| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| spike the ball |
hit the ball sharply over the net
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Gary's ability to spike the ball gives our team an advantage.
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| spill the beans |
tell a secret, tell others about it, spill your guts
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Don't tell Sammy about our plan. He'll spill the beans.
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| spill your guts |
tell everything you know, spill the beans
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Don't spill your guts to mom. Don't tell her about our problems.
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| spin a yarn |
tell a story, make up a story
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We love to hear Norman spin a yarn. His stories seem so real.
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| spin crew |
speech-writing crew, hired writers
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The spin crew will tell me if I should say racial or ethnic.
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| spin doctor |
a speech writer, an advisor to a politician, put the right spin on it
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The spin doctor told us to say disability, not handicap.
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| spin the bottle |
a game to decide who will kiss whom
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When we played spin the bottle, Mavis always got to kiss Ron.
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| spin your wheels |
waste effort, not progress
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If you don't have a career goal you'll just spin your wheels.
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| spinny |
a little crazy, eccentric, drive me batty
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Their family is kind of weird. Even the cat is a little spinny.
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| spinork/spinorky |
attractive, cool, groovy, neat
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What a spinork sweater! It looks great on you.
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