[hear the beat] or [see the beat] {v. phr.}, {dialect} To hear of or to see someone or something better or surpassing. - Usually used in negative or interrogative sentences […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

working girl

[working girl] {n.}, {slang} 1. ({vulgar}, {avoidable}) A prostitute. * /I didn't know Roxanne was a working girl./ 2. A girl, usually single, who supports herself by working in an […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

beat it

[beat it] {v.}, {slang} To go away in a hurry; get out quickly. * /When he heard the crash he beat it as fast as he could./ - Often used […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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caught short

[caught short] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Not having enough of something when you need it. * /Mrs. Ford was caught short when […]

moving spirit

[moving spirit] {n. phr.} The main figure behind a business or an activity; the one who inspires the others. * /Mr. Smith is […]

Albert Einstein

Science is the attempt to make the chaotic diversity of our sense-experience correspond to a logically uniform system of […]

know something inside out

[know something inside out] {v. phr.} To be extremely well conversant with something; be an expert in; have thorough knowledge […]

Erma Bombeck

(1927-1996) U.S. humorist Anybody who watches three games of football in a row should be declared brain dead.

go over one's head

[go over one's head] {v. phr.} 1. To be too difficult to understand. * /Penny complains that what her math teacher says […]

live in a fools paradise

[live in a fool's paradise] {v. phr.} To deceive oneself; tell oneself unreal stories. * /His information is based on a lot […]