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| row of beans |
(See a hill of beans)
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| royal pain |
(see a royal pain)
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| royal treatment |
special hospitality, roll out the red carpet
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We received royal treatment when we visited our relatives in Sweden.
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| rub elbows |
work beside, associate with
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Fran and I used to rub elbows when we worked at the fish plant.
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| rub salt in the wound |
cause it to be worse, aggravate, add insult to injury
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If you criticize a student's work in front of the class, you are rubbing salt in the wound.
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| rub shoulders with |
work with, associate with
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Art dealers rub shoulders with people from all the professions.
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| rub the wrong way |
bother, irritate, bug
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That waiter rubs me the wrong way. He's too impatient.
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| rubber match |
final game, showdown
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Each team has won a game. They play the rubber match today.
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| rubberneck |
listen to a conversation on a party (co-op) phone line
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Grandma used to rubberneck so she could hear the local news.
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| rube |
rural man, local yokel
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Axel Nelson is a rube - a farmer. He doesn't know about city life.
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