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A baker's dozen contains 13 items. It originated as a practice among bakers in 13th century England, when strict laws could have lead to a baker getting his hand chopped off for trying to shortchange a customer. The term stems from the baker's tradition of adding one more to a dozen as lagniappe (a 'Cajun word meaning "a little extra").

During the reign of Henry III (r. 1216-1272), a law was passed called the Assize of Bread and Ale. Bakers who were found to have shortchanged customers could be liable to severe punishment. To guard against the punishment of losing a hand to an axe, a baker would give 13 for the price of 12, to be certain of not being known as a cheat.
A baker's dozen is thirteen.
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You can use a dictionary of slang and idioms, you can look online using a search engine, or you can check out the WikiAnswers related questions below!

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Don't assume that you will get something. Wait until you actually have it.

It means to not plan something out and act as if it is going to happen, as it might not go through or it might go wrong.

It's saying don't expect the ideal conditions for something to happen in the future; like if you have many eggs don't state they will all hatch because normally the ideal condition (all the eggs growing to healthy chickens) will not occur, and a dozen eggs could produce less than 12 chicks, etc.

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This is a socially acceptable euphemism for euthanizing, or humanely killing, an animal. It is perfomed by a veterinarian for medical reasons - terminally ill, uncontrollable pain, loss of quality of life, etc.

It means to humanely put them to sleep, when they reach the point where their quality of life has declined to "zero" or very near that. It is considered an act of loving mercy in the case of pets.

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It's an euphemism for sacrificing an animal (as 'put to sleep' is).

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It involves injecting them with a high dose of ketamine.

It means to euthanize the animal. Which is a humane method of ending an animal's life. Euthanasia means good death and a good death would occur with minimal or no pain and distress to the animal. The main and humane reasons why animals are put down are of painful old age; worsening or untreatable sickness; and painful, incurable, or expensive diseases or disorders.

To put the animal into a forever sleep by using an injection of an overdose of sedation. A Veterinarian will "put" a dog down if he or she is sick and there is no chance of it healing. Or a dog may be put down due to bad temperament, etc. In other words, to "Put down" a dog means ending its life.

to kill it. most of the time because its either terminally ill or dangerous

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An English idiom that represents surprise.

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It means you have a problem and you should contact a doctor or think back what you ate (maybe you ate something bad or something your allergic to without noticing)

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"Down the Rabbit Hole" means going on an unknown adventure.

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Dusted and Disgusted is a song, well, a rap song, from E-40 featuring Tupac Shakur. Dusted and disgusted tells a story of how women can't be trusted and how disgusted the singer is with them and how he dusts those that cross him. To dust someone is to kill them. So, it's not an idiom, per se, but a song lyric.

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It's piecemeal - to do a job in small steps or pieces instead of all at once.

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omni im

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Foward Operating Base Loyalty - an operating base on the east side of Baghdad in 9-Nissan, South of Sadr City

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Could mean . stop resting on the shovel handle or spear and get to work.

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The line shows up in the song "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.

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this is an idiom , literally a warning about something that you are perhaps perusing or on it already and you are told that you'll end up in trouble, see this one '' where there's smoke there must be fire '' try givin me your opinion on it ?

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"Class, turn to page <number here> in your textbook."

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Old age is called "second childhood" because as we age our bodies tend to shut down and not function as they once did. When we are babies we need to be fed, dress, bathed and taken care of in every form and fashion. When we are elderly we have the same type of need for a caregiver. We often end up wearing (adult) diapers, and sometimes dont have teeth (like a baby). We have accidents and sometimes have trouble communicating and sometimes even have to be wheeled around in a wheel chair (like a baby in a carriage). So if u look, there really are alot of parallels between our first childhood and our "second childhood."

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It basically means that spring has begun

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Hog is defined as a selfish or very dirty person, or is slang for a large motorcycle. An example of a hog is someone eating the last of the food, their third helping, before others have had a chance to have any of the food. An example of a hog is a Harley-Davidson.

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Boil, or so it seems.

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Yes, that's true. As a saying it means time passes more slowly if you just passively wait for something to happen. If you are active and involved,

time will fly.

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Yes - just look a the University courses they teach, even at top ones like Exeter Uni. Historical geography, biological geography, ethnic geography - even the simple language and knowledge they use in lectures is shocking. In a recent 3rd year module 'Gender and Geography' at Exeter, in the 3rd lecture the following quote was given in trying help the students understand identity:

"Identity is our understanding of who we are and of who other people are, and, reciprocally, other people‟s understanding of themselves and of others (which includes us)" - Jenkins, 2004 P.5.

Without studying either gender or geography, I think we all knew that really, if we thought really, really hard.

Again, in a 3rd year module named 'Postcolonial geography' the lecture analyses the role of Chicken Tikka in British culture:

"Chicken Tikka is an Indian dish. The Massala sauce was added to satisfy the desire of British people to have their meat served in gravy"

You see the level of depth they go into here.

So yes, a BA geography degree is a waste of time, and is certainly a 'jack of all trades, master of none'. It hardly seems a step up from GCSE level in all honesty. But hey, now we all know that Chicken Tikka is an Indian dish!!

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The literal meaning of country brute is "a beast found in rural or wilderness areas," such as a cow or a wolf. Figuratively, it could mean a large or an uncivil rural person.