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Urban Dictionary is a crowdsourced English-language online dictionary for slang words and phrases. The website was founded in 1999 by Aaron Peckham. Originally, Urban Dictionary was intended as a dictionary of slang or cultural words and phrases, not typically found in standard English dictionaries, but it is now used to define any word, event, or phrase (including sexually explicit content).
Do not cut off your nose to spite your face; Do not dish it if you can't take it; Do not judge a book by its cover; Do not keep a dog and bark yourself; Do not let the bastards grind you down; Do not let the grass grow beneath (one's) feet; Do not look a gift horse in the mouth; Do not make a mountain out of a mole hill
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Dictionary.com implies that the origins for the two meanings had little to do with each other. [118] out of pocket To be crazy, wild, or extreme, sometimes to an extent that is considered too far. [3] [119] owned Used to refer to defeat in a video game, or domination of an opposition. Also less commonly used to describe defeat in sports.
An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
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Slang, UK and Australia. An allusion to Mr Plod the Policeman in Enid Blyton's Noddy stories for children, to plod meaning to walk doggedly and slowly with heavy steps. [57] Plot To Plot up, Abbreviation of the term 'Park up and Look Out for Target'. Polda Czech slang for police officer. Originated as short of word "policista" – Czech term ...
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