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ace
He's an ace reporter.
MEANING: very good


action
Do you know where the action is in this town?
MEANING: excitement

airhead
My sister's boyfriend is a real airhead.
MEANING: stupid person

all wet
Your ideas about politics are all wet.
MEANING: completely wrong

all-nighter
I almost fell asleep during the test after an all-nighter.
MEANING: after studying all night.

ammo
The gun was useless after the killer ran out of ammo.
MEANING: ammunition

antifreeze
I really need some antifreeze in me on cold days like this.
MEANING: liquor

armpit
This town is really an armpit.
MEANING: undesirable place

awesome
What an awesome sunset.
MEANING: great

bad
Wow, that was really a bad movie.
MEANING: intense

barf
He barfed all over the seat of the airplane.
MEANING: vomitted

bashed
The boat was bashed beyond recognition.
MEANING: crushed

beat
After working all day I am really beat.
MEANING: exhausted

beemer
He just bought a new beemer to drive to work in.
MEANING: B.M.W. car

bench
He was benched during the basketball playoffs.
MEANING: taken out of the game

bent
It's OK. Don't get so bent.
MEANING: angry

bent out of shape
Don't get so bent out of shape.
MEANING: become upset

big gun
The president brought two big guns to the meeting.
MEANING: powerful people

big mouth
Shut up! You really have a big mouth.
MEANING: talk too much

big stink
The citizens made a big stink about the new nuclear power station.
MEANING: big issue

blade
He carried a ten inch blade with him.
MEANING: knife

blimp
I always seem to have a blimp sitting next to me when I travel.
MEANING: very fat person

blow
I'm going to blow out of here now.
MEANING: leave

blow
He blew all his money gambling.
MEANING: lost

blow a fuse
Hey, don't blow a fuse.
MEANING: lose your temper.

blow one's cool
Calm down. Don't blow your cool.
MEANING: become angry

blown away
I was blown away by his donation of a million dollars.
MEANING: greatly impressed

bomb
The movie was a bomb.
MEANING: bad

bombed
The driver of the car was bombed.
MEANING: intoxicated

bonkers
I think I am going bonkers.
MEANING: crazy

boo-boo
If you make another boo-boo like that, you won't have a job.
MEANING: mistake

booze
I promised to bring two bottles of booze to the party.
MEANING: alcohol

bread
I need some bread to pay for my car.
MEANING: money

break
A lucky break helped him get the job.
MEANING: opportunity

break it up
Break it up, or I will call the police.
MEANING: stop

bring-down
The news of the airplane crash was a bring-down.
MEANING: depressing

buck
Do you have a buck I can borrow?
MEANING: dollar

bummed
I was really bummed after I heard the news.
MEANING: depressed

bummer
My trip to New York was a bummer.
MEANING: bad experience

bust
The whole idea was a bust.
MEANING: failure

buy it
If you don't slow down, you're going to buy it in a car accident.
MEANING: die

call
The weatherman made a good call about when the storm would come.
MEANING: prediction

can
Do you know where the can is?
MEANING: bathroom

carb
My motorcycle's carb is out of adjustment.
MEANING: carburetor

catch some rays
I'm going to lie on the beach and catch some rays.
MEANING: get some sunshine.

catch some Z's
I need to catch some Z's before I go on my trip.
MEANING: get some sleep

cheesy
That is really a cheesy looking outfit.
MEANING: cheap

chicken
Don't be a chicken.
MEANING: coward

chintzy
That really was a chintzy present you got him.
MEANING: cheap

chow down
I need to find a place to chow down.
MEANING: eat a lot

clip
Watch out or they will clip you at that bar.
MEANING: cheat

clunker
I can't go on a date in that clunker.
MEANING: old car

cold fish
My date for the dance was a cold fish.
MEANING: dull

collar
I knew they would collar the robber sooner or later.
MEANING: arrest

come up for air
He has to come up for air or he will die from exhaustion.
MEANING: take a break

