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to screw the pooch
Definition
(Expression) 1. To make a catastrophic error or failure.2. To render something useless.
3. To waste time. Usually connected to people not working to their potential.
Usage: 1. Watch him screw the pooch at the last minute and the deal fall through.
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to need something like a fish needs a bicycle
to out (someone)
to pace the floor
to paint in bright/dark colours
to play
to play second fiddle
to pop one’s clogs
to produce
to propose
to pull someone's leg
to pull strings
to put lipstick on a pig
To railroad every one
to resemble
to run
to save face
to shoot your mouth off
to shout
to sit (something) out
to sit on the fence
to strike one's colors or flags
to suss out
to swat flies
to swim
to take (one) by the hand
to take a dig at
to treat you
to trod the boards
to veto
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to out (someone)
to pace the floor
to paint in bright/dark colours
to play
to play second fiddle
to pop one’s clogs
to produce
to propose
to pull someone's leg
to pull strings
to put lipstick on a pig
To railroad every one
to resemble
to run
to save face
to screw the pooch
to see one's way to doing somethingto shoot your mouth off
to shout
to sit (something) out
to sit on the fence
to strike one's colors or flags
to suss out
to swat flies
to swim
to take (one) by the hand
to take a dig at
to treat you
to trod the boards
to veto
TOA
TOAB