| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| SOS |
"Save Our Ship" or "Save Our Souls", a distress call, a call for help, mayday
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When I was stranded in the North that winter, I tramped messages
in the snow: H E L P and S O S.
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| soul mate |
the person who is your natural and compatible mate
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I thought Carson and I were soul mates, but we disagree a lot.
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| sound asleep |
sleeping peacefully, dead to the world
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When Tara went to check the baby, he was sound asleep.
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| sound bite |
radio advertisement, a few seconds of radio time
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I advertise our hotel on the radio using ten-second sound bites.
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| sound off |
complain, get it off your chest, speak out
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He was sounding off about our papers - how bad they were.
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| sounding board |
a person who listens to ideas or plans
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Cliff used Linda as a sounding board for his business plans.
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| sour grapes |
feeling negative because you did not win
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If she loses, she complains about the referee. It's just sour grapes.
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| sour puss |
one who is feeling sad, an unhappy person
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Don't be such a sour puss. Let's have fun.
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| southpaw |
left-handed person, lefty
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Our baseball team needs another pitcher - preferably a southpaw.
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| sow wild oats |
live a wild life as a young person
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As a youth he lived a reckless life. He sowed a few wild oats.
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