ease
To rob; "EASING a bloke," robbing a man.
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easier said than done
Plans are simpler to propose than to execute
easier said than done. (15th century)
English proverb; full definition pending editorial review.
east is east, and west is west (and never the twain shall meet)
Two things are fundamentally incompatible and can never come together.
east, west, home is best
One's home is the most comfortable and enjoyable place to be
Easter day
And though we would willingly assent unto any sympathetical exultation, yet cannot con- ceive therein any more than a Tropical expression. — Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V, xxh.
Eastern Church
It is also called the Roman Catholic Church, to distinguish it from the Anglican Church or Anglican Catholic Church, a branch of the Western Church.
easy
Make the cull easy or quiet; gag or kill him. As easy as pissing the bed.
easy as falling off a log
Very easy.
easy as pie
Very easy.
easy as toffee
Very easy.
easy does it
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
easy mark
A person who is easily deceived or taken advantage of
easy money
Money obtained with little effort or difficulty
easy on the eyes
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
easy pickings
Something or someone that can be easily taken advantage of
easy street
A situation of comfort and little effort
easy virtue
A lady of easy virtue: an impure or prostitute.
easy, times easy, is still easy
Traditional English proverbial phrase; full definition pending editorial review.
eat
To eat like a beggar man, and wag his under jaw; a jocular reproach to a proud man. To eat one's words; to retract what one has said.
eat a fig
To "crack a crib," to break into a house, or commit a burglary.
eat an elephant one bite at a time
Tackle a large task by breaking it into smaller, manageable parts
eat and leave no crumbs
To eat completely, leaving nothing behind
eat away
to erode or corrode something gradually
eat away at
To erode.
eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper
Spend most of your daily resources in the morning
eat crow
To admit defeat or error, often with humiliation
eat dirt
to endure humiliation or abuse
eat for two
to eat more food than usual
eat his head off
A horse who is kept idle in the stable is said to EAT HIS HEAD OFF. Of late the phrase has been applied to servants who have little to do but constantly "dip their noses in the manger."
eat it
to accept or tolerate something unpleasant
eat my shorts
go away or leave me alone
eat one's cake and have it too
enjoy two things that are mutually exclusive
eat one's feelings
To cope with emotions by eating
eat one's gun
to commit suicide with a firearm
eat one's hat
To be forced to admit one's mistake or surprise
eat one's head off
To talk excessively or annoy someone with talking
eat one's heart out
to feel intense envy or longing
eat one's own
To suffer the consequences of one's own actions
eat one's own dog food
To use or test one's own product or service
eat one's seed corn
Spend resources needed for future success
eat one's Wheaties
to perform well or energetically
eat one's young
to exploit or harm one's own kind
eat out of someone's hand
To be completely under someone's control or influence
eat shit
to accept or tolerate something unpleasant
eat someone out of house and home
To eat excessively, depleting someone's food supply.
eat someone's dust
to be left behind or surpassed by someone
eat someone's lunch
to outdo or surpass someone
eat the mic
to perform exceptionally well, especially when singing
eat the onion
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
eat the rich
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
eat up with a spoon
To completely devour or enjoy something enthusiastically
eat, breathe, and sleep
To be completely obsessed with something
eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die
Life is short, so you should enjoy it while you can.
eating ass
Anilingus.
eau de Cologne
Telephone.
Eau de Cologne
A perfumed spirit, originally prepared at Cologne. It was invented by an Italian chemist, Johann Maria Farina, who settled in Cologne in 1709. The usual recipe prescribes twelve drops of each of the essential oils, Bergamot, citron, neroli, orange, and rosemary, with one dram of Malabar cardo- moms and a gallon of rectified spirits, which are distilled together.
eavesdropper
A listener. The name is derived from the punishment which, according to Oliver, was directed in the Lectures, at the revival of Masonry in 1717, to be inflicted on a detected Cowan [g. v.], and which was
eavesdroppers hear no good of themselves
People who secretly listen to others' conversations will not hear positive comments about themselves
ecce signura
See it, in proof. Behold the proof. I am eight times thrust through the doublet, four through the hose; my buckler cut through and through; my sword hacked like a handsaw — ecce signum! — 1 Henry IV, ii, 4.