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see Under one’s belt
see Stuff-up/stuffed
see Start/get/keep the ball rolling
see Bit between the teeth
To be dismissed or fired, with the obvious allusion to getting a kick up the backside as one leaves, dates from the late 19th century.
see Hang
This British expression meaning to get grumpy or sulky is from the late 19th /early 20th century and is thought to derive from the sort of feeling one...
Be selected or chosen for something, originally an Americanism that is now popular all over the English-speaking world. The only first citation or dat...
see Give someone the pip
see Run-around
The usual explanation for the origin of this expression is that working people used to provide their own tools, which were carried in a bag or sack. W...
Is to be afraid in a cowardly manner dates from the First World War. Eric Partridge maintains it derives from the WWI marching song The British Grenad...
see Tip someone the wink
see Have the wood on or over someone
see Wrong end of the stick