It’s gonna be a long night

2018-04-10 15:24

“A long day” or by extension “a long night” is an expression that indicates difficult experiences.

Putting your foot down?

2018-04-03 11:55

It is a way of expressing our strong determination when we want to make some point clear, take a stand while showing we are resolute.

Can you see your way clear?

2018-03-30 12:05

To see one's way clear to do something is to be willing to do it and to find the necessary tools to do it – usually in spite of obvious obstacles.

Under the thumb?

2018-03-27 10:53

If you have people under your thumb, you are kind of, like, likening them to a small insect, such as an ant on the table.

Choice words?

2018-03-23 11:57

Choice words are often euphemisms for curse words and other obscene words that are sometimes not even fit for print or repetition.

Ins and outs?

2018-03-20 10:43

“Ins and outs” means all the details.

Getting too close to the sun?

2018-03-16 11:36

If someone is described as flying too close to the sun, he or she is being reckless and rash, driven hubris or arrogance.

Sounding board?

2018-03-13 11:15

One person uses the other as a sounding board so as to see how his or her ideas sound to the other person.

Baker's dozen?

2018-03-09 11:18

Anyways, baker's dozen means 13 – not twelve, the number a dozen usually represents.

Through the office grapevine?

2018-03-06 11:40

Grapevine is anonymous with the rumor mill, the unofficial channel through which information, or rather, gossip is shared.

Better angels?

2018-03-02 13:54

One's better angels or the better angels of our nature represent the Godliness in us.

Better judgement?

2018-02-27 12:21

They mean to say they shouldn't have done it had they fully followed their head instead of the heart.

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