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Contents of More Slang:
[Old Man of the Sea] {n. phr.}
A tiresome burden, especially a person, difficult to free oneself from.
* /Deirdre has Ken the Cardie Wearer ever at her side, an Old Man of the Sea she can't ditch. He grows daily more brain-sapping as he takes up local […]
[paint your wagon]
Does anybody know what is the origin and the meaning of this expression?
[party animal] {n. phr.}
1. A person who loves parties.
That kid is such a party animal. He takes every opportunity he gets to go to a party.
2. A person who loves to dance, party and drink and also to make the most of a party. Usally ends up drunk […]
[pie-eyed] {adj.phr.} {informal}
Said about someone very drunk.
I am completely pie-eyed.
Compare: [cockeyed]
[play hookey] {v. phr.}
Be absent (without good excuse), shirk (lessons, work);
Miss.
See: [play truant]
[pretty how-do-you-do!] or
[here's a nice!] {ingerj.}
See: [do tell], [you don't say].
[raise jack] {v. phr.} {informal}
Make a noise, set up a clamour; start making a raw, an uproar, brawl.
See: [kick up a fuss]
[to reap the benefit of sth.] {v. phr.}
— to gain advantages of sth.
Investors struggle to reap the benefits of liquidity offered by European non-listed property funds.
[sad sack] {n. phr.} {informal}
An inept person who makes mistakes despite good intentions.
See: [double-trouble]
[shuffle one's feet] {v. phr.}
To slide one's feet along the floor or ground while walking;
To do sth. very slowly, unwillingly.