sound like somebody
seem or appear to be someone
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sound mind
A person's sane and rational state of mind
sounds like a plan
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
soup sandwich
Something or someone that is a complete mess or failure
soup's on
Dinner is ready to be served
souped
Excited.
souper
An Irish Roman Catholic who pretends conversion—or perversion—so as to obtain a share of the soup and blankets provided for Protestants only by Christian missionaries. These recalcitrants are also called "swaddlers."
sour grapes
Expressing discontent or disparagement due to unsuccessful desires
sour note
an unpleasant or discordant element
sour stomach
a feeling of nausea or discomfort
sour tooth
A preference for sour foods or tastes
souse
Not a souse; not a penny. FRENCH.
South Africa
It was discovered by Kaempfer in Japan, and the ship which was bringing specimens of the new plant to Europe was wrecked on the coast of Guernsey ; some of the bulbs that were washed ashore took root and germinated, hence the misnomer.
South America
They coyer an area of 750,000 sq. miles. It is the Spanish form of Peruvian bamba, meaning flats or plains. Pampero, The (pam pe 'ro). A dry, north-west wind that blows in the summer season from the Andes across the pampas to the sea-coast.
South America and other places
It is composed of the droppings of the immense flocks of sea- birds that resort to these rocky islets, and is found in beds as much as 60 ft. in depth.
South Paw
In baseball, a left-handed pitcher or any left-handed player m games generally. A boxer who puts up his guard with his right forward.
South Wales
The system Worked well; and successive fleets took convicted felons to Australia until 1840 when the reception area was confined to Tasmania. Transportation was abolished in British law in 1853; though it still exists in France, where the penal settle- ments at Cayenne are in full use.
South-Sea Scheme
A stock-jobbing scheme devised by Sir John Blunt, a lawyer, in 1710, and floated by the Earl of Oxford in the following year. The object of the company was to buy up the National Debt, and to be allowed the sole privilege of trading m the South Seas.
sou’-wester
A hat with a projection behind. Much worn at sea in "dirty" weather. A hat similar to that of a dustman or coalheaver, which is called a "fantail."
sov
Contraction of sovereign; much used in sporting parlance to denote the amount of entrance money, forfeit, and added coin in connexion with a race. In the published conditions of a race the word SOVS is almost invariably used in preference to pounds, though in reckoning the net value of a big stake, after its decision, the common £ is used.
Sovereign over Sovereigns
So called — as is usual in bulls — from its opening words.
sow
A fat woman. He has got the wrong sow by the ear, he mistakes his man. Drunk as David's sow; see DAVID'S SOW.
sow
The receptacle into which the liquid iron is poured in a gun-foundry. The melted metal poured from it is termed PIG.
sow dragon's teeth
to create or provoke conflict
sow one's wild oats
To engage in reckless and irresponsible behavior, typically when young.
sow the seeds of
to create a situation that will lead to a particular result
Sow thin, shear thin. (Strauss, 1998 p. 1158)
Poor investment yields poor returns
sozzled
Very drunk.
sozzy
Sorry.
space out
to become distracted or disconnected from surroundings
spaceship
A computer.
spagyric food
Cagliostro's name for the elixir of immortal youth.
Spain and the other in Africa
The tale is that they were bound together till Hercules tore them asunder in order to get to Gades (Cadiz). The ancients called them Calpe and Abyla; we call them Gibraltar and Mount Hacho, on which stands the fortress of Ceuta.
spangle
A seven shilling piece.
Spanish
Money.
spanish
The spanish; ready money.
spanish
Money. Probably a relic of buccaneering days.
spanish ballads
Calainos the Moor asked a damsel to wife; she consented, on condition that he should bring her the heads of the three paladins of Charlemagne — Rinaldo, Roland, and Oliver. Calainos went to Pans and challenged the paladins. First Sir Baldwin, the youngest knight, accepted the challenge and was overthrown; then his uncle Roland went against the Moor and smote him.
spanish coin
Fair words and compliments.
spanish descent
The word is also applied to an itinerant minstrel of the Argentine pampas, who goes from village to village with horse and guitar.
spanish fly
The cantharis, a coleopterous insect used in medicine. Cantharides are dried and used externally as a blister and internally as a stimulant to the genito-urinary organs; they were formerly considered to act as an aphrodisiac.
spanish king
It had a spherical crown, arid flaps that could be drawn over the ears, not unlike a Victorian shooting-cap.
spanish moss
A plant of the family Bromehaceae which hangs in long grey festoons from the branches of trees, especially the live oak, in tropical and sub-tropical American forests.
spanish padlock
A kind of girdle contrived by jealous husbands of that nation, to secure the chastity of their wives.
Spanish Succession
Captain Robert Jenkins, skipper of the brig Rebecca was homeward bound from the West Indies when he was attacked by a Spanish guarda costa off Havana on 9th April, 1731.
spanish worm
A nail: so called by carpenters when they meet with one in a board they are sawing.
spanish worm
An old name for a nail concealed in a piece of wood, against which a carpenter jars his saw or chisel.
spank
(WHIP) To run neatly along, beteen a trot and gallop. The tits spanked it to town; the horses went merrily along all the way to town.
spank
A smack, or hard slap.
spank out
To depart.
spank the monkey
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
spanking
Large, fine, or strong; e.g., a SPANKING pace, a SPANKING breeze, a SPANKING fellow.
spanner in the works
Something that causes problems or disrupts plans
spare no effort
To work very hard and use all available resources to achieve something.
spare someone the details
to avoid telling someone about unpleasant or complicated information
spare someone's blushes
Avoid embarrassing someone
spare the rod and spoil the child
Failing to discipline a child can lead to bad behavior
spark
A spruce, trim, or smart fellow. A man that is always thirsty, is said to have a spark in his throat.
spark spread
The difference between the price of electricity and the cost of fuel used to generate it
sparking blows
Blows given by cocks before they close, or, as the term is, mouth it: used figuratively for words previous to a quarrel.
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