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Inside joke

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inside joke (plural inside jokes)
1. (idiomatic) A joke that is understood or meant to be understood only by certain people who are in the know about the details
? After the incident with the potato peeler, references to potatoes became an inside joke among the witnesses.

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Inside track

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inside track (plural inside tracks)
1. (sports, chiefly racing) The lane or track nearest to the interior.
2. (idiomatic) Any advantage.

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Installed base

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installed base (plural installed bases)
1. (idiomatic, business) The number of units of a system or product that are currently in use.

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Internets

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Internets (uncountable)
1. (slang, idiomatic) The internet


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Into detail

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into detail
1. (idiomatic) Thoroughly; including every detail.
? I don't know much about it, so I hope I don't have to go into detail.

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Into thin air

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into thin air (not comparable)
1. (idiomatic) immediately and inexplicably out of sight.
? He seemed to vanish into thin air.

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Iron curtain

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iron curtain (plural iron curtains)
1. A barrier made of iron in the theatre, lowered between the stage and the auditorium for safety or to prevent communication.
2. (idiomatic) Any impenetrable barrier.


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Iron eagle

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iron eagle (plural iron eagles)
1. (idiomatic, US, military) An American military officer who has attained the rank of colonel but will not be promoted to the rank of general.

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Iron fist/hand in a velvet glove

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This expression is used to describe someone who, behind an appearance of gentleness, is inflexible and determined.
This expression is used to describe someone who, behind an appearance of gentleness, is inflexible and determined.

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To impose the necessary reforms, the leader used persuasion followed by force - an iron fist in a velvet glove.



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Iron maiden

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iron maiden (plural iron maidens)
1. (idiomatic, archaic) A medieval torture device consisting of a chamber lined with spikes which encloses upon and impales the victim inside.

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Iron out

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iron out (transitive)
1. To remove (a crease or creases) with an iron.
? That shirt still has a few more wrinkles to iron out.
2. (idiomatic) To resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
? Let's just sit down and iron out an agreement on this issue.

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Irons in the fire

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If you have a few, or many, irons in the fire, you are involved in several projects at the same time.
irons in the fire
1. tasks in progress.

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The travel agency is not his only venture - he's got more than one iron in the fire.



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Is it

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is it
1. Used other than as an idiom: see is,‎ it.
? - It's ten o'clock already.
? - Is it?
2. (South Africa) really? is that so?
? - I'm feeling tired.
? - Is it?

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Is it just me

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is it just me?
1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) Am I the only one who thinks this (used at the beginning of a sentence)


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Is the pope catholic

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is the Pope Catholic?
1. (colloquial, rhetorical question) A rhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.
? Would you like to go to the beach? ― Is the Pope Catholic?

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It beats me!

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This expression is used to express surprise at something that you find difficult to understand.

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It beats me how he can live in that horrible apartment!



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It can't be helped

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it can't be helped
1. (idiomatic) It's inevitable. There is no alternative.

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It does exactly what it says on the tin

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it does exactly what it says on the tin
1. (idiomatic, UK, Ireland) What is described or what one would expect with no further explanation needed.


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It figures

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it figures
1. (idiomatic) Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.

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It goes to show

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it goes to show
1. (idiomatic) A phrase used to say that: this recent fact or result confirms what we always thought.

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It is what it is

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it is what it is
1. (literally sometimes philosophical) This thing has its own distinct nature; this thing is itself.
2. (idiomatic) This circumstance is simply a fact and must be accepted or dealt with as it exists.


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It slipped my mind

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If something has slipped your mind, you have forgotten about it.

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Oh dear! It slipped my mind that the shops were closed today!



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It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends

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It takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends

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Fereste-ma, Doamne, de prieteni, ca de dusmani ma feresc singur

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It takes two to tango

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it takes two to tango
1. (idiomatic) Some things need the active cooperation of two parties; blame is to be laid on both parties in a conflict.
? I can't do it by myself, and neither can you – it takes two to tango.
? He started it! Well, it takes two to tango.

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It's a steal

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If you find something that you want for a very low price, much lower than what it is worth, you can say 'it's a steal!'.

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He's selling it for $20?  At that price it's a steal!



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It's about time

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it's about time!
1. (idiomatic, sarcastic) Used to express impatience at the eventual occurrence of something that the speaker or writer considered to be long overdue.

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It's all good

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it's all good
1. (idiomatic) Used to express unconcern.

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It's all greek to me

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it's all Greek to me
1. (idiomatic) I don’t understand any of it; it makes no sense.


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It's beyond me

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To say 'it's beyond me' means that it is impossible for you to understand.

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It's beyond me why Mary wants to marry John.



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It's one's funeral

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it's one's funeral
1. (idiomatic) One's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on oneself.


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It's the last straw (that broke the camel's back)

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E ultima picatura

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Itch the ditch

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itch the ditch (third-person singular simple present itch the ditchs, present participle itch the ditching, simple past and past participle itch the ditched)
1. (idiomatic, slang) To masturbate, especially by a female.

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Itching (itchy) palm

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Someone who has an itching palm is greedy for money, for example tips or commission (as if putting money in the palm of their hand would ease the itch).

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He's said to have an itching palm - he does nothing without payment!



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Itchy feet

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A person who has itchy feet is someone who finds it difficult to stay in one place and likes to travel and discover new places.
itchy feet (plural only)
1. (idiomatic) A strong desire to travel; wanderlust.
2. (idiomatic) Restlessness.

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Andrew's got itchy feet again.  He says he's going to teach in China for a few years.



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Itchy trigger finger

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itchy trigger finger
1. (idiomatic) a tendency to act in haste or without consideration
? Given any remote chance to gun down an effective spokesman for conservative economics as a secret fascist and torturer, even Nobel laureates can, we see, succumb to an itchy trigger finger.

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Itsy bitsy

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itsy bitsy (comparative itsy bitsier, superlative itsy bitsiest)
1. (idiomatic, often childish) Alternative spelling of itsy-bitsy.
? She wore an itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka-dot bikini

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Itty bitty

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itty bitty (comparative itty bittier, superlative itty bittiest)
1. (idiomatic, often childish or humorous) Alternative spelling of itty-bitty.

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Ivory tower

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ivory tower (plural ivory towers)
1. (idiomatic) A sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or practical considerations.
? Such a proposal looks fine from an ivory tower, but it could never work in real life.
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