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A Little Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone »
(one should not complain about working hard because it is a good thing...)
A Little Knowledge Is A Dangerous Thing »
(people who have only a little knowledge about something often make big mistakes becuase they think they know more than they actually know...)
A Matter Of Opinion »
(peoples beliefs about this differ...)
Actions Speak Louder Than Words »
(doing things is much more difficult and important than just talking about things...)
Air One’s Dirty Linen In Public »
(talk about private matters in front of other people...)
Air One’s Grievances »
(complain; let people know what you are unhappy about...)
Airing Your Dirty Linen In Public »
(talking publicly about private problems; sharing information about one's personal life...)
All The Rage »
(it is very popular right now; everyone is talking about it...)
All Worked Up About Something »
(one let oneself be very bothered by that thing...)
Back East »
(said by a person from the East when talking about the East...)
Bad Mouthing You »
(talking badly about you...)
Bear A Grudge Against Someone »
(continue to be angry about it; not willing to forgive...)
Beat A Dead Horse »
(still talking about a thing which is already finished...)
Beating About The Bush »
(one wants to say something but won't say it directly...)
Behind Your Back »
(it happened without one knowing about it; they kept it a secret...)
Belaboring The Point »
(continue talking about it...)
Beside The Point »
(different from what one is talking about...)
Blowing The Whistle »
(telling the authorities about some illegal action that is happening...)
Blowing Your Own Trumpet »
(saying good things about yourself...)
Cast About For Someone Or Something »
(try to find away to learn or get something...)
Cause Some Tongues To Wag »
(do something that gives people reason to talk about you...)
Change The Subject »
(talk about something different...)
Check Into Something »
(study up and learn about something...)
Clearing The Air »
(talking about the thing people are thinking about...)
Coming To Terms With It »
(learning to accept it and beginning to feel okay about it...)
Cooking The Books »
(changing the accounting numbers to lie about income...)
Dark Horse »
(a person who suprises you with skills that you did not know about...)
Dirty Old Man »
(an old man who thinks and jokes a lot about sex...)
Do An About Face »
(turn around to face the opposite direction; change one's position completely...)
Do So »
(do the thing that was just talked about...)
Easier Said Than Done »
(it is easier to talk about it than to actually do it...)
Extending Our Sympathy »
(telling you that we feel sad about what happened...)
Fed Up To Here With It »
(tired of and angry about it...)
Feel Something In One’s Bones »
(one has a knowledge about something, and feels that knowledge as a deep sensation in one's body...)
Fill Someone In On Someone Or Something »
(tell one about it, let one know that it happened...)
Fish For A Compliment »
(try to get another person to say something good about you...)
Food For Thought »
(something which is interesting to think about...)
For Starters »
(the first thing i will say about this is...)
Form An Opinion »
(decide what one thinks about something...)
Full Of Oneself »
(overconfident; caring only about oneself...)
Get A Bee In One’s Bonnet »
(get very upset about something...)
Get A Load Off One’s Mind »
(not worry about that thing any more...)
Get A Thing About Someone Or Something »
(become interested in that person for some reason...)
Get Ahead Of Oneself »
(thinking about future things instead of what you are doing now...)
Get At The Heart Of The Matter »
(do or talk about the thing that is most important...)
Get Back To Someone »
(communicate with someone at a later time about a quetion they have...)
Get Down To Brass Tacks »
(talk about serious, business-like things...)
Get Down To The Facts »
(talk about what really happened; stop wasting time talking about opinions...)
Get Down To The Nitty Gritty »
(think and talk about the many small details...)
Get Off It »
(stop talking about that one thing...)
Get The Facts Straight »
(one is clear about what has happened; one knows the information...)
Get To The Bottom Of Something »
(find out the truth about what has happened...)
Get To The Point »
(talk about the important thing; say what you intended to say...)
Get Worked Up Over Something »
(get angry or upset about what happened...)
Go Into One’s Song And Dance About Something »
(talk about something in a way to try to convince someone...)
Go Into Something »
(talk about it more; explain it...)
Hash Something Over »
(talk and think about it together to understand it betters...)
Have A Bee In One’s Bonnet »
(angry and upset about something...)
Have A Big Mouth »
(that person talks a lot about other people...)
Have A Change Of Heart »
(one's feelings about doing something have changed...)
Have A Chip On One’s Shoulder »
(one is upset about something that happened in the past...)
Have A Clean Conscience About Someone Or Something »
(one does not feel guilty about it...)
Have A Clear Conscience About Someone Or Something »
(one does not feel guilty about it...)
Have A Clue About Something »
(have some knowledge about it...)
I'm Game »
(interested; willing to try; excited about doing it...)
In All Good Conscience »
(able to feel good about what one has done...)
Joking Aside »
(I am going to talk seriously now; we have been making jokes about something, but I want to speak seriously now...)
Mull Something Over »
(think about it; consider it carefully...)
No Buts About It »
(it will be this way; this is how it will be...)
No Ifs Ands Or Buts About It »
(it must happen this way; nothing else is acceptable...)
No News Is Good News »
(if something bad happened, we would probably hear about it...)
No Two Ways About It »
(it will definitely be that one way...)
Off The Subject »
(not connected to what people are talking about...)
Open Secret »
(people know it, but they don't talk about it; people pretend they don't know it...)
Order Someone About »
(tell that person to do things; act like a person's boss...)
Out Of Sight Out Of Mind »
(one does not think about what one does not see...)
She Spoke Highly Of You »
(that person said good things about you...)
Start Over With A Clean Slate »
(forget about the past and begin again...)
Take It Easy On Someone Or Something »
(not be strict about; not punish or harass that person...)
Take Offense At Someone Or Something »
(feel insulted about it...)
Talk Is Cheap »
(it is easy to talk about doing things but it takes hard work to really do things...)
Talk Shop »
(talk about work with someone else who knows that work...)
The Be All And The End All »
(the only thing that one cares about...)
Think Something Out »
(think about it in detail...)
Tooting Your Own Horn »
(making noise about your strong points...)
What’s Up »
(Casual greeting like 'hello', asking the other person about what they have been doing lately...)
What’s With Someone »
(That person is bothered about something...)
Worked Up About Something »
(get excited and upset...)
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