Guttersnipe
— n
1. a child who spends most of his time in the streets, esp in a slum area
2. a person regarded as having the behaviour, morals, etc, of one brought up in squalor
[C19: originally a name applied to the common snipe (the bird), then to a person who gathered refuse from gutters in city streets]
stew (in your own juice)
informal
Definition
to think about or suffer the results of your own silly actions, without anyone giving you any help
(Definition of stew (in your own juice) from
After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us.
Cut to the chase, Informal . to get to the main point.
Cut to the chase (informal)
to talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important I didn't have long to talk to him so I cut to the chase and asked whether he was still married.
— n
1. a child who spends most of his time in the streets, esp in a slum area
2. a person regarded as having the behaviour, morals, etc, of one brought up in squalor
[C19: originally a name applied to the common snipe (the bird), then to a person who gathered refuse from gutters in city streets]
stew (in your own juice)
informal
Definition
to think about or suffer the results of your own silly actions, without anyone giving you any help
(Definition of stew (in your own juice) from
After John stewed in his own juice for a while, he decided to come back and apologize to us.
Cut to the chase, Informal . to get to the main point.
Cut to the chase (informal)
to talk about or deal with the important parts of a subject and not waste time with things that are not important I didn't have long to talk to him so I cut to the chase and asked whether he was still married.
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