yes, Virginia
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yest
A contraction of yesterday.
yid
A Jew.
yid
Or YIT, a Jew. YIDDEN, the Jewish people. The Jews use these terms very frequently.
yiddo
A Jew.
yield the ghost
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
yield up the ghost
To die or stop functioning
yin and yang
Two complementary opposites that interact and balance each other
yobbo
A yob.
yoink
To kill.
yoked
Married.
yoked
Married. A yoke; the quantum of labour performed at one spell by husbandmen, the day's work being divided in summer into three yokes. Kentish term.
yokel
A countryman. Probably from yoke, representative of his occupation. Some fancy, however, that the word was originally YOWKEL, in imitation of the broad tones of country labourers.
yokuff
A chest, or large box.
yola
cocaine
york
To vomit.
yorkshire
"to YORKSHIRE," or "come YORKSHIRE over any person," to cheat or cozen him. The proverbial over-reaching of the rustics of this county has given rise to the phrase, which is sometimes pronounced Yorshar. To put Yorshar to a man, is to trick or deceive him. This latter is from a work in the Lancashire dialect, 1757.
yorkshire compliment
A gift of something useless to the giver. Sometimes called a North-country compliment.
yorkshire estates
"I will do it when I come into my YORKSHIRE ESTATES,"—meaning if I ever have the money or the means.
yorkshire reckoning
A reckoning in which every one pays his own share.
yorkshire tyke
A Yorkshire clown. To come Yorkshire over any one; to cheat him.
you all
a polite way to address a group of people
you always find something in the last place you look
People usually stop searching once they find what they are looking for.
you are chaffing me
Making fun of me. A singular custom used to exist in Notts and Leicestershire some half a century ago. When a husband illtreated his wife, the villagers emptied a sack of chaff at his door, to intimate that "thrashing was done within." Chair, The. The office of chief magistrate in a corporate town; the office of a professor, etc as "The chair of poetry, in Oxford, is now vacant.
you are never too old to learn
It's always possible to acquire new knowledge or skills
you are what you eat
Your health and character are influenced by your diet
you bet
used to express strong agreement or confirmation
you came on his blind side
His soft or tender-hearted side. Said of persons who wheedle some favour out of another. He yielded because he was not wide awake to his own interest.
you can catch more flies with a drop of honey than with a barrel of vinegar
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
you can have too much of a good thing
Excessive amounts of something pleasant can become unpleasant
you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.
you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink
You can provide someone with opportunity, but you cannot force them to take it
you can never tell
It is impossible to predict what will happen.
you can put paid to that
You can treat it as finished, it's all over, done with. A phrase from the counting-house; when "Paid" is put to an account it is finished with.
you can't be a little pregnant
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
you can't be half pregnant
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
you can't have an omelette unless you break the egg
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
you can't have your cake and eat it too
You cannot enjoy two things that are mutually exclusive
you can't judge a book by its cover
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
you can't milk a bull
Some things are impossible or pointless to attempt
you can't polish a turd
Something inherently bad or flawed cannot be improved
you can't say fairer than that
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
you can't step in the same river twice
Nothing remains the same forever
you cannot always get what you want
You may not always achieve your desires
you cannot burn a candle at both ends
You cannot exhaust yourself by doing too many things at once.
you cannot get blood out of a stone
You cannot get something from someone who is unable or unwilling to give it
you cannot have your cake and eat it too
You cannot enjoy two mutually exclusive things at the same time
you cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear
You cannot create something valuable from something of poor quality
you cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs
Some harm or damage is unavoidable to achieve a goal
you cannot make bricks without straw
You need the right materials to accomplish something
you cannot push a rope
You cannot force someone to act or make progress
you cannot run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
You cannot support two opposing sides at the same time
you cannot see the wood for trees
Cannot see the overall situation due to being distracted by details
you cannot unscramble eggs
Some actions cannot be undone
you cannot win them all
Not every attempt will be successful
you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar
Kindness is more effective than harshness in achieving goals
you don't get nothing for nothing
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
you don't shit where you eat
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain
Initial ideals can eventually give way to negative actions over time
you gals
a friendly way to address a group of women