· ace · He‘s an ace reporter. · MEANING: very good
· action · Do you know where the action is in this town? · MEANING: excitement
· airhead · My sister‘s boyfriend is a real airhead. · MEANING: stupid person
· all wet · Your ideas about politics are all wet. · MEANING: completely wrong
· all-nighter · I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter. · MEANING: after studying all night.
· ammo · The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo. · MEANING: ammunition
· antifreeze · I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this. · MEANING: liquor
· armpit · This town is really an armpit. · MEANING: undesirable place
· awesome · What an awesome sunset. · MEANING: great
· bad · Wow, that was really a bad movie. · MEANING: intense
· barf · He barfed all over the seat of the airplane. · MEANING: vomitted
· bashed · The boat was bashed beyond recognition. · MEANING: crushed
· beat · After working all day I am really beat. · MEANING: exhausted
· beemer · He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in. · MEANING: B.M.W. car
· bench · He was benched during the basketball playoffs. · MEANING: taken out of the game
· bent · It‘s OK. Don‘t get so bent. · MEANING: angry
· bent out of shape · Don‘t get so bent out of shape. · MEANING: become upset
· big gun · The president brought two big guns to the meeting. · MEANING: powerful people
· big mouth · Shut up! You really have a big mouth. · MEANING: talk too much
· big stink · The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station. · MEANING: big issue
· blade · He carried a ten inch blade with him. · MEANING: knife
· blimp · I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel. · MEANING: very fat person
· blow · I‘m going to blow out of here now. · MEANING: leave
· blow · He blew all his money gambling. · MEANING: lost
· blow a fuse · Hey, don‘t blow a fuse. · MEANING: lose your temper.
· blow one‘s cool · Calm down. Don‘t blow your cool. · MEANING: become angry
· blown away · I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars. · MEANING: greatly impressed
· bomb · The movie was a bomb. · MEANING: bad
· bombed · The driver of the car was bombed. · MEANING: intoxicated
· bonkers · I think I am going bonkers. · MEANING: crazy
· boo-boo · If you make another boo-boo like that, you won‘t have a job. · MEANING: mistake
· booze · I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party. · MEANING: alcohol
· bread · I need some bread to pay for my car. · MEANING: money
· break · A lucky break helped him get the job. · MEANING: opportunity
· break it up · Break it up, or I will call the police. · MEANING: stop
· bring-down · The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down. · MEANING: depressing
· buck · Do you have a buck I can borrow? · MEANING: dollar
· bummed · I was really bummed after I heard the news. · MEANING: depressed
· bummer · My trip to New York was a bummer. · MEANING: bad experience
· bust · The whole idea was a bust. · MEANING: failure
· buy it · If you don‘t slow down, you‘re going to buy it in a car accident. · MEANING: die
· call · The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come. · MEANING: prediction
· can · Do you know where the can is? · MEANING: bathroom
· carb · My motorcycle‘s carb is out of adjustment. · MEANING: carburetor
· catch some rays · I‘m going to lie on the beach and catch some rays. · MEANING: get some sunshine.
· catch some Z‘s · I need to catch some Z‘s before I go on my trip. · MEANING: get some sleep
· cheesy · That is really a cheesy looking outfit. · MEANING: cheap
· chicken · Don‘t be a chicken. · MEANING: coward
· chintzy · That really was a chintzy present you got him. · MEANING: cheap
· chow down · I need to find a place to chow down. · MEANING: eat a lot
· clip · Watch out or they will clip you at that bar. · MEANING: cheat
· clunker · I can‘t go on a date in that clunker. · MEANING: old car
· cold fish · My date for the dance was a cold fish. · MEANING: dull
· collar · I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later. · MEANING: arrest
· come up for air · He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion. · MEANING: take a break
· con · Don‘t try to con me. · MEANING: deceive
· cool · This is a really cool place to work. · MEANING: good
· cool down · Things should cool down in a day or two. · MEANING: calm down
· cop · How did you get the road sign? I copped it. · MEANING: robbed
· cop · The cop showed me his badge. · MEANING: policeman
· couch potato · He is a couch potato. · MEANING: lazy person
· crack open a bottle · Let‘s crack open a bottle for his birthday. · MEANING: open
· cram · I need more time to cram for the test. · MEANING: study hard
· cream · Our team creamed them badly. · MEANING: beat
· croak · I feel like I am going to croak. · MEANING: die
· cruise · The skier was cruising down the hill · MEANING: going very fast
· cuffs · He put the cuffs on the killer. · MEANING: handcuffs
· cushy · He has a really cushy job. · MEANING: easy
