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Idioms
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Idioms
Prick up your ears
Language; Idioms
If you prick up your ears, you listen very carefully. ('Pick up your ears' is also used.)
Mickey Mouse
Language; Idioms
If something is Mickey Mouse, it is intellectually trivial or not of a very high standard.
On the shelf
Language; Idioms
If something like a project is on the shelf, nothing is being done about it at the moment.
Thin as a rake
Language; Idioms
A rake is a garden tool with a long, thin, wooden handle, so someone very thin is thin as a rake.
Straw poll
Language; Idioms
A straw poll is a small unofficial survey or ballot to find out what people think about an issue.
Pull the other one, it’s got brass bells on
Language; Idioms
This idiom is way of telling somebody that you don't believe them. The word 'brass' is optional.
Make a song and dance
Language; Idioms
(UK) If someone makes a song and dance, they make an unecessary fuss about something unimportant.
