| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| a hothead |
a person who gets angry easily; hot tempered
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Phil, don't be such a hothead. Try to control your anger.
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| a hotshot |
a person who displays; show-off, showboat
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What a hotshot he is - showing everybody his new car.
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| a household name |
a name everyone knows; name of a famous person
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Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.
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| a howling blizzard |
a very bad snowstorm, a winter storm
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A howling blizzard delayed us. It was snowing and blowing.
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| a humdinger |
a beautiful car etc. a well-designed product
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Dad, you should see this coupe. It's a humdinger!
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| a into g |
(See ass into gear)
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| a jim dandy |
a fine piece of work, a beautiful object
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Mom, you should just see this saddle. It's a jim dandy!
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| a.k.a. (aka) |
also known as, alias, go by the name of
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William O'Connor - a.k.a. Wil, Willie, Billy Boy - was born in Ireland.
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| a keeper |
something you want to keep for a long time
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"Do you like my leather jacket?" "Ya, man. It's a keeper!"
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| a kept woman |
a woman who is paid to live with a man
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I'm tired of being a kept woman. I want to be free of him.
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