| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| spirit away |
take away mysteriously, steal secretly, into thin air
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Somebody or something spirits away my fingernail clippers. I wonder where they are.
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| spitting image |
(See the spitting image)
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| spitting mad |
very angry, pissed off [B]
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Mom was spitting mad when you ran across her flower garden.
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| spitting nails |
very angry, very mad, hot, pissed[B]
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Art was spitting nails when my dog scratched the paint on his car.
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| splashback |
reaction from the public, fall-out, feedback
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"Is there any splashback on the new income tax policy?" "Yes. It's all positive."
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| split |
depart, go, leave
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I gotta split. Class starts in two minutes.
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| split a gut |
laugh very hard, crack me up
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I nearly split a gut watching a John Candy video - hilarious!
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| split hairs |
be very fussy, notice small differences
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Clyde likes to work on research that requires him to split hairs.
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| split second |
small difference in time, a fraction of a second
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Many Olympic athletes win their events by a split second.
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| split the difference |
divide the difference between the prices
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Your price is $100. I'm offering $80. Let's split the difference: $90.
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