• fixed

• kew

• whaling

• gator mouth

• extirpate

• jaw

• drop / droop

• blow town

• sap

• to set up in business

• basted

• mock at

• move over

• do the drink thing

• to table a motion

• score out

• mouth (piece)

• glazed (drunk); glazed (over)

• to be on the floor

• woe betide you

• no-lose

• czarny jak Cygan

• svengali

• Giddy up!

• It's going to be a nice day tomorrow.

• a cold call

• take something apart

• rockhead

• nail-biting

• internal/ interior

• fat like buttah'

• number crunching

• put something on the street

• demeaning

• mess something up; mess up something

• brainbag

• gunboats; battleships

• poor-mouth

• I'm sorry, I didn't catch the last sentence.

• when the fat lady sings

• make with the something

• oppressive

• on fire

• in the pink

• no big deal

• work oneself up

• gungy

• junky

• check something out; check out something

• deuce

• drop in

• stay up

• mole/ clothes moth

• icky-poo

• pip

• elude

• pooch

• wise guy

• gang-bang

• tag

• big-D

• at the cross-roads

• counter-offer

• grasp

• desist

• e.g. /i.e.

• afraid not

• interference

• scag

• messy bucket(s)

• dump

• take down

• no end of something

• blow one's cork

• Joe Blow

• to level off

• book in

• headache

• chaffer

• couple / pair

• concierge

• The baby needs shoes.

• out of the way

• birdbrain

• blubbery (1)

• brownfield

• two-time loser

• double trouble

• bitch someone off; bitch off someone

• barrel

• rinse down

• vette

• make (it) big

• quiddity

• hit below the belt

• gut

• e-hole

• sit down on

• cooled out

• angry with / angry about

• dogsbody

• swivel chair

• Gee!

• burn away

• succedaneum

• capture

• in the house

• born and bred

• sclerosis

• Chi(town)

• beltway

• cowboy

• help along

• chuck together (2)

• odd bird

• pebbles

• give someone five

• clockless worker

• fail / failure

• to pack one's bags

• to break off (negotiations)

• punk (kid)

• punk

• Dire straits

• peach

• indistinct

• clock off

• What the heck

• sick to death (of someone or some-thing)

• pink slip

• sort (well/ ill) with

• rack duty

• corkscrew curls

• rotten egg

• dead

• shmooze

• I've been having a hectic time at work for the past couple of days.

• scour for

• crestfallen

• up the (shit) creek (without a paddle)

• speculate about

• lead poisoning

• wear

• vlog

• bland / blandish

• blusher

• eminent / eminence

• rocker

• pasta

• That noise is driving me crazy!

• out of line

• immature

• the goods

• in cold storage

• rough and ready

• marvel at

• disrespectful

• amenity

• number

• grime

• talk someone ragged

• gibe at

• to talk shop

• beware of the dog!

• private eye

• attain / attaint

• cack

• backbone

• skag

• project

• stage-fright

• send someone from pillar to post

• placating

• grape(s)

• accelerate

• come down with

• shop floor

• shlep

• know where one is coming from

• hot-shot; hotshot

• make

• half-blind

• shout down

• rip

• skid row

• 420

• pricing policy

• beef

• flagitious

• head

• tawdry

• run someone in; run in someone

• do the drug thing

• had

• wash someone away; wash away someone

• hack

• mush

• squealer

• snort

• haggle over