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a keeper
something you want to keep for a long time """Do you like my leather jacket?"" ""Ya, man. It's a keeper!"""
a paper trail
a series of memos or letters that record events A business merger leaves a long paper trail - many documents.
a perfect stranger
a person you have never seen, a total stranger In New York, a perfect stranger asked her to sleep with him.
a slippery slope
a path that leads to problems, a risky plan Nationalism is a slippery slope. It often leads to racism.
a stiff upper lip
(See keep a stiff upper lip)
bumper to bumper
a lane of vehicles with the bumpers nearly touching Traffic on Memorial Drive was bumper to bumper at 4:30 today.
copper
(See cop)
dig a little deeper
try harder, give a little more The coach asked the team to dig a little deeper, to give their best.
electronic superhighway
a computer network, Internet We can find more information on the electronic superhighway.
get behind (a person or idea)
support, help They decided to get behind the main candidate when he promised to cut taxes.
get in deeper
cause you more trouble, dig yourself in Telling another lie will only get you in deeper - make it worse.
grim reaper
(See The Grim Reaper)
happy camper
a person who is happy most of the time Jack's a happy camper today. He's smiling and whistling.
have your period
menstruate, got the rags on I get stomach pains when I have my period. Do you?
hot tempered
quick to become angry, lose your temper He's hot tempered - very impatient and often angry.
in person
being there yourself, first hand Dad saw the wall come down. He was there in person.
jeepers
oh, gee whiz, gosh Jeepers! I don't know what to say.
keep a stiff upper lip
be brave, face trouble bravely The prisoners tried hard to keep a stiff upper lip in spite of the hardships of the prison.
keeper
(See a keeper)
knee high to a grasshopper
small or short, the size of a child When we lived in Oslo, you were just knee high to a grasshopper.
lose your temper
become angry, get mad When you lose your temper, the children become frightened.
name dropper
one who implies famous people are his friends What a name dropper! He spoke of Gordon Lightfoot as his friend.
new person
a person who has become very much better He is a new person now that he has quit smoking and quit drinking.
party-pooper
one who leaves a party, stick-in-the-mud You party-pooper! Stay here and dance with us.
pay the piper
face the consequences for something you've done.
perfect stranger
(See a perfect stranger)
perk up
show interest or enthusiasm When we mention girls, he perks up. His eyes sparkle.
pernickity
fussy, critical of details, perfectionistic When Dale was teenager, he was pernickity about his hair.
public property
what everybody knows, public information If you tell Zora about the plan, it'll be public property.
puddlejumper
a small car, a subcompact """Why buy a puddlejumper?"" ""It gets good gas mileage."""
put a damper on
discourage, spoil a person
put things in perspective
see things as they are, see the actual size A few days after the flood, I was able to put things in perspective.
run a temperature
have a higher than normal body temperature The little boy is running a temperature and should stay in bed all day.
short temper
quick to become angry, hot tempered Dr. Jones has a short temper. He gets mad very quickly.
sleeper
ordinary device with surprising skill or power The Taurus SHO was a sleeper. It looked slow, but it was fast!
slippery slope
dangerous path, a path that leads to problems When you assume that people are bad, you are on a slippery slope.
stiff upper lip
(See keep a stiff upper lip)
stubblejumper
grain farmer, Saskatchewan folk My uncle is a stubblejumper. He owns a farm near Kuroki.
super mint
excellent, the best quality The photograph of the baby is super mint! It's excellent!
supercharge
boost the power, hop up, tweak We supercharged the engine in a Datsun 510, doubling its power.
superduper
very large, exciting or powerful, totally awesome After class, Julie went to the cafe and ordered a superduper sundae with a cherry on top.
superstar
very talented athlete or performer, the best player Hockey's superstars include Richard, Howe, and Gretzky.
take it personally
believe you are being attacked or accused "He was criticizing the whole class; don't take it personally."
take someone's temperature
measure someone's body temperature The nurse took my temperature when I went to the hospital yesterday.
taper off
come to an end little by little, become smaller toward the end The rain began to taper off early in the afternoon.
The Grim Reaper
"an executioner; a person who decides your fate, position, grades, etc." Old Mason was The Grim Reaper. He showed no mercy when he failed students.
the upper hand
the advantage, get the jump on Because you have graduated from college, you have the upper hand.
to be perfectly honest
to tell you the truth, to tell you exactly how I feel, as a matter of fact """Your cat's up in the tree again."" ""To be perfectly honest, I don't care. Let him come down alone."""
upper crust
upper class, high class, aristocracy Kurt acts like upper crust because his ancestor was a German baron.
upper hand
(See the upper hand) theo
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