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71give-up the ghost — verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life She died from cancer The children perished in the fire The patient went peacefully The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102 • Syn: ↑die,… …
72go to the dogs — verb become ruined His business went to pot when economy soured • Syn: ↑go to pot • Hypernyms: ↑deteriorate • Verb Frames: Something s * * * go to the dogs …
73sugar the pill — To compensate somewhat for an unpleasant prospect, unwelcome imposition, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑sugar * * * sweeten/sugar the pill phrase to make something unpleasant easier to accept To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new …
74To play the mischief — Mischief Mis chief (m[i^]s ch[i^]f), n. [OE. meschef bad result, OF. meschief; pref. mes (L. minus less) + chief end, head, F. chef chief. See {Minus}, and {Chief}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Harm; damage; esp., disarrangement of order; trouble or… …
75get out of bed on the wrong side — verb To start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason. Our CO must have gotten out of bed on the wrong side, for he gave the whole company hell for their poor morale, dirty barracks, etc. Syn: get up on the wrong side of the bed …
76blow out of the water — verb surprise greatly; knock someone s socks off I was floored when I heard that I was promoted • Syn: ↑shock, ↑floor, ↑ball over, ↑take aback • Derivationally related forms: ↑shock (f …
77sweeten the pill — sweeten/sugar the pill phrase to make something unpleasant easier to accept To sweeten the pill, the company will introduce a range of new performance related bonuses. Thesaurus: to reduce, or to remove the bad effects of somethingsynonym… …
78full\ of\ the\ devil — adj. phr. informal Always making trouble; naughty; bad. That boy is full of the Old Nick. Syn.: full of the Old Nick, full of the devil, full of it …
79full\ of\ the\ Old\ Nick — adj. phr. informal Always making trouble; naughty; bad. That boy is full of the Old Nick. Syn.: full of the Old Nick, full of the devil, full of it …
80knee-deep in the Big Muddy — adjective Stuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership. Polls show three quarters of the people dont want us to invade Haiti. Nonetheless, it appears were about to go knee… …
