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The light’s on but no one is home
Hit the bottom
Take under your wing
Back on track
Bridge a gap
Scope it out
Slime ball
Wimp
Squeeze
To wig out
Kook
Kick back
Killer
In a heart beat
Homie
To hit on
To have the munchies
Freak out
Fashion police
Butt ugly
Crack the books
Chow down
Chill out
Catch a buzz
Bummed
Bunk
Brown nose
Frank
Under the table
Climb to the top of the mountain
Give someone inch, and someone will take a mile
Leave someone holding the bag
When hell freezes over
I’ve got your number!
Burn the midnight oil
Basket case
Bad
Big time
Give me a break
I could care less
Gung ho
To have an attitude
What‘s bugging you?
Way cool
It‘s way out there
That’s wild!
To chill
To be up the creek without a paddle
Look before you leap
Rattling off at the mouth
Roll up your sleeves
Chick
Sizzling hot
Hip
Groovy
Go for it
Gusto
Get down
Get it together
Go to bat for someone
Butt out
Shrug it off
Shark bait
Lounging
Been there, done that.
To be loaded
Bucks
Bones
Greenbacks
Dough
Bread
Dinero
Moolah
Loot
Classic
Riot
Buzz
Bogus
To bolt
Turn sour
Who wears the pants in this family?
Take it with a grain of salt
Fly off the handle
Flake off
Chew up and spit him out
To pull something off
To pull that crap
Keep your chin up
To get away clean
Brevity is the soul of wit
Don‘t rub it in
Put an end to it
Powder keg
Short and sweet
Worm out of something
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings
Fall in with the wrong crowd
To pull the wool over your eyes
That sucks
Can you see the light?
To sing like a canary
To run the show
Lay your cards on the table
A cat call
It’s on me
Watch your wallet
To vote for their pockets
Back stabber
To be down in the dumps
Bad apple
To bear your soul
To be up front
Hot potato
Party animal
Kiss of death
Money talks, bullshit walks
To take a swing (punch) at someone
To break out into tears
To bail someone out
To trash something
To trash someone
To be down in the dumps
To crash
What is cooking?
Bum steer
There‘s no free lunch
When in Rome, do as the Romans do
Cut the shit
Get it off your chest
To carve out your own little niche
To lose touch
To jack someone around
That‘s a joke and a half
To roll in the hay
Raunchy
Go play on the freeway
Go for broke
Don‘t get me wrong
Don‘t knock it until you‘ve tried it
Off the wall
Flat as a pancake
No pain, no gain
Radical / rad
To catch my drift
Get a grip
Blasted
Plastered
Bent
Wasted
Smashed
Baked
Fried
Polluted
Ripped
Bombed
Shit fared
Totalled
Wiped out
Out of it
A Dive
Let‘s cruise
Pop off
The thing is
Cheesy
Average Joe
Bingo
On the right road
That‘s a different ball game
In the ball park
Way out in left field
Let‘s jam
Rock this place
Rocket
Square
Nerd
Pazaaz
Keep your noise clean
The head honcho
Over the hill
Over the hump
Rake him over the coals
Give him the third degree
Show time
Show off
Shop up
Get into the swing
Peanuts
Blow your mind
Act up
Go over the book
Want someone‘s cake and eat it too
Dumb bunny
Smart ass
Beyond the shadow of a doubt
Come hell or high water
Put your money where your mount is
Awesome
Pull a fast one
To see only the silver lining
To buckle down
To lick your wounds
To take high road
To be bent out of shape
To start off on the wrong foot
Jack
Dig in
To be in hot water
The shit hits the fan
Sharp as a pin
Sharp as a razor
To draw a blank
Mellow out
To chill out
To wig out
Not in my back yard
I’m all ears.
Take care of your own
Let‘s hop to it
Don‘t cross that line
Do it from scratch
Beats me
That really gets me
Beautiful
Good god
Doomsday
Squished
On a roll
To Know no border
Cross paths
Pack up
Miss the boat
Have a green thumb
The straw that broke the camels back
The last straw
Leaps and bounds
A chip off the old block
Two peas in a pod
Beat around the bush
Fishy
sober up
B.Y.O.B
T.G.I.F
No Pain, no gain
You have to pay the piper
There are no free lunches
You can’t have your cake and eat it too.
You snooze, you loose.
Stick around
Hang in there
It’s out of this world!
Dynamite!
So far, so good
To face it
“Hey sport/ace/hotshot
From out of the blue
Rome wasn’t built in a day.
Get real!
Soft in the brain
Off his rocker
To look on
He has a screw loose.
To be on the ball
To hit the jackpot.
Bullseye!
Right on the button!
That’s that!
It’s all in your head.
It’s as easy as pie.
