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American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original ...

[bitter pill] {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was not invited to the ...

[blind date] {n.} An engagement or date arranged by friends for people who have not ...

[body blow] {n.}, {informal} A great disappointment; a bitter failure. * /When he failed to ...

[come to grief] {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ...

[comedown] {n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown for Al when the ...

[hang it (all)] {interj.}, {informal} An exclamation used to express annoyance or disappointment. * /Oh, ...

[laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth] or [laugh on the other side of ...

[let down easy] {v. phr.} To refuse or say no to (someone) in a pleasant ...

[letdown] {n.} A disappointment; a heartbreak. * /It was a major letdown for John when ...