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- v. colloquial, US, idiomatic Used to dismiss another person's argument by indicating that the speaker (or writer) is not prepared to hear (or read) anything further that the other person has to say (or write). It is often used while simultaneously holding up the hand with the palm facing the speaker.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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•Open List: Be Vewwy, Vewwy Quiet....
Imperatives only, please. :-)
button up, hush, clam up, close up, don't say boo, shut it, pipe down, keep mum, dummy up, shut up, belt up, hush up and 89 more...
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FUN - gestures
There are thousands of sign languages and possibly millions of gestures in human communication but not all of them have a name. Some are understood everywhere, some are understood everywhere but di...
okay sign, abhayamudra, apology, beckoning sign, Bellamy salute, benediction, blessing, blah-blah, "check, please” sign, clenched fist, Chinese number ge..., Clinton thumb and 360 more...
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That's what she said and other spoken...
Once you start saying them, you can't seem to stop.
dude, cha-ching, meep, whatever, wha happen, that's what she said, talk to the hand, really?!, plinth, awesome, seriously?, ridonkulous and 3 more...
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Handcraft
Gestures, signs and signals.
gesture, sign language, hand signal, manual communication, diving signal, tic-tac, gang signal, thumbs up, thumbs down, finger binary, pointing, a-ok and 106 more...
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Phrasie
I needed a list for this.
luxuriant flowing..., out loud on toast..., it's all good, talk to the hand
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