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kiss it off |
not deal with it, put it off
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We're fighting for equal pay. We won't let them kiss it off.
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kiss of death |
an action that results in failure or loss
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His TV speech was a disaster - the kiss of death for his party.
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kiss off |
go, get lost, take off
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When he's angry with me he says, "Kiss off!"
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kiss that one goodbye |
say it is lost or stolen, down the drain
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Hank borrowed your new pen? You can kiss that one goodbye.
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kiss the blarney stone |
say a lot of compliments, flattery will get you...
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You always say that I look nice. Did you kiss the blarney stone?
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kit and caboodle |
everything, all the stuff, the whole shebang
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The canoe tipped, and it all fell in the river - the whole kit and caboodle!
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kitty bar the door |
play defensively, play only to prevent a goal
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In the third period we played kitty bar the door and won 4-2.
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kitty-corner |
the diagonally opposite corner of an intersection
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The Bay is kitty-corner from the drugstore.
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klutz |
a clumsy person, one who makes careless mistakes
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What a klutz I am! I poured sugar in the salt shaker!
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knee high to a grasshopper |
small or short, the size of a child
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When we lived in Oslo, you were just knee high to a grasshopper.
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