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see Bigger/other fish to fry
see Over a barrel
To have someone on, is to engage the interest or sympathy of someone to fool or deceive them, usually with harmless, jocular intentions. The origin is...
see Over a barrel
see Watch someone’s back
see In spades
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