· cut · Could you cut my whiskey with a little water? · MEANING: dilute
· cut out · It is late. I have to cut out. · MEANING: leave
· damage · Lets get the bill and find out the damage. · MEANING: cost
· dead · This disco is really dead tonight. · MEANING: quiet
· deck · He was decked in the fight. · MEANING: knocked down
· deep pockets · Her boyfriend has deep pockets. · MEANING: is a good source of money
· dicey · Since the weather is a little dicey, I won‘t go today. · MEANING: chancy
· dirty · I hear that it‘s a dirty movie. · MEANING: an obscene
· ditch · I‘ll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother. · MEANING: leave
· do a snow job on · Don‘t try to do a snow job on me. · MEANING: deceive
· dope · He is such a dope. · MEANING: stupid person
· dope · There are a lot of dope dealers around here. · MEANING: drug
· dork · He is such a dork. · MEANING: strange person
· dough · I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping. · MEANING: money
· down · Let‘s go to a bar and down a few beers. · MEANING: drink quickly
· drag · Doing homework on the weekend is a drag. · MEANING: boring
· dynamite · This drink is really dynamite. · MEANING: powerful; great
· earful · My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood. · MEANING: a lot of gossip
· easy mark · The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash. · MEANING: likely victims
· eat · The problem is really eating away at me. · MEANING: bothering
· excellent · That‘s excellent man. · MEANING: fine
· face-off · The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off. · MEANING: confrontation
· far-out · This music is really far-out. · MEANING: great
· fix · The addict needs another fix. · MEANING: dose of drugs
· flaky · He is too flaky to do the work. · MEANING: unreliable
· flashback · At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend. · MEANING: remembered
· flick · I haven‘t seen a flick in a long time. · MEANING: movie
· flip out · He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed. · MEANING: lost control
· flip side · What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape? · MEANING: other side
· fox · His older sister is a fox. · MEANING: very attractive
· foxy · She is a foxy lady. · MEANING: sexy
· freebie · The pillow was a freebie · MEANING: free
· get into something · I got into gardening in high school. · MEANING: became seriously interested in
· get it · I listened to the joke twice, but I still don‘t get it. · MEANING: understand
· get with it · If you don‘t get with it, we will never finish this work. · MEANING: hurry up
· gig · I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00. · MEANING: job
· glitch · This computer program has a glitch. · MEANING: defect
· glitzy · This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in. · MEANING: fashionable
· go · Let me have a go at solving the problem. · MEANING: try
· go bananas · I am going to go bananas if I don‘t have a vacation soon. · MEANING: go crazy
· go down · What is going down? · MEANING: happening
· goof · I am really a goof at times. · MEANING: fool
· goof up · I really goofed up when I painted my room green. · MEANING: made a serious mistake
· goofy · You are always acting goofy these days. · MEANING: silly
· gourd · Use your gourd to figure out what is happening. · MEANING: head
· grand · His salary is twenty grand. · MEANING: thousand dollars
· grass · Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory. · MEANING: marijuana
· gravy · This job is pure gravy. · MEANING: easy money
· groovy · This music is groovy. · MEANING: pleasant
· gross · Picking your nose is really a gross habit. · MEANING: disgusting
· gross-out · The party was a gross-out. · MEANING: digusting time
· grub · Where is the best place to get some grub around here? · MEANING: food
· grubby · Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party. · MEANING: unclean and untidy
· grungy · That is a really grungy jacket. · MEANING: dirty
· gut · He got shot in the gut. · MEANING: stomach.
· gut · The gut issue is about what we are going to do now. · MEANING: basic
· guts · It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion. · MEANING: courage
· hairy · That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over. · MEANING: dangerous
· hammer · Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding. · MEANING: accelerator
· hang it up · I have decided to hang up my teaching job. · MEANING: quit
· hang loose · Just hang loose for another few days. · MEANING: relax
· hang tough · We need to hang tough on our decision. · MEANING: stick with
· hardware · The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had. · MEANING: weapons
· have a buzz on · I had a buzz on after the third martini. · MEANING: was slightly intoxicated
· have good vibes · I have good vibes about our new secretary. · MEANING: feel good about
· have it all together · Recently I don‘t have it all together. · MEANING: feel mentally all there.
