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air chief marshal

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all ears

listening carefully, trying to hear everything When Dad mentioned hunting, I was all ears. I loved to hunt.

be all ears

be eager to hear what someone has to say.

beggars can't be choosers

people who receive free things should not expect the best "When they complained about the shabby coats, he said, ""Beggars can't be choosers."""

behind bars

in jail, in prison, in the slammer Behind bars, she didn't have much of a social life.

believe my ears

(See can't believe my ears)

bet you dollars to donuts

"I will bet dollars, you bet donuts; give you odds" Ben is the fastest runner. I'll bet you dollars to donuts he wins.

can't believe my ears

cannot believe what I hear, it is unbelievable The cat is babysitting the kids? I can't believe my ears!

coming out of our ears

having too many, having too much Everybody brought salad. We had salad coming out of our ears!

couldn't believe my ears

(See can't believe my ears)

crocodile tears

a show of sorrow that is not really felt He cried crocodile tears when he discovered that he couldn

donkey's years

a very long time I talked to my friend for a long time because I hadn't seen her in donkey's years.

dress rehearsal

the last rehearsal before the performance, dry run All actors must come to the dress rehearsal - our last practice.

ears pinned back

told to behave, disciplined The rowdy kid needs his ears pinned back. Tell him to behave.

fall on deaf ears

talk to people who will not listen, really deaf If you talk to the workers about management's problems, your message will fall on deaf ears.

feel like a million dollars

feel wonderful I feel like a million dollars today so I think that I will go for a walk.

feel like a million dollars/bucks

feel wonderful Although I have been sick for a few weeks I feel like a million dollars today.

get on in years

getting older, over the hill When Mother broke her hip, she was 77 - getting on in years.

getting on in years

(See get on in years)

give you the gears

fool you, tease you, josh you, pull your leg When Dad said you would have to pay for cleaning the carpet, he was giving you the gears.

golden years

65 years of age or older, sunset years Dad is retired now, enjoying his golden years.

have my ears lowered

get a haircut, have my hair cut When my hair is long, I go and have my ears lowered!

it appears to me

this is what I see, I believe this happened It appears to me that this car swerved to avoid a collision.

little pitchers have big ears

little children often overhear things that they are not supposed to hear Little pitchers have big ears she said when she saw her daughter standing at the door listening to her talking to her husband.

look like a million dollars

look well and prosperous, appear healthy and happy He was looking like a million dollars when I saw him at the party last weekend.

move you to tears

cause you to feel sadness or sympathy, touch you The songs in Gorecki's Third Symphony will move you to tears.

music to my ears

good news, a message that makes me happy When she called my name, it was music to my ears.

on in years

(See get on in years)

reduce to tears

ask hurtful questions until someone cries The lawyer's hurtful questions soon reduced Karla to tears.

see stars

imagine one is seeing stars as a result of being hit on the head When I was hit by the opposing football player I fell to the ground and began to see stars.

speak of the devil and he appears

a person comes just when one is talking about him "Speak of the devil and he appears," I said just as our colleague who we were talking about walked in the door.

stars in one

an appearance or feeling of very great happiness She had stars in her eyes when she saw the beautiful ring that her boyfriend had bought for her.

still wet behind the ears

still quite young, the tender age of When we moved to Boston, you were still wet behind the ears.

sunset years

senior years, over 65, golden years Will you still love me when I'm old - in my sunset years?

thank your lucky stars

(See you can thank your lucky stars)

twilight years

senior years, over 70, golden years Grandma wants to keep her own home during her twilight years.

wet behind the ears

(See still wet behind the ears)

within earshot

close enough to hear, under my breath Lil was within earshot of the radio during the newscast. She heard it.

you can thank your lucky stars

you were lucky, be thankful you are safe He can thank his lucky stars that a doctor was there. He nearly died.

apples and pears

stairs. Possibly the most commonly expressed piece of Cockney rhyming slang that is used as an example of such, or used in jocular mimicry. The term is infrequently heard used in genuine daily use

arse

1. British slang for the buttocks
2. (derog.) an objectionable person
3. a mistake, a poor job:"He made such an arse of that plastering that we will need to redo it"

arse about

to mess around, to waste time

arse about face

back to front; something that is in a mess. or crooked eg."Look at the state of that shelf you just put up, it's all arse about face!"

arse around

see arse about

arse-bandit

a homosexual male

arse-hole

1. (derog) British slang for an idiot, contemptible person
2. the anus

arse-licker

a sycophant

arse-licking

sycophantic behaviour

arse-on

a bad mood:"Keep out of Andy's way, he's got a the arse-on"

arse over elbow

see arse over tit

arse over tit

to fall over, head over heels:"She went arse over tit on the ice outside"