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see Out of or from the Ark
see Out of the frying pan into the fire
see Straight from the horse’s mouth
see The year dot
see Ice the cake
Male homosexual, American slang dates from the early 20th century.
British informal for slot machine dates from the 1950s so called because of its fruit symbols. The expression is not known in America where they are s...
An eccentric, possibly crazy person, extracted from the American expression nutty as a fruitcake, which dates from the early 20th century. It can also...
The first recorded usage of this word and its etymology are still disputed. The Oxford English Dictionary gives a first citation of 1503. Other source...
Slightly more robust form of love a duck in use since the mid-20th century and usually used to express surprise or disbelief but can also signify dism...
The OED gives this as British slang of unknown origin for an old-fashioned and ineffectual old person and cites 1904. Other sources, because of earlie...
Full blast is originally an American expression dating from the early 19th century meaning extreme or maximum power, speed or energy, and derives from...
see In full cry
The only thing we are sure about is the meaning, namely, the whole lot or the complete works and, as the 1997 movie taught us, when it comes to stript...
see Whole nine yards