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To horse around

Definition: to play around

EXAMPLE: I wish the children wouldn't horse around at the supper table.

EXAMPLE: The athletes like to horse around after practice.



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Cat got your tongue

Definition: can't you talk

EXAMPLE: Can you answer the question or has a cat got your tongue.

EXAMPLE: Cat got your tongue?



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For the birds

Definition: uninteresting, meaningless, unimportant or boring information/event

EXAMPLE: The movie was for the birds, so we left at the intermission.

EXAMPLE: The lecture was for the birds. We didn't learn anything!



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Fishy

Definition: something/someone suspicious

EXAMPLE: I left my money right here. Now it's gone. Something is fishy here.

EXAMPLE: Those men with the guns and masks look fishy to me.