American Idiomatic Expressions This online dictionary of idioms and phrases […]

[bitter pill] {n.} Something hard to accept; disappointment. * /Jack was […]

[blind date] {n.} An engagement or date arranged by friends for […]

[body blow] {n.}, {informal} A great disappointment; a bitter failure. * […]

[come to grief] {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or […]

[comedown] {n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown […]

[hang it (all)] {interj.}, {informal} An exclamation used to express annoyance […]

[have kittens] {v. phr.}, {slang} To become very much worried or […]

[laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth] or [laugh on […]

[let down easy] {v. phr.} To refuse or say no to […]