S
Idioms beginning with "S"
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[school of hard knocks] {n. phr.}
Life outside of school or college; life out in the world; the ordinary experience of learning from work and troubles.
He never went to high school; he was educated in the school of hard knocks.
[scot-free] {adj. phr.}
Without punishment; completely free.
In spite of his obvious guilt, the jury acquitted him and he got off scot-free.
[scotch broth] {n.}
A thick barley soup with vegetables and mutton or beef.
Mother cooked a hearty scotch broth for dinner.
[scout around] {v. phr.}
To search for; look around.
When we first came to town, we had to scout around for a suitable apartment.
[scrape the bottom of the barrel] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers.
* /At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom […]