[what's up] or [what's cooking] also [what's doing] {slang} What is happening or planned; what is wrong. - Often used as a greeting. * /"What's up?" asked Bob as he […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

par for the course

[par for the course] {n. phr.}, {informal} Just what was expected; nothing unusual; a typical happening. - Usually refers to things going wrong. * /Mary is very clumsy so it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

in the wrong

[in the wrong] {adj. phr.} With moral or legal right or truth against you; against justice, truth, or fact; wrong. * /In attacking a smaller boy, Jack was plainly in […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fine feathers do not make fine birds

[fine feathers do not make fine birds] {literary} A person who wears fine clothes may not be as good as he looks. - A proverb. * /Mary is pretty and […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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as it comes

[as it comes] 1. As is. * /Reese takes life as it comes./ 2. {adv. phr.} Instinctively, by intuition. * /I write as it […]

in a sense

[in a sense] {adv. phr.} In some ways but not in all; somewhat. * /Mr. Smith said our school is the best in the state, and […]

set to

[set to] {v.} 1. To make a serious beginning. * /Charlie took a helping of turkey, grabbed his knife and fork, and set to./ […]

Susan Dooley, Washington Post, 1987

The curse of the Irish is not that they don't know the words to a song--it's that they know them all.

arse over tit

[arse over tit] {v.} [Head over heels], to fall over or take a tumble.

Johann Goethe

(1749-1832), German author Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

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catch off guard

[catch off guard] {v. phr.} To challenge or confront a person at a time of lack of preparedness or sufficient care. * /The […]