver lining

[every cloud has a silver lining] Every trouble has something hopeful that you can see in it, like the bright edge around a […]

keep open house

[keep open house] {v. phr.} To offer hospitality and entertain those who come at any given time on a certain day or afternoon. […]