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see Come home with flying colours
see By/to/within a hair’s breadth
see By/to/within a hair’s breadth
see Not a leg to stand on
see Move a muscle
see Beyond/without a shadow of doubt
see Turn a hair
British slang for superb or excellent, especially when used as an exclamation, first attested from c. 1920, but rarely heard these days. See also pran...
British slang for a bout of erratic, bad-tempered behaviour dates from the 1970s.
British slang for a foreigner of the darker skinned variety and dates from the mid-20th century. It is most probably not an acronym for ‘wily (or wort...
'Woke', the past tense of 'wake', and the slogan 'stay woke' are originally African American expressions that signify an awareness of racial prejudice...
This expression from the New Testament is commonly used to describe someone who is not all that they seem, or who has an ulterior motive usually to th...
see Easy virtue
The complete quotation is, “The Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.” It is attributed to the Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) from...
If something won’t wash, it means its veracity or validity will not stand up to close scrutiny. The expression dates from the late 19th century from t...