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English-language idioms
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The list English-language idioms includes
Humble Pie, The Real McCoy, Pearls Before Swine, Black Sheep and Rainbow Over Texas.
The list consists of 31 members
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Humble Pie
English-language idiom
Overview: To eat humble pie, in common usage, is to apologize and face humiliation for a serious error. Humble pie, or umble pie, is also a term for a variety of pastries, originally based on medieval meat tripe ...
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The Real McCoy
Idiom and metaphor in the English languageOverview: "The real McCoy" is an idiom and metaphor used in much of the English-speaking world to mean "the real thing" or "the genuine article", e.g., "he's the real McCoy". It is a corruption of the Scots "The ... 0
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Pearls Before Swine
American psychedelic folk band
Overview: Pearls Before Swine was an American psychedelic folk band formed by Tom Rapp in 1965 in Eau Gallie, now part of Melbourne, Florida. They released six albums between 1967 and 1971, before Rapp launched ... 0
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Black Sheep
Idiom for oddness or disreputability
Overview: In the English language, black sheep is an idiom used to describe an odd or disreputable member of a group, especially within a family. The term has typically been given negative implications, implying ... 0
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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 0
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Melting pot
Monocultural metaphorOverview: The melting pot is a monocultural metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" with a common culture, or vice versa, for a homogeneous society ... 0
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The Man
Slang phraseOverview: "The Man" is a slang phrase, used in the United States, that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may serve as a ... 0
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Cat and mouse
English-language idiomOverview: Cat and mouse, often expressed as cat-and-mouse game, is an English-language idiom that means "a contrived action involving constant pursuit, near captures, and repeated escapes." The "cat" is unable to ... 0
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Dark horse
previously less known person or thing that emerges to prominenceOverview: A dark horse is a previously less known person or thing that emerges to prominence in a situation, especially in a competition involving multiple rivals, or a contestant that on paper should be unlikely ... 0
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Rags to riches
Any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealthOverview: Rags to riches refers to any situation in which a person rises from poverty to wealth, and in some cases from absolute obscurity to heights of fame, fortune and celebrity—sometimes instantly. This is a ... 0
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Tall tale
Story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual
Overview: A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual. Some tall tales are exaggerations of actual events, for example fish stories ("the fish that got away") such as ... 0
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12.Overview: Barking up the wrong tree is an idiomatic expression in English, which is used to suggest a mistaken emphasis in a specific context. The phrase is an allusion to the mistake made by dogs when they believe ... 0
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Man's best friend (phrase)
Common phrase referring to domestic dogs
Overview: "Man's best friend" is a common phrase about domestic dogs, referring to their millennia-long history of close relations, loyalty, and companionship with humans. The first recorded use of a related phrase ... 0
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Red herring
Fallacious approach developed as a diversion to mislead the audience
Overview: A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conc ... 0
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Red-light district
Urban area with a high concentration of sex-related businesses
Overview: A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. Areas ... 0
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White Elephant
Idiom – name for large constructions that are not usedOverview: A white elephant is an idiom for a valuable but burdensome possession of which its owner cannot dispose and whose cost (particularly cost of upkeep) is out of proportion to its usefulness or worth. From ... 0
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Sliced bread
Loaf of bread that has been pre-sliced with a machine
Overview: Sliced bread is a loaf of bread that has been sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience. It was first sold in 1928, advertised as "the greatest forward step in the baking industry since bread ... 0
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Devil's advocate
Former official position within the Catholic ChurchOverview: The advocatus diaboli (Latin for Devil's advocate) is a former official position within the Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith: one who "argued against the canonization (sainthood) of a candidate ... 0
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Pork barrel
Politician using wider public funds on local projects to gain favour with local electorate
Overview: Pork barrel is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to bring money to a representative's district. The usage originated in American ... 0
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Tell it to the Marines
IdiomOverview: "Tell it to the Marines" is an English-language idiom, originally with reference to Britain's Royal Marines, connoting that the person addressed is not to be believed. The full phrase is "tell it to the ... 0
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