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American English idioms
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The list American English idioms includes
Rainbow Over Texas, Bootstrapping, I say it's spinach, Playing by ear and Tantamount to election.
The list consists of 7 members.
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Rainbow Over Texas
1946 film by Frank McDonald
Overview: Rainbow Over Texas is a film from 1946 in which Roy Rogers plays himself as a famous cowboy-singer returning to Texas. Directed by Frank McDonald from a story by Max Brand, it co-stars George "Gabby" Hayes ...Release date: 9 May 1946Genre: WesternDirector: Frank McDonaldProducer: Max Brand, Gerald Geraghty
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Bootstrapping
A self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external inputOverview: In general, bootstrapping usually refers to a self-starting process that is supposed to proceed without external input. In computer technology the term (usually shortened to booting) usually refers to ... 0
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3.Overview: Playing or learning by ear is the ability of a performing musician to reproduce a piece of music they have heard, without having seen it notated in any form of sheet music. It is considered to be a de ... 0
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4.Overview: "Tantamount to election" is a phrase describing the situation in which one political party dominates the demographics of a voting district to such a degree that the candidate winning the nomination of ... 0
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The dog ate my homework
A common excuse for not having done it
Overview: "The dog ate my homework" is an English expression which carries the suggestion of being a common, poorly fabricated excuse made by schoolchildren to explain their failure to turn in an assignment on time ... 0
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I say it's spinach
Twentieth-century American idiomOverview: I say it's spinach (sometimes given in full as I say it's spinach and I say the hell with it or further abbreviated to just spinach) is a twentieth-century American idiom with the approximate meaning of ... 0
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D'oh!
Catchphrase used by Homer Simpson
Overview: "D'oh!" () is a catchphrase used by the fictional character Homer Simpson, from the television series The Simpsons, an animated sitcom (1989–present). It is an exclamation typically used after Homer injures ... 0
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