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all systems go
[all systems go] {Originally from space English, now general colloquial usage.} […]
bad trip
[bad trip] {n.}, {slang}, {also used colloquially} A disturbing or frightening […]
chicken-livered
[chicken-livered] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Easily scared; cowardly. * /Joe sure is […]
cop a plea
[cop a plea] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To plead guilty during […]
cotton picking
[cotton picking], [cotton-pickin'] {adj.}, {slang}, {colloquial} Worthless, crude, common, messy. * […]
couch doctor
[couch doctor] {n.}, {slang}, {colloquial} A psychoanalyst who puts his patients […]
cut offs
[cut offs] {n.}, {colloquial} Pants cut to the length of shorts […]
get off one's back
[get off one's back] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {colloquial} To stop criticizing […]
get one's brains fried
[get one's brains fried] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {also used colloquially} 1. […]
give the ax
[give the ax] {v. phr.}, {colloquial} 1. Abruptly to finish a […]