It’s a piece of cake.
Doggey bag
To keep/ stay in touch
To lose touch with someone
Cheesey
A scam
A rip off
What a scream!
Pocketbook
To burn the candle at both ends.
To go ape
To go dutch
To blow your top.
To blow your cool.
To freak out
A pain in the neck
To have a bone to pick
Down the tube/sink
Nest egg
To have something up your sleeve.
To have a crush on someone
To get butterflies in your stomache
To open a can of worms.
To be as happy as a lark
To break the ice
To catch some “Z”s
It’s a breeze.
Different folks for different folks
To give it a shot
Head over heels in love
To get cold feet
A bum deal
The meat and potatoes
Get downs to the bones
Let’s jam/go/split/bail
To be hard up
To max out
To look before you leap
The sixty-four dollar question
No way!
I don’t have a clue.
Get the lead out!
To put your foot in your mouth
A bash
A get-together
Blah, blah, blah, blah.......
Short and sweet
Jack of all trades
Wishy washy
A shot in the dark
Your number is up
You’re history
He was canned
The party is over
A whiz kid
To be a good sport
It’s in the bag
You’re on the right track
Give me a ring
Teeny bopper
Get a life!
Been there, done that.
What the heck!
Scope it out / Check it out
I want it so bad!
To put one over on you.
To be up the creek
To kill time
To live and learn
Chick
The phone is ringing off the hook!
Ify
As straight as an arrow
Crooked
Buzz off
To be in the dog house
Don’t rock the boat
Don’t rain on my parade!
Wet blanket
What a crock!
Rub him out
I’ll treasure it!
Far out!
Diddly, nix, zip, nada
Fork over
Get off on a bad foot
Take it or leave
Money talks, bullshit walks
Kick back job
To make it worth my while
Light weight
Heavy weight
Totally cool
What goes around, comes around
To show me the ropes
Give me the inside info
To be all over it
To take the reins
It’s a dog eat dog world
You really kill me!
To bear in mind
To be left holding the bag / To be left high and dry
To be fit as a fiddle
To be buffed out
To jack him around
Bogus
To trip out
Bunk
To have a chip on you’re shoulder
He’s a chip off the old block.
Pump up the volume
To dump it
Hang loose
Hit the hay
Stuck up
To lock horns
Howdy
Old chap
It’s a set up
White trash
To out wit
Down the hatch!
Snotty
Bimbo
I was left holding the bag.
Nerd
That sucks
Zombie
Bozo
It’s just a stone’s throw away
To tag along
To luck out
Heavy baggage
To try my patience.
To push your luck
To be bent
That’s a whole new ballgame!
The cream \ the cream of the crop
To score \ to score big time
To come out smelling like a rose
You’re getting warm / hot / close
Save your breath
Peppy
To have pep / spark
He’s not up to job
A yawner
Don’t sweat it
Top notch
To get into hot water
Drop dead!
To take a licking \ beating
A big hit
To brush up on your Spanish
A bed of roses
Some day down the line
The birds and the bees
Lame / bogus
That’s fine and dandy
To get an edge
To polish off a beer
To hang in the balance
To hold your horses
To hold your tongue
To draw a blank
To sweep her off her feet
To stay on your toes
To fall asleep at the wheel
To put the squeeze on someone
To wash your hands of it
It’s out of my hands.
It’s raining cats and dogs.
To see eye to eye
To fiddle with something
To tinker with something
With a straight face
To skyrocket
To be floored
To be blown away
To be styling
He’s a mess
To resort to blows / violent
Couch potato
To take a plunge / to take a dive
To rib someone
To pull the wool over my head
The fine print
The bottom line
To rack him over the coals
It’s a slam dunk situation / clear cut
To take the edge off
To keep up with the Joneses
To run something into the ground
To make a mountain out of a molehill
To thrash something
Home growm
Red hot
To get the message
To get the picture
To get it
A nasty thing to do
Spunky
Full of vinegar
Wise guy
To get pumped up over something
To walk all over someone
If you give him an inch, he’ll take a foot
A real go getter
To break your back doing something
I have got to hand it to you.
To wear your heart on your sleeve
To have a lot going for you
To hang it up
Don’t quit your day job
To bust your but doing something
To go the whole nine yards
To get the whole enchilada
Say what!
In the long haul / run
To eat crow
To whisper under your breath
To give someone a dirty look
To grow like a weed
To be pushing up daisies
To kill someone with kindness
To be on the brink
To be fed up
A basket case
To hear footsteps
To be singing like a bird
To be spilling it
To be full of it
To watch your back
It’s a joke
Gutless
Over a time
To go ballistic
Shakey
To be decked out
To be a drag on someone
To fall short of something
The nuts and bolts of something
To make something from scratch
An idea whose time has come
To catch on
To be big on something
The Bomb!
