bag lady

bag lady n. Slang
A homeless woman, especially one in a big city, who carries her possessions with her, as in a shopping bag.

We'd never driven for a vacation before, and in the interest of saving money dad decided that we would 'hoof it.' We didn't object.

hoof it informal
to run or walk quickly
hoof it Slang
To walk.
To dance.

toss and turn

toss and turn
to keep changing your position in bed because you cannot sleep
I've been tossing and turning all night.

My DS just turned 1 and he has just started waking throughout the night, tossing and turning.


I've never bought a box of Goldfish. They are crap. My dcs (I have a 7 yo and a 3.6 yo) have enough of them at lessons and school. At home, they happily eat healthy foods. Right now, they like cucumber slices and berries and peaches for snacks.

Goldfish are American snack crackers manufactured by Pepperidge Farm.
Otherwise, you're going to be a short order cook or have a kid who will only eat snack x (because he knows he runs the show).

run the show---to be in charge; to be in command.

if material shows the dirt or a mark, it is easy to see the dirt or mark on it
Light-coloured clothes tend to show the dirt.

grain·y /ˈgreɪni/ adