Expressions (A–Z)
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Salute flight
A flypast intended to honor a pilot, usually as part of a welcome or farewell ce...
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Scribal error/ error in a book/ writer's mistake/ copying error
A technical error in writing. A typing error in a book or a typed document (a sc...
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Secondary accent/ after taste
A foreign accent that accompanies the main, familiar accent.
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Set a snare for him/ to set a trap fo/ to lay (spread) a snare fore
In the question: He placed a stumbling block in his path. He hid a trap in his p...
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Shock treatment
Psychiatric treatment given through a shocking procedure such as electroshock.
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Shuffled the cards
Literally, mixed up the cards in one’s hand; figuratively, completely changed th...
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Slam down the receiver/ hang up on someone
Figuratively, to abruptly end a phone conversation in anger, unwilling to contin...
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Slam the door in his face
Figuratively, to shut him out from entry or from the possibility of joining; to...
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Slammed the door
See: "He came out with a broken arm."
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Slap in the face/ "to slap someone's face"/ to prove wrong/refute
Literally: hit him in the face. Figuratively: showed him his mistake; contradict...
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