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[sad sack] {n. phr.} {informal}
An inept person who makes mistakes despite good intentions.
See: [double-trouble]
[shuffle one's feet] {v. phr.}
To slide one's feet along the floor or ground while walking;
To do sth. very slowly, unwillingly.
[sure as shooting] {adv. phr.} or {adv. phr.}
Certainly, for certain, for sure, sure, surely, sure enough.
{adv. phr.}
Definitely or positively.
he'll win sure as shooting.
{adj. phr.}
Absolutely certain.
* /it is sure as shooting that they […]
[talk to the hand] or {slang} [talk to da hand] {v. phr.} {informal}
('cause the face ain't listening)
(With outstretched vertical palm) Shut up — I've no interest in hearing what you've got to say.
Per the source, mentioned below, the idiom appeared […]
[the whole nine yards] {adv. phr.} or {n. phr.}
{adv. phr.} completely;
{n. phr.} everything.
I was mugged. They took my wallet, my keys, my shoes, my cat – the whole nine yards!
[throw to the wolves] or [throw one to the wolves] or [leave one to the wolves] {v. phr.}
1. To abandon or deliver to destruction.
2. To sacrifice a part to save the rest; to abandon someone to harm.
3. To put sbd. or sth. in a situation where there is […]
[to a T] or [to a tee] {adv. phr.}
Exactly; properly.
Often used with the verb 'suit'.
This hat suits me to a T.
[to foul one's own nest] {v. phr.}
To compromise unintentionally one's own interests by sharing private information unnecessarily.
With he constant complaints about he job, she's only fouling her own nest.
Transfers a bird's soiling in its nest to […]