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Baker's Dozen: I read that back in the 16th Century the baker would leave 13 loaves of bread instead of 12 to the retailer when the retailer ordered a dozen loaves, because the thirteenth loaf was the retailers profit.
Beats me: Means “I don’t know”, or, “I have no idea.”, “Haven’t a clue.”
Bite Your Tongue: Be quiet, don't say anything. Also, "I had to bite my tongue to avoid saying something wrong."
By the skin of my teeth: In the Bible in the Book of Job, it states in Chapter 19, verse 20: "My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth."
You can imagine that the skin of your teeth is not much, so it means that you just made it, just succeeded, just achieved your goal by a little bit extra than the others, and so on.
Circa - Approximately, roughly, around about. c. 1985 could mean “around about 1985”.
Can be: c. ca. circ. cca. or cc. “This painting is circa 1776”.
Complex “She has a complex”
Dairy: In New Zealand when someone says that they are “Going to the Dairy” it means that they are going to the small shop not too far from their house.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't.
Done its dash - Had it, broken very possibly for good. Done it guts and done its dash could be in some way connected.
Don't judge a book by its cover - Don’t judge something by its outward appearance.
Don't Put All your Eggs in One Basket.
Down in the dumps - Feeling very low. Depressed. Heart broken.
Done its guts - I have no idea where this came from, but basically it means that the item or person being talked about has had it, over, its time of usefulness is over. If it were a car and the engine had blown with a big bang an observer would; say, “Oh geez man, she’s done her guts.” Meaning that the cars motor is totalled, wrecked, had it and due for the junk yard for parts or to the dump.
For all intents and purposes - Essentially. Has the same affect.
Fortune favours the brave. Good fortune comes to those of great courage. “You'll never get anything if you don't ask for it.
Get-Go - From the beginning. “Thomas had trouble with the exam from the get-go!”
Given the third-degree - Given a hard time by those who want to know something from someone and are determined to get it. Interrogated. “I am sure that Joe will spill the beans the way that they are giving him the third degree like that.”
Humdrum - Dull, boring, uninteresting, jading. “The movie was humdrum, I couldn’t stop yawning all through it.”
In Spades - Spades is the highest-ranking suit in various card games, so it means to the extreme.
“You will be repaid in spades!” Jerry told his boss what he thought of the project in spades. Seems kind of like Jerry told his boss what he thought of the project, and went overboard, and said it all.
Necessity is the mother of invention - Plato “our need will be the real creator”. When we have a need, we will find a way, or we will invent it. “"When the need for something becomes imperative, you are forced to find ways of getting or achieving it”. “If you really need to do something, then you will find a way of doing it”.
On Par - To be “on par” is to be at the level, or standard, as someone else.
“On Point” - “On the mark.” “Thats it. “Thats exactly what I mean.” “You got it!”
Over the ditch - Often means over the sea to Australia if you live in New Zealand.
Packing a sad - Having a tantrum, or having a fit, losing the plot, going overboard. Packing a sad because they didn’t get their own way. Basically losing control of one’s self and the onlookers are watching and saying, “Wow, he is sure packing a sad! Dude needs to grow up and learn that he can’t have it his own way all the time.”
Per Contra - On the other hand. Contrasting contradiction. Against. Contrary. As an offset. By way of contrast.
Pink Slip - A letter of dismissal of your employment.
Spill the beans - Tell all. Tell the authorities or whoever what they don’t want them to know. Jenny has been in the principals office long enough, I am sure that she is going to spill the beans on us all.
Subpar. - Means to be below average.
“Top of the morning to ya” - Good morning to you.
User Friendly. - Something, such as a tool, machine, equipment and so on that is easy to use, useful, easy to understand. As if it was designed to be easy to use at the get-go, and it is useful to use so much so that it really helps with what you are doing, like they had the customer in mind very much and ease of use when it was designed.
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