Definitions
Etymologies
- The phrase dates back to 1910 (US). (Wiktionary)
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘bum's rush’.
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bum phrases/words
how bum is used
bumbag, bum-barrel, bum-beating, bum-blade, bum-boy, bum-brusher, bum cleavage, bum-creeper, bum-dagger, bum-delighting, bum-fluff, bum-fodder and 104 more...
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phraseologue ⊃ possessives
originally made due to compulsion to not leave the comments on this list hanging. Also the typo.
bum's rush, king's ransom, mind's eye, god's country, christ's sake, winner's circle, Lorenzo's oil, St. Elmo's Fire, dog's breakfast, rat's ass, tinker's damn, cat's meow and 68 more...
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Candy Hearts
Four letters (or less) per row. http://acme.com/heartmaker/
frog love, dumb luck, pink lips, soul mate, wart hog, junk food, spoo ning, blue pill, city dust, buck wild, bull dust, tear bear and 72 more...
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ashton's Words
genocide, boingy, umwelt, zeitgeist, fungible, vorpal, spawn, discordian, fnord, surreptitious, xyzzy, corruption and 122 more...
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X's Y, where X is not somebody's name
Somebody must already have a list like this. But I'm bored, so I'm going to start my own.
cat's pajamas, bee's knees, mare's nest, lion's share, snowball's chance..., widow's peak, busman's holiday, devil's advocate, greengrocer's apo..., baker's dozen, curate's egg, pope's nose and 224 more...
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Extinguishish
A list of managed departures.
jettison, demolition, clearance, chucking, disposal, defenestration, remove, exile, excommunicate, eradicate, banish, deport and 114 more...
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Olde Fashyned Slang
word, cracking, blotto, ankle, dewdropper, applesauce, bee's knees, bird, breezer, bubs, bum's rush, cake-eater and 36 more...
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old-fashioned
the bee's knees, the cat's pajamas, the cat's meow, 23-skidoo, have no opinion of, conk out, have no time for, pitching woo, dressed to the nines, paint the town red, putting on the ritz, have an attachmen... and 47 more...
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Words and phrases I picked up from my...
Mum loves a good cliche. I am finding that I mimic her with increasing regularity as I find audiences that don't know her or her own brand of broad Aussieness.
bob's your uncle, if your auntie ha..., dry as a limeburn..., like an owl peeri..., haven't they figu..., dry as a dead din..., cold as a witch's..., you catch more fl..., you can't make fi..., late for breakfast, jack robinson, fish and visitors and 49 more...
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1920s Slang
Definitions to be added where necessary
spifflicated, flapper, dame, applesauce, bee's knees, bum's rush, hoofer, gams, glad rags, necking, upchuck, blotto and 18 more...
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Preliminary #1
Just trying to make things more manageable for the moment
life of riley, tongue in cheek, long in the tooth, dumb luck, bone up, pony express, deal breaker, whoopsy daisy, scarce as hen's t..., pony up, thick as thieves, dumb bunny and 78 more...
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Fun Phrases & Idioms3
splitting hairs, down the hatch, have a cow, hit rock bottom, high on the hog, hold your horses, shit hits the fan, going nowhere fast, fat chance, twist of fate, odds-on favorite, horse feathers and 72 more...
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Possesive phrases
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john Also part of the title of Public Enemy's first album. Jan 6, 2008
bilby "Yet now he thought that Gunnarsson had not only been unfair but vindictive. Canned and out on his ear after five minutes' conversation - the bum's rush."
- 'Windfall', Desmond Bagley. Jan 6, 2008