· heave · I heaved up on the floor. · MEANING: vomited
· high · The teenagers look high to me. · MEANING: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol
· hip-shooter · He is such a hip-shooter. · MEANING: always talking without thinking
· history · I don‘t have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He‘s history. · MEANING: something in the past
· hit · Your proposal was a hit with the boss. · MEANING: successful
· hole up · I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me. · MEANING: hide
· honcho · The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation. · MEANING: boss
· hooker · Her clothes make her look like a hooker. · MEANING: prostitute
· hot · The police stopped them because they though the car was hot. · MEANING: stolen
· huffy · I will do it soon so please don‘t get huffy. · MEANING: angry
· hungry · If you are not hungry, you won‘t get ahead in the business. · MEANING: eager to make money
· hustle · If you don‘t hustle, we will be late again. · MEANING: hurry up
· hyped · The fans were all hyped up for the football game. · MEANING: excited
· hyper · Don‘t get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn‘t true. · MEANING: over excited
· I.D. · Can you show me some I.D. please? · MEANING: identification
· in · The tie you are wearing is really in. · MEANING: fashionable
· in deep · They are really in deep with each other. · MEANING: deeply involved
· in the bag · Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about. · MEANING: settled
· intense · This is a very intense situation we are discussing. · MEANING: serious
· jam · I am glad you got yourself out of that jam. · MEANING: trouble
· jerk someone around · Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around. · MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble
· jock · My roommate is a jock for the basketball team. · MEANING: an athlete
· john · The john really smells. · MEANING: bathroom
· joint · Where is the closest joint to here. · MEANING: cheap bar
· joint · He is good at rolling joints. · MEANING: marijuana cigarettes
· junkie · Sam is a junkie. · MEANING: rug addict
· just off the boat · He acts like he is just off the boat. · MEANING: naive
· keep one‘s cool · He kept his cool when his house burned down. · MEANING: remained calm
· kegger · I hear there is a kegger at John‘s house tonight. · MEANING: beer party
· kick · I get a kick out of watching him paint. · MEANING: enjoy
· klutz · He is a real klutz. · MEANING: stupid and clumsy person
· knock · Don‘t knock it if you can‘t do it any better. · MEANING: criticize
· knocked up · My dog gets knocked up once a year. · MEANING: pregnant
· knockout · Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday? · MEANING: stunning person
· knuckle sandwich · Shut up or I‘ll give you a knuckle sandwich. · MEANING: punch in the mouth
· kook · Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood. · MEANING: strange people
· laid-back · You need to be more laid-back. · MEANING: calm and relaxed
· lame · That is really a lame excuse. · MEANING: an inadequate
· line · I have heard that line a million times. · MEANING: story
· loser · John is a loser. · MEANING: annoying and useless
· love handles · I exercise every day, but I can‘t get rid of these love handles. · MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach
· make waves · Try not to make waves around the office. · MEANING: cause trouble
· maxed out · I am maxed out at my work and need to rest. · MEANING: exhausted
· mean · He plays a mean violin. · MEANING: performs well on
· mega · I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer. · MEANING: large
· megabucks · He made megabucks when he sold his company. · MEANING: a lot of money
· knock · Don‘t knock it if you can‘t do it any better. · MEANING: criticize
· mellow · You need to mellow out and enjoy life. · MEANING: calm down and relax
· meltdown · There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I. · MEANING: total collapse
· mickey mouse · The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse. · MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time
· move on someone · I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday. · MEANING: pick up and seduce
· mush · That is total mush and you know it. · MEANING: nonesense
· nark · Watch out for the narks in the airport. · MEANING: drug police
· neat · That was a neat idea that you had. · MEANING: good
· negative · There are too many negatives about the company merger. · MEANING: bad things
· nick · The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store. · MEANING: arrested
· nip · He took a nip out of the bottle. · MEANING: a quick drink
· no sweat · It‘s no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday. · MEANING: no problem
· nuke · I‘ll nuke our dinner in a few minutes. · MEANING: heat up in the microwave
· nuke · Does that attack plane have any nukes? · MEANING: nuclear weapons
· nut · I think that he is a nut. · MEANING: crazy person
· nuts · You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you. · MEANING: crazy
· pad · Have you found a pad yet? · MEANING: a place to live
· pain in the neck · My wife‘s best friend is a pain in the neck. · MEANING: annoying
· paper-pusher · My office is filled with paper-pushers. · MEANING: bureaucratic office workers
· party animal · You‘re too old to be a party animal. · MEANING: love parties
· party-hearty · We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary. · MEANING: celebrate
· paw · Get your paws off of my body. · MEANING: hands
· peanuts · I am not going to work for peanuts. · MEANING: practically no money
· pickled · He gets pickled after only one beer. · MEANING: intoxicated
· piece of cake · Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake. · MEANING: easy to do
· pig · He is a pig at parties. · MEANING: eats too much
· pig out · Let‘s go to the restaurant and pig out. · MEANING: eat a lot or overeat
· pit stop · Let‘s make a pit stop at the next rest area. · MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom
· plastered · He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend. · MEANING: intoxicated
· pooped out · He pooped out after we started to do the hard work. · MEANING: quit
· pop · Shut up or I will pop you. · MEANING: hit
· pop for something · It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts. · MEANING: buy
· pro · He is really a pro at his work. · MEANING: professional
· prod · Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won‘t forget? · MEANING: reminder
· psyched up · The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday. · MEANING: mentally ready
· psycho · She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital. · MEANING: mentally ill
· puke · I feel like I am going to puke. · MEANING: vomit
· push off · I am going to push off now. · MEANING: leave
· put the moves on · You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married. · MEANING: seduce
· put-on · It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed. · MEANING: deception
· quarterback · Who is going to quarterback the meeting? · MEANING: lead
· quick buck · I need to make a quick buck. · MEANING: some easy money
· rack · I have to hit the rack by ten or I‘ll be tired in the morning. · MEANING: bed
· rack out · I am going to rack out for two hours. · MEANING: sleep
· racket · There sure was a lot of racket outside last night. · MEANING: noise
· rag · I can‘t believe we still get this same old rag. · MEANING: newspaper
· rap · We need to sit down and rap about a few things. · MEANING: talk about
· rathole · When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole. · MEANING: run down place
· raw · The raw office workers were not getting much done. · MEANING: new
· ream someone out · The boss really reamed him out for his bad report. · MEANING: got angry with him
· red hot · Your idea is really red hot. · MEANING: important
· repo · Hey, don‘t repo my car. I will pay next week. · MEANING: repossess
· rinky-dink · The circus was really rinky-dink. · MEANING: inferior
· riot · The comedy program was a real riot. · MEANING: funny
· road hog · That driver is a road hog. · MEANING: takes up too much of the road
· rocks · Would you like your whiskey on the rocks? · MEANING: with ice
· rough time · We have had a rough time this winter. · MEANING: hard time
· rug · Is that a rug on his head? · MEANING: wig
· rug rat · My sister has three rug rats. · MEANING: children
· rule · My wife rules the house. · MEANING: dominates
· run off at the mouth · He is always running off at the mouth. · MEANING: talking too much
· run out of gas · The politician ran out of gas during the campaign. · MEANING: lost interest or momentum
· sack · When did you hit the sack last night? · MEANING: go to bed
· scam · Don‘t lose your money in some kind of scam. · MEANING: swindle
· scarf · Since he hadn‘t eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate. · MEANING: ate quickly
· schmuck · What a stupid schmuck. · MEANING: jerk
· screw around · If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again. · MEANING: waste time
· screw up · If you screw up one more time, I will fire you. · MEANING: make a mistake
· sharp · He is very sharp with numbers · MEANING: intelligent
· shot · I‘ll give the puzzle another shot. · MEANING: try
· shot down · Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea. · MEANING: · disagreed with
· slammer · The police threw them both in the slammer. · MEANING: jail
· smashed · Try not to get smashed at the beer party. · MEANING: intoxicated
· smoke eater · My father is a smoke eater. · MEANING: fireman
· split · It is time to split and go see the movie. · MEANING: leave
· spook · The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves. · MEANING: frightened
· spud · Do you want rice or spuds for dinner? · MEANING: potatoes
· square · My father looks square in his jacket. · MEANING: old-fashioned
· steamed up · Don‘t get so steamed up over the issue. · MEANING: angry
· stink · This whole operation stinks. · MEANING: is repulsive
· straight · I want you to give me a straight answer. · MEANING: honest
· stressed · I am really stressed by all the recent world events. · MEANING: upset
· sucker · Don‘t be a sucker. · MEANING: be deceived
· take a hike · I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike. · MEANING: · leave
· taken · He was taken for all his money at the casino. · MEANING: · cheated out of
· taking care of business · I have been taking care of business. · MEANING: doing what I have to do
· threads · Those look like expensive threads he is wearing. · MEANING: clothes
· tool around · I don‘t want to tool around all night. It is time to go home. · MEANING: drive around
· totaled · My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck. · MEANING: completely wrecked
· up · He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend. · MEANING: happy and cheerful
· up for grabs · This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs. · MEANING: available.
· veg out · I want to veg out in front of the television this evening. · MEANING: relax and do nothing
· vibes · He really gives off good vibes. · MEANING: feelings
· wad · You don‘t want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city. · MEANING: bundle of money
· waste · After you waste him, throw the body in the river. · MEANING: kill
· wheels · If you let me borrow your wheels, I‘ll go out and buy a pizza. · MEANING: car
· whiz · He is a whiz at the computer. · MEANING: talented person
· wired · I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee. · MEANING: alert
· wussy · Don‘t be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking. · MEANING: weak person
· yukky · This food tastes yukky · MEANING: bad
· zapped · I am too zapped to help you right now. · MEANING: exhausted
· zip · He knew zip about running the company. · MEANING: Nothing
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