K
Idioms beginning with "K"
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[kill time] {v. phr.}
To cause the time to pass more rapidly; waste time.
The plane trip to Hong Kong was long and tiring, but we managed to kill time by watching several movies.
[kill two birds with one stone] {v. phr.}
To succeed in doing two things by only one action; get two results from one effort.
* /Mother stopped at the supermarket to buy bread and then went to get Jane at dancing class; she killed two birds with one […]
[kind of] or [sort of] {adv. phr.}, {informal}
Almost but not quite; rather.
A guinea pig looks kind of like a rabbit, but it has short ears.
Bob was kind of tired when he finished the job.
The teacher sort of frowned but then smiled.
* […]
[kindled spirits] {n. phr.}
People who resemble each other in numerous ways, including their ways of thinking and feeling.
They are kindred spirits; they both like to go on long walks in the forest.
[king's ransom] {n. phr.}
1. An excessively large sum of money extorted by kidnappers to let someone go free.
The Smith family had to pay a kings ransom for the freedom of their seven-year-old son, Tommy.
2. An exorbitant fee one is forced to pay. […]
[kiss someone] or [something goodbye] {v. phr.}
To lose or give up someone or something forever.
"If you won't marry Jane," Peter said to Tom, "you might as well kiss her goodbye."
* /People who bet on a losing horse at the races might as well […]