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Contents of More Slang:
[have a thing for] or [have a thing about] {v. phr.}
To have a strong inexplicable feeling about sth. or somebody.
* /I have a thing about sweets, for example. If there are no sweets in front of me, I'm not suffering. But if you bring me some, and put […]
[have it in for somebody] {v. phr.} {slang}
To bear a strong grudge against you.
You just cannot drive a Rolls-Royce in Beverly Hills anymore because they have it in for you. — Zsa Zsa Gabor
[in a heartbeat] {adv. phr.}
Almost immediately.
If I had the money, I would go back to college in a heartbeat.
Just tell me that you need me and I'll come there in a heartbeat.
[innuendo] {n.}
An indirect or subtle reference, esp. one made maliciously or indicating criticism or disapproval; insinuation.
Originally from Latin.
Innuendo lyrics by Queen:
While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand
While the […]
[lazybones] {n.} {informal}
A lazy person.
Seeing him return so early from the fields, his wife, who was a stirring, busy woman, called out, 'What! lazybones! — Tales of the Punjab
[leave to one's own devices] {v. phr.}
Let someone do what they want without helping them or trying to control them (usually passive).
There are four hours of lessons each morning, and in the afternoon students are left to their own devices.
* […]
[make one (little) step at a time]
to do something gradually. Little by little.
Breaking old habits isn't easy so take the changes you need to make one step at a time.
[not able to speak above one's breath] {adj. phr.}
Not able to speak aloud.
[not to speak above one's breath] {v. phr.}
* /We arrived on the scene just after dark, — that is, General Walthall's Division of Stewart's Corps; this division was on the […]