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|One-night stand||phr||A casual and brief sexual encounter. 2. A performing engagement for one night only |
|One-night stand||phr||A casual and brief sexual encounter. 2. A performing engagement for one night only |
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|On one's own||phr||Independent; free; dependent on oneself; self-reliant |
|On one's own||phr||Independent; free; dependent on oneself; self-reliant |
Revision as of 08:46, 29 March 2020
Anglish | sp. | English |
Off one's feed | phr | Sick, ill. indisposed |
Old man's friend | phr | Pneumonia, an illness that often carries off peacefully the elderly. |
Old salt | n | A sailor |
Oldster | n | An elderly person |
Old smokey | phr | The electric chair; old smokey; as in 'ride old smokey' |
Old-timer | n | An experienced person. 2. One who has inhabitated one place or area during many decades |
Old top | phr | A close friend, a pal. |
On a bender | phr | On a drinking spree; in dipsomania mode. |
Once in a blue moon | phr | Very seldom, rarely, not often. |
Once-over | n | A casual view; a glance; a superficial examination; a hasty preparation; as in the expression "I gave him the once-over." |
One-eyed-bed-snake | n | The penis. |
One good woman | n | The ideal soulmate, considerate, sympathetic, etc (US Black) |
One-horse | adj | Small, trifling, petty; as in the expression, " We arrived in a one-horse town." |
One-night stand | phr | A casual and brief sexual encounter. 2. A performing engagement for one night only |
One-shot wonder | n | A miracle cure, panacea, wonder drug or medication. |
On one's own | phr | Independent; free; dependent on oneself; self-reliant |
Onsnithe | vb | cut up (<OE onsnīðan) |
On tap | phr | Scheduled; available |
On-the-go | n | Very active; lively; in motion; as in the expression, "He is always on-the-go." |
On-the-in | n | In favour; in good standing |
On the make | phr | Succeeding; |
On the mark | phr | Accurate, correct, true |
On the shelf | phr | Unmarried, dateless; not presently in active use or consideration |
On the way out | phr | Finished, washed up, fading, has been |
On top of the heap | phr | Highly successful; very prominent. On top of the world is a variant. |
Openers | n | A cathartic pill |
Open up | phr | To become confidential; to reveal private matters |
Out | n | An out, meaning an alibi, reason, excuse |
Out at the elbows | phr | Financially poor; needy |
Outdoor | vb | To throw one over; to discontinue relations with one |
Out for blood | phr | Eager to take revenge for a previous wrong (or defeat); determined to win |
Out of town | phr | In prison, incarcerated. |
Outstander | n | An oustaanding person, book, artwork, etc. |
Overboard | adj | Overdone; superfluous |
Overshare | vb | To offer inappropriate disclosure concerning one's personal life to others. |
Oversharer | n | One who offers inapropriate disclosure concerning one's personal's life to others. |
Over the Blue Wall | n | An institution of confinement for psychiatric patients. 2. a mental institution, a psychiatric hospital. |
Over the top | phr | Excessive in behaviour |
Owl | n | A night-time streetwalker; a nocturnal skank |