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born yesterday

[born yesterday] {adj. phr.} Inexperienced and easily fooled; not alert to trickery; easily deceived or cheated. - Usually used in negative sentences. * /When Bill started the new job, the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

anything like

[anything like] or [anywhere near] {adv.} Nearly. - Used in negative, interrogative, and conditional sentences, often in the negative forms "nothing like" or "nowhere near". * /It's not anything like […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tie the knot

[tie the knot] {v. phr.}, {informal} To get married; also to perform a wedding ceremony. * /Diane and Bill tied the knot yesterday./ * /The minister tied the knot for […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

a little

[a little] {n.} or {adj.} A small amount (of); some. - Usually "a little" is different in meaning from "little", which emphasizes the negative; "a little" means "some"; but "little" […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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