Idiom | Meaning | Example |
chow |
food, something to eat
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I'm starved. Let's get some chow.
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chow down |
eat, have a meal
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I'm hungry. Let's chow down before we go to the movie.
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Christmas graduate |
a student who leaves college at Christmas
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Among the Christmas graduates last year was Gerard Kutz.
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chromedome |
bald person, silkhead
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Chromedomes can tell you the advantages of being bald.
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chuck it |
put it in the garbage, junk it
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We used to say chuck it, but now we say recycle it.
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chunk of change |
(Seea chunk of change)
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ciao |
goodbye, see you later
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Ciao, Tony. See you in Rome.
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circles around you |
much better than you, no contest
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Why do you play cards with her? She can play circles around you.
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circular file |
garbage can or wastebasket, file 13
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A lot of memos go in the circular file. They're garbage.
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claim to fame |
what you have done to cause you to be famous
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Besides passing math, what's your claim to fame?
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