Tag: Trimmings
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Have a ring to it
Phrase: Have a ring to it Yes, bells ring, and they may sound very nice. A bell, however, is not the only thing to have a ring to it. Words such as titles, names or even phrases can have a nice ring to them as well. For us to say that something has a ring…
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Trimmings
Word of the Day: Trimmings Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, I can’t wait for Christmas dinner with all the trimmings. Of course, I’ll have to cook Christmas dinner, but it’s just such a special dinner that I wait for it each year with bated breath. I get to cook a whole chicken (turkey is…
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With bated breath
Phrase: With bated breath Tonight’s the night! The big guy is coming down the chimney! All the little kiddies – and big kiddies, too – will be waiting for Santa with bated breath. If you wait with bated breath, you wait eagerly. You are so excited that you breathe heavily and try to control your…
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Leftovers
Word of the Day: Leftovers It’s Boxing Day, and that means leftovers! Although yesterday, in many homes, the cook had spent hours and hours preparing Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, and the family spent about 40 minutes at most eating it, they did not eat everything. Today, many people will be eating leftovers. Leftovers…
