| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| save your skin/neck |
save you from risk, dismissal or death
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The dog saved your neck. His barking helped us find you.
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| saw logs |
sleep, fall asleep, sleep like a log, sound asleep
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When we got home, you were sawing logs. You were asleep.
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| saw-off |
tie game, even score
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The game ended in a saw-off: Leafs 3, Flames 3.
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| saw off a chunk [B] |
have sex, have intercourse
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I could hear the couple upstairs. They were sawing off a chunk.
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| saw sawdust |
review a decision or failure too many times
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"Don't saw sawdust," said the old man. "Don't live in the past."
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| say jump...how high |
(an idiom to show how one person controls another)
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Fritz is afraid of Olga. When she says jump, he says
how high?
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| say my piece |
say what I think, say my two cents' worth
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When everyone else had spoken, I said my piece.
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| say the word |
say yes or no, tell us when you want to begin
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We're waiting for you. Just say the word and we'll start working.
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| say what |
what did you say? pardon me?
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Say what? Did you insult my pet pig?
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| say what's on your mind |
say what you are thinking, speak your mind
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Now, Mother, say what's on your mind. Give us your opinion.
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