[psych out] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. To find out the real motives of (someone). * /Sue sure has got Joe psyched out./ 2. To go berserk; to lose one's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

rev up

[rev up] {v. phr.}, {informal}, {slang} 1. To press down sharply several times on the accelerator of an idling car in order to get maximum acceleration. * /The race driver […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

not all there

[not all there] {adj. phr.} Not completely alert mentally; absentminded; not together. * /Bill is a wonderful guy but he is just not all there./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the alert

[on the alert] {adj. phr.} Alert; watchful; careful. * /Campers must be on the alert for poison ivy and poison oak./ * /Drivers must be on the alert for traffic […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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bone

[bone] See: [BRED IN THE BONE], [FEEL IN ONE'S BONES] or [KNOW IN ONE'S BONES], [FUNNY BONE], [MAKE NO BONES], [SKIN AND […]

in the --- place

[in the --- place] {adv. phr.} As the (first or second or third, etc.) thing in order or importance; first, second, or third, […]

Sue Grafton

(1940--) U.S. mystery writer If high heels were so wonderful, men would still be wearing them.

Dorito Syndrome

[Dorito Syndrome] The feeling of emptiness and dissatisfaction triggered by addictive substances that lack nutritional […]

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less than

[less than] {adv.} Not; little. * /We were busy and less than delighted to have company that day./ * /The boys were less […]

pet name

[pet name] {n. phr.} A special or abbreviated name indicating affection. * /He never calls his wife her real name, […]

Michel de Montaigne

(1533-1592), French essayist For more than 40 years I have been speaking prose without knowing.