con
Don't try to con me.
MEANING: deceive

cool
This is a really cool place to work.
MEANING: good

cool down
Things should cool down in a day or two.
MEANING: calm down

cop
How did you get the road sign? I copped it.
MEANING: robbed

cop
The cop showed me his badge.
MEANING: policeman

couch potato
He is a couch potato.
MEANING: lazy person

crack open a bottle
Let's crack open a bottle for his birthday.
MEANING: open

cram
I need more time to cram for the test.
MEANING: study hard

cream
Our team creamed them badly.
MEANING: beat

croak
I feel like I am going to croak.
MEANING: die

cruise
The skier was cruising down the hill
MEANING: going very fast

cuffs
He put the cuffs on the killer.
MEANING: handcuffs

cushy
He has a really cushy job.
MEANING: easy

cut
Could you cut my whiskey with a little water?
MEANING: dilute

cut out
It is late. I have to cut out.
MEANING: leave

damage
Lets get the bill and find out the damage.
MEANING: cost

dead
This disco is really dead tonight.
MEANING: quiet

deck
He was decked in the fight.
MEANING: knocked down

deep pockets
Her boyfriend has deep pockets.
MEANING: is a good source of money

dicey
Since the weather is a little dicey, I won't go today.
MEANING: chancy

dirty
I hear that it's a dirty movie.
MEANING: an obscene

ditch
I'll ditch my younger brother with my grandmother.
MEANING: leave

do a snow job on
Don't try to do a snow job on me.
MEANING: deceive

dope
He is such a dope.
MEANING: stupid person

dope
There are a lot of dope dealers around here.
MEANING: drug

dork
He is such a dork.
MEANING: strange person

dough
I need some dough before I can go Christmas shopping.
MEANING: money

down
Let's go to a bar and down a few beers.
MEANING: drink quickly

drag
Doing homework on the weekend is a drag.
MEANING: boring

dynamite
This drink is really dynamite.
MEANING: powerful; great

earful
My grandmother gave me an earful about the neighborhood.
MEANING: a lot of gossip

easy mark
The Japanese are an easy mark because they usually carry cash.
MEANING: likely victims

eat
The problem is really eating away at me.
MEANING: bothering

excellent
That's excellent man.
MEANING: fine

face-off
The two sides were headed for a nasty face-off.
MEANING: confrontation

far-out
This music is really far-out.
MEANING: great

fix
The addict needs another fix.
MEANING: dose of drugs

flaky
He is too flaky to do the work.
MEANING: unreliable

flashback
At the wedding he had a flashback of his old girlfriend.
MEANING: remembered

flick
I haven't seen a flick in a long time.
MEANING: movie

flip out
He flipped out when he heard that his mother had been killed.
MEANING: lost control

flip side
What kind of music do you have on the flip side of the tape?
MEANING: other side

fox
His older sister is a fox.
MEANING: very attractive

foxy
She is a foxy lady.
MEANING: sexy





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freebie
The pillow was a freebie
MEANING: free

get into something
I got into gardening in high school.
MEANING: became seriously interested in

get it
I listened to the joke twice, but I still don't get it.
MEANING: understand

get with it
If you don't get with it, we will never finish this work.
MEANING: hurry up

gig
I have a gig on Saturday night from 7:00 to 10:00.
MEANING: job

glitch
This computer program has a glitch.
MEANING: defect

glitzy
This is a pretty glitzy hotel to be staying in.
MEANING: fashionable

go
Let me have a go at solving the problem.
MEANING: try

go bananas
I am going to go bananas if I don't have a vacation soon.
MEANING: go crazy

go down
What is going down?
MEANING: happening

goof
I am really a goof at times.
MEANING: fool

goof up
I really goofed up when I painted my room green.
MEANING: made a serious mistake

goofy
You are always acting goofy these days.
MEANING: silly

gourd
Use your gourd to figure out what is happening.
MEANING: head

grand
His salary is twenty grand.
MEANING: thousand dollars

grass
Lots of students smoke grass in the dormitory.
MEANING: marijuana

gravy
This job is pure gravy.
MEANING: easy money

groovy
This music is groovy.
MEANING: pleasant

gross
Picking your nose is really a gross habit.
MEANING: disgusting

gross-out
The party was a gross-out.
MEANING: digusting time

grub
Where is the best place to get some grub around here?
MEANING: food

grubby
Those clothes are too grubby to wear to the party.
MEANING: unclean and untidy

grungy
That is a really grungy jacket.
MEANING: dirty

gut
He got shot in the gut.
MEANING: stomach.

gut
The gut issue is about what we are going to do now.
MEANING: basic

guts
It takes a lot of guts to give the boss your true opinion.
MEANING: courage

hairy
That was a hairy plane trip. I am glad the storm is over.
MEANING: dangerous

hammer
Put the hammer to the floor or we will be late for the wedding.
MEANING: accelerator

hang it up
I have decided to hang up my teaching job.
MEANING: quit

hang loose
Just hang loose for another few days.
MEANING: relax

hang tough
We need to hang tough on our decision.
MEANING: stick with

hardware
The police were surprised by all the hardware the gang members had.
MEANING: weapons

have a buzz on
I had a buzz on after the third martini.
MEANING: was slightly intoxicated

have good vibes
I have good vibes about our new secretary.
MEANING: feel good about

have it all together
Recently I don't have it all together.
MEANING: feel mentally all there.

