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see Last laugh
To have the wood on or over someone is to get the better of them in any form of contest or competition. The expression is chiefly Australian and New Z...
see Too many balls in the air
This expression is most commonly found in the form ‘you can’t have your cake and eat it’ meaning that one cannot entertain two irreconcilable choices...
see Guts for garters
see Stomach
A wild, swinging punch is American boxing slang from the early 20th century, alludes to the wide arc of swinging a scythe or sickle in making or cutti...
When things go wrong or out of control, they are said to go haywire. The expression originated in America in the early 20th century and its first use...
see Absent are always wrong
see Last laugh
see Nut case
The boss, chief or person in charge is American slang the origin of which is the slight corruption of the Japanese word hancho meaning leader. The US...
The literal meaning dates from the mid-19th century and refers of course to the practice of certain peoples, mainly in South East Asia and South Ameri...
see Flat spin
Divorced from reality, a fanciful dreamer, dates from the 1600s.