Sweet!
That’s sick!
My bad
To cut him some slack
To suit up
The lights on but no one is home
Slacker
A sink or swim situation
to goof around
to play around
the police crack down on gangs
to quit cold turkey
set someone up
“Beats me.!”
To put someone on the spot
Make it snappy
To snap it up
To be Down on your luck
To run errands
To flake on someone
To be flakey
To nuts and bolts of something
To be all over it
Top dollar
That’s a lot of bull
To chicken out
Scaredy cat
Wimp
To sort it out
To figure it out
A pain in the ass
Crappy
Junky
Worthless
Useless
Bottomless pit
To get cold feet
To dig up dirt on someone
Look a gift horse in the house
That takes the cake
Piece of cake
A lady’s man
Out of the blue
Bribe
Its along shot
Crash behavior
Get laid
A shrink
Show you the ropes
Top notch
To be wiped
To chomp at the bit
Back off
To be a light weight
A run in
To be on your toes
Make it snappy
Its over your head
Hold your tongue
Die down
Time of your life
Holy mackerel
Thin skinned
Typos
Count me out
I lucked out
Put it on hold
Chickenshit
Slaughterhouse
All thumbs
Thumbs up
To be in charge
To hog it
To blow it
Speak of the devil!
Turn over a new leaf
Smooch
Way too much
Who is your daddy?
Pricey
Rock your world
Poke around
Something fishy
Whatever!
Back at you!
Back to the drawing board
You’re mine!
Get over it!
To flip over something
Cash cow
To get the axe
To get the boot
To get a pink slip
To get canned
To get fired
To Let the cat out of7 the bag
To spill the beans
To get swept off your feet
That was big of you
To hit it off
To drop the ball
Cool as a cucumber
From rags to riches
To rat on someone
To jump in with both feet
I take it back
Cough it up!
To have a hunch
It hit me suddenly
To grease the wheel
Red tape
To butter someone up
That’s small potatoes
To put your foot your mouth
It reeks
Tow thumbs up
Keep your word
To get head start
It’s the bomb!
To treat someone
to go dutch
to yank his chain
catch him with his pants down
catch him with his hands in the cookie jar
blow you away
its just a hop away
its just a stone’s throw away
that’s sick/weird/twisted/perverted/really strange
to play a dirty trick on someone
to play around
to check up on someone
tight-fisted
a tight wad
To cut him some slack
To suit up
The lights on but no one is home
Slacker
A sink or swim situation
to goof around
to play around
the police crack down on gangs
to quit cold turkey
set someone up
“Beats me.!”
To put someone on the spot
Make it snappy
To snap it up
To be Down on your luck
To run errands
To flake on someone
To be flakey
To nuts and bolts of something
To be all over it
Top dollar
That’s a lot of bull
To chicken out
Scaredy cat
Wimp
To sort it out
To figure it out
A pain in the ass
Crappy
Junky
Worthless
Useless
Bottomless pit
To get cold feet
To dig up dirt on someone
Look a gift horse in the house
That takes the cake
Piece of cake
A lady’s man
Out of the blue
Bribe
Its along shot
Crash behavior
Get laid
A shrink
Show you the ropes
Top notch
To be wiped
To chomp at the bit
Back off
To be a light weight
A run in
To be on your toes
Make it snappy
Its over your head
Hold your tongue
Die down
Time of your life
Holy mackerel
Thin skinned
Typos
Count me out
I lucked out
Put it on hold
Chickenshit
Slaughterhouse
All thumbs
Thumbs up
To be in charge
To hog it
To blow it
Speak of the devil!
Turn over a new leaf
Smooch
Way too much
Who is your daddy?
Pricey
Rock your world
Poke around
Something fishy
Whatever!
Back at you!
Back to the drawing board
You’re mine!
Get over it!
To flip over something
Cash cow
To get the axe
To get the boot
To get a pink slip
To get canned
To get fired
To Let the cat out of7 the bag
To spill the beans
To get swept off your feet
That was big of you
To hit it off
To drop the ball
Cool as a cucumber
From rags to riches
To rat on someone
To jump in with both feet
I take it back
Cough it up!
To have a hunch
It hit me suddenly
To grease the wheel
Red tape
To butter someone up
That’s small potatoes
To put your foot your mouth
It reeks
Tow thumbs up
Keep your word
To get head start
It’s the bomb!
To treat someone
to go dutch
to yank his chain
catch him with his pants down
catch him with his hands in the cookie jar
blow you away
its just a hop away
its just a stone’s throw away
that’s sick/weird/twisted/perverted/really strange
to play a dirty trick on someone
to play around
to check up on someone
tight-fisted
a tight wad