S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[second-class] (1) {adj.}
1. Belonging in the class that is next to the highest or next best.
He was only a second-class math student.
His parents traveled as second-class passengers on the boat.
The periodical came as second-class mail.
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[second-guess] {v. phr.}
1. To criticize another's decision with advantage of hindsight.
The losing team's coach is always second-guessed.
2. To guess what someone else intends or would think or do.
* /Television planners try to second-guess the […]
[second-rate] {adj.}
Of mediocre or inferior quality.
The movie received a bad review; it was second-rate at best.
[second-run] {adj.}
Of a movie: Shown in many movie theaters before, and allowed to be shown later in other movie theaters.
Tickets to second-run movies cost much less.
[secondhand] {adj.}
Used; not new; preowned.
Sometimes a secondhand car is just as reliable as a brand new one.
[section gang] or [section crew] {n.}
A group of railroad workers who watch and repair a number of miles of track.
The section crew was called out to fix the broken bridge.
[section hand] {n.}
A worker who repairs railway track; one of the men in a section gang.
The section hands moved off the track while the train went by.
[security blanket] {n.}, {slang}, {colloquial}
An idea, person, or object that one holds on to for psychological reassurance or comfort as infants usually hang on to the edge of a pillow, a towel, or a blanket.
* /Sue has gone to Aunt Mathilda for a […]