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Took the hide off
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to overcome, punish or defeat someone severally |
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Toot/blow one's own horn
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be boastful about oneself; be prideful; make others aware of one's own accomplishments; say positive things about oneself; congratulate oneself publicly on one's achievements. |
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Top of the beam to the top of the horns
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from the ridge where the horn protrudes from the hair, to the tip of the horn. |
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Tortillas
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flat, unleavened corn cakes baked on an iron
plate or flat stone, used throughout Mexico as
the equivilant of bread. |
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Tough guy
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a strong, independent-minded person who seems to
be afraid of nothing. |
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Train in the blocks (The old)
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In railroading, a length of track governed by
signals |
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Train on/in
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to aim ( a gun, binoculars, etc.) at something; |
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Trump card
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something kept back to be used to win success if nothing else works. To use someone for personal advantage. |
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Trump up his sleeve
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in various card games, a card saved until last for a special purpose, often to impose unfairly. A devious or underlying motive. |
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Trumpet in ear
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a hearing aid shaped like the end of a trumpet or funnel. |
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Tuck this over in your vest pocket
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Just think about it. This is just something you might want to think about. |
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Tug-of-war
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A game in which two teams pull on opposite ends of a rope, trying to pull the other team over a line marked on the ground. |
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A contest in which two sides try to defeat each
other. |
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Tule
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(too-lay (Mex. Tollin)). A reed-like grass or
bulrush (Scirpus lacustris), covering immense
areas in the South-Western States, especially
Texas and California. |
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Turn a deaf ear (to someone/something)
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refuse to listen (to someone/something); ignore |
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Turn gray
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Turn in his/her grave
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(used for expressing disapproval of something) a person who is dead would be shocked by or angry about something if she/he were still alive. |
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Turn over a new leaf
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Completely change one's behavior or views for the better; improve oneself and start again. |
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Turnip
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Turnpike
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a toll road (in olden days, the turnpike, often shortened to Pike, was a pole which was set on a vertical post, so as to bar movement along a road. When the fee was paid, the pike was turned and the traveler passed through and along his way). |
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Twist
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A dance movement of the 1960's where the body
quickly turns one way and then the other |
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Two bits
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a quarter of a dollar (25 cents).
"shave and a hair cut, two bits", a service
offered by a barbershop for 25 cents. |
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Types and shadows
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something that represents or symbolizes something to come. |
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