S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[spit] or [piss into the wedding cake] {v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable}
To spoil someone's pleasure or celebration by doing or saying something harsh or unseemly in an otherwise happy gathering; bring up depressing or unhappy subjects at a supposedly […]
[spit up] {v.}
To vomit a little.
The baby always spits up when he is burped.
Put a bib on the baby. I don't want him to spit up on his clean clothes.
[spitting image] {n.} or [spit and image] {informal}
An exact likeness; a duplicate.
John is the spitting image of his grandfather.
That vase is the spitting image of one I wanted to buy in Boston.
Compare: [LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON].
[split end] {n.}
An end in football who plays five to ten yards out from the tackle in the line.
The split end is one of the quarterback's most important targets for passes.
Contrast: [TIGHT END].
[split hairs] {v. phr.}
To find and argue about small and unimportant differences as if the differences are important.
John is always splitting hairs; he often starts an argument about something small and unimportant.
* /Don't split hairs about […]
[split second] {n.}
A very short time; less than a second.
The lightning flash lasted a split second, and then disappeared.
[split the difference] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To settle a money disagreement by dividing the difference, each person giving up half.
Bob offered $25 for Bill's bicycle and Bill wanted $35; they split the difference.
[split ticket] {n.}
A vote for candidates from more than one party.
Mr. Jones voted a split ticket.
An independent voter likes a split ticket.
Contrast: [STRAIGHT TICKET].
[split up] {v. phr.}
1. To separate; get a divorce.
After three years of marriage, the unhappy couple finally split up.
2. To separate something; divide into portions.
* /The brothers split up their father's fortune among themselves after his […]