heave
I heaved up on the floor.
MEANING: vomited

high
The teenagers look high to me.
MEANING: intoxicated on drugs or alcohol

hip-shooter
He is such a hip-shooter.
MEANING: always talking without thinking

history
I don't have any idea where my old boyfriend is. He's history.
MEANING: something in the past

hit
Your proposal was a hit with the boss.
MEANING: successful

hole up
I had to hole up for three days because the police were looking for me.
MEANING: hide

honcho
The honcho says that we are going to have to give up two days of our vacation.
MEANING: boss

hooker
Her clothes make her look like a hooker.
MEANING: prostitute

hot
The police stopped them because they though the car was hot.
MEANING: stolen

huffy
I will do it soon so please don't get huffy.
MEANING: angry

hungry
If you are not hungry, you won't get ahead in the business.
MEANING: eager to make money

hustle
If you don't hustle, we will be late again.
MEANING: hurry up

hyped
The fans were all hyped up for the football game.
MEANING: excited

hyper
Don't get hyper about what she told you. You know it isn't true.
MEANING: over excited

I.D.
Can you show me some I.D. please?
MEANING: identification

in
The tie you are wearing is really in.
MEANING: fashionable

in deep
They are really in deep with each other.
MEANING: deeply involved

in the bag
Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about.
MEANING: settled

intense
This is a very intense situation we are discussing.
MEANING: serious

jam
I am glad you got yourself out of that jam.
MEANING: trouble

jerk someone around
Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around.
MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble

jock
My roommate is a jock for the basketball team.
MEANING: an athlete

john
The john really smells.
MEANING: bathroom

joint
Where is the closest joint to here.
MEANING: cheap bar

joint
He is good at rolling joints.
MEANING: marijuana cigarettes

junkie
Sam is a junkie.
MEANING: rug addict

just off the boat
He acts like he is just off the boat.
MEANING: naive

keep one's cool
He kept his cool when his house burned down.
MEANING: remained calm

kegger
I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight.
MEANING: beer party

kick
I get a kick out of watching him paint.
MEANING: enjoy

klutz
He is a real klutz.
MEANING: stupid and clumsy person

knock
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
MEANING: criticize

knocked up
My dog gets knocked up once a year.
MEANING: pregnant

knockout
Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday?
MEANING: stunning person

knuckle sandwich
Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich.
MEANING: punch in the mouth

kook
Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood.
MEANING: strange people

laid-back
You need to be more laid-back.
MEANING: calm and relaxed

lame
That is really a lame excuse.
MEANING: an inadequate

line
I have heard that line a million times.
MEANING: story

loser
John is a loser.
MEANING: annoying and useless

love handles
I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles.
MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach

make waves
Try not to make waves around the office.
MEANING: cause trouble

maxed out
I am maxed out at my work and need to rest.
MEANING: exhausted

mean
He plays a mean violin.
MEANING: performs well on

mega
I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer.
MEANING: large

megabucks
He made megabucks when he sold his company.
MEANING: a lot of money

knock
Don't knock it if you can't do it any better.
MEANING: criticize

mellow
You need to mellow out and enjoy life.
MEANING: calm down and relax

meltdown
There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I.
MEANING: total collapse

mickey mouse
The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse.
MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time




move on someone
I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday.
MEANING: pick up and seduce

mush
That is total mush and you know it.
MEANING: nonesense

nark
Watch out for the narks in the airport.
MEANING: drug police

neat
That was a neat idea that you had.
MEANING: good

negative
There are too many negatives about the company merger.
MEANING: bad things

nick
The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store.
MEANING: arrested

nip
He took a nip out of the bottle.
MEANING: a quick drink

no sweat
It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday.
MEANING: no problem

nuke
I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes.
MEANING: heat up in the microwave

nuke
Does that attack plane have any nukes?
MEANING: nuclear weapons

nut
I think that he is a nut.
MEANING: crazy person

nuts
You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you.
MEANING: crazy

pad
Have you found a pad yet?
MEANING: a place to live

pain in the neck
My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck.
MEANING: annoying

paper-pusher
My office is filled with paper-pushers.
MEANING: bureaucratic office workers

party animal
You're too old to be a party animal.
MEANING: love parties

party-hearty
We need to party-hearty because we just got a raise in salary.
MEANING: celebrate

paw
Get your paws off of my body.
MEANING: hands

peanuts
I am not going to work for peanuts.
MEANING: practically no money

pickled
He gets pickled after only one beer.
MEANING: intoxicated

piece of cake
Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake.
MEANING: easy to do

pig
He is a pig at parties.
MEANING: eats too much

pig out
Let's go to the restaurant and pig out.
MEANING: eat a lot or overeat

pit stop
Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area.
MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom

plastered
He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend.
MEANING: intoxicated

pooped out
He pooped out after we started to do the hard work.
MEANING: quit

pop
Shut up or I will pop you.
MEANING: hit

pop for something
It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts.
MEANING: buy

pro
He is really a pro at his work.
MEANING: professional

prod
Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget?
MEANING: reminder

psyched up
The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday.
MEANING: mentally ready

psycho
She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital.
MEANING: mentally ill

puke
I feel like I am going to puke.
MEANING: vomit

push off
I am going to push off now.
MEANING: leave

put the moves on
You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married.
MEANING: seduce

put-on
It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed.
MEANING: deception

quarterback
Who is going to quarterback the meeting?
MEANING: lead

quick buck
I need to make a quick buck.
MEANING: some easy money

rack
I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning.
MEANING: bed

rack out
I am going to rack out for two hours.
MEANING: sleep

racket
There sure was a lot of racket outside last night.
MEANING: noise

rag
I can't believe we still get this same old rag.
MEANING: newspaper

rap
We need to sit down and rap about a few things.
MEANING: talk about

rathole
When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole.
MEANING: run down place

raw
The raw office workers were not getting much done.
MEANING: new

ream someone out
The boss really reamed him out for his bad report.
MEANING: got angry with him

red hot
Your idea is really red hot.
MEANING: important

repo
Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week.
MEANING: repossess

rinky-dink
The circus was really rinky-dink.
MEANING: inferior

riot
The comedy program was a real riot.
MEANING: funny

road hog
That driver is a road hog.
MEANING: takes up too much of the road

rocks
Would you like your whiskey on the rocks?
MEANING: with ice

rough time
We have had a rough time this winter.
MEANING: hard time

rug
Is that a rug on his head?
MEANING: wig

rug rat
My sister has three rug rats.
MEANING: children

rule
My wife rules the house.
MEANING: dominates

run off at the mouth
He is always running off at the mouth.
MEANING: talking too much

run out of gas
The politician ran out of gas during the campaign.
MEANING: lost interest or momentum

sack
When did you hit the sack last night?
MEANING: go to bed

scam
Don't lose your money in some kind of scam.
MEANING: swindle

scarf
Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate.
MEANING: ate quickly

schmuck
What a stupid schmuck.
MEANING: jerk

screw around
If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
MEANING: waste time

screw up
If you screw up one more time, I will fire you.
MEANING: make a mistake

sharp
He is very sharp with numbers
MEANING: intelligent

shot
I'll give the puzzle another shot.
MEANING: try

? shot down
? Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later agreed that it was a good idea.
? MEANING:
? disagreed with

? slammer
? The police threw them both in the slammer.
? MEANING: jail

? smashed
? Try not to get smashed at the beer party.
? MEANING: intoxicated

? smoke eater
? My father is a smoke eater.
? MEANING: fireman

? split
? It is time to split and go see the movie.
? MEANING: leave

? spook
? The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves.
? MEANING: frightened

? spud
? Do you want rice or spuds for dinner?
? MEANING: potatoes

? square
? My father looks square in his jacket.
? MEANING: old-fashioned

? steamed up
? Don't get so steamed up over the issue.
? MEANING: angry

? stink
? This whole operation stinks.
? MEANING: is repulsive

? straight
? I want you to give me a straight answer.
? MEANING: honest

? stressed
? I am really stressed by all the recent world events.
? MEANING: upset

? sucker
? Don't be a sucker.
? MEANING: be deceived

? take a hike
? I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike.
? MEANING:
? leave

? taken
? He was taken for all his money at the casino.
? MEANING:
? cheated out of

? taking care of business
? I have been taking care of business.
? MEANING: doing what I have to do

? threads
? Those look like expensive threads he is wearing.
? MEANING: clothes

? tool around
? I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home.
? MEANING: drive around

? totaled
? My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck.
? MEANING: completely wrecked

? up
? He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend.
? MEANING: happy and cheerful

? up for grabs
? This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs.
? MEANING: available.

? veg out
? I want to veg out in front of the television this evening.
? MEANING: relax and do nothing

? vibes
? He really gives off good vibes.
? MEANING: feelings

? wad
? You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city.
? MEANING: bundle of money

? waste
? After you waste him, throw the body in the river.
? MEANING: kill

? wheels
? If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza.
? MEANING: car

? whiz
? He is a whiz at the computer.
? MEANING: talented person

? wired
? I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee.
? MEANING: alert

? wussy
? Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking.
? MEANING: weak person

? yukky
? This food tastes yukky
? MEANING: bad

? zapped
? I am too zapped to help you right now.
? MEANING: exhausted

? zip
? He knew zip about running the company.
? MEANING: Nothing

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