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rain check

[rain check] {n.} 1. A special free ticket to another game or show which will be given in place of one canceled because of rain. * /When the drizzle turned […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

game

[game] See: [AHEAD OF THE GAME], [LOVE GAME], [NAME OF THE GAME], [PLAY THE GAME], [AT --- STAGE OF THE GAME]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

American Idioms

American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases is based on original book by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner and J.E. Gates - "A Dictionary of American Idioms". Please, […] Dictionary of American Idioms

play the game

[play the game] {v. phr.}, {informal} To obey the rules; do right; act fairly. * /"That's not playing the game," we told him when he wanted to desert his wife./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[p] See: [MIND ONE'S P'S AND Q'S].

push over

[push over] {v. phr.} To upset; overthrow. * /She is standing on her feet very solidly; a little criticism from you […]

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

(1834-1892) Train your child in the way you now know you should have gone yourself.

как от козла молока

(ждать) [как от козла молока] or [как с козла молока] {adv. phr.} {informal} [kak ot […]