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[as good as go] {adv. phr.}
In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as good's do this," for, I may as well do this. Only heard among the illiterate.
[as it comes]
1. As is.
Reese takes life as it comes.
2. {adv. phr.}
Instinctively, by intuition.
I write as it comes to me. I often don't know exactly what I think until I see it on paper.
[attention whore] {n. phr.} {informal}
Label given to any person who craves attention to such an extent that they will do anything to receive it. The type of attention (negative or positive) does not matter.
You're such a GD attention whore!
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[bank-bill] {n. phr.}
A bank-note.
Neither Johnson nor the other lexicographers have the term bank-note, though they all have bank-bill, which Johnson defines, "a note for money laid up in a bank, at the sight of which the money is paid."
In the […]
[break a leg] {v. phr.}
Is said to actors for good luck before they go on stage, especially on an opening nights.
One of the interpretaions of "break a leg" is wishing to "make a strenuous effort".
[corn hustler]
What is the meaning of this expression?
There is Tom and Jerry cartoon where Tom is insulted by being called a corn hustler.
[fat is in the fire]
~[game over], [game is up]
The situation is in crisis.
{literally} because sth. or someone has [poured oil on the flames] or [added fuel to the fire].