cousin

See: FIRST COUSIN, SECOND COUSIN.

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second cousin

[second cousin] {n.} A child of your father's or mother's first cousin. * /Mary and Jane are second cousins./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

first cousin

[first cousin] {n.} The child of your aunt or uncle. * /Tom's only first cousin was Ralph, the son of his Uncle John./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

open one's eyes

[open one's eyes] or [open up one's eyes] {v. phr.} To make a person see or understand the truth; make a person realize; tell a person what is really happening […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fed up

[fed up] {informal} also {slang} [fed to the gills] or [fed to the teeth] {adj. phr.} Having had too much of something; at the end of your patience; disgusted; bored; […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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