idiom
combination of words whose meaning cannot be understood by combining the meaning of the component words
hanky-panky
sexual relationship
pink slip
practice of including a discharge notice in an employee's pay envelope to notify the worker of their involuntary termination of employment or layoff
jumping the shark
English idiom
party line
agenda of a political party
Michel Morin
Idiom commonly used in France
tongue-in-cheek
idiom indicating humor or sarcasm
crime of the century
idiomatic phrase
curate's egg
idiom derived from two near-identical 19th century cartoons
cutting room floor
term used in film industry to refer to unused footage not included in the finished film
going postal
American slang
hail, fellow -- well met!
English idiom
The Heart Knows its Own Bitterness
talmudic passage and ethical principle
up to eleven
popular culture idiom
Esperanto idiom
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cart before the horse
idiom, proverb
bed of roses
English-language expression for a carefree life
Boffo Method
Italian political and journalistic term to indicate a defamation campaign in the press, which took its name from the slanderous affair of which Dino Boffo was the victim, orchestrated in 2009 by Vittorio Feltri, director of "Il Giornale"
crossing the Rubicon
historical event and idiom
heir and spare
idiom describing the need for a monarch to have more than one son in case the firstborn one dies
willy-nilly
English slang for unplanned or haphazard
how many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
reductio ad absurdum of angelology; idiom for wasting time debating pointless issues
to be announced
placeholder term in event planning
Greek to me
idiom for something not understandable
grain of salt
English idiom expressing skepticism
garbage in, garbage out
expression
get a life
idiom
wallflower
person who attends social gatherings but does not participate, especially due to shyness
ostrich effect
attempt made by investors to avoid negative financial information
tilting at windmills
English idiom
great refusal
Divine Comedy idiom
almighty dollar
idiom
at sixes and sevens
British English idiom
breadbasket
region with very good conditions for agriculture
burying the hatchet
American English idiom meaning "to make peace"
medicine chest
idiom
sacred cow
something considered (perhaps unreasonably) immune from question or criticism
broken English
pejorative term for a poorly spoken or ill-written version of the English language
death and taxes
idiom
female gaze
feminist film theoretical term
Prince of Darkness
term for Satan
Clinton crazies
term in American politics of the 1990s and later that refers to intense criticism of United States President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton
Blessing in disguise (idiom)
English language idiom
freak show fight
type of mixed martial art competition
lion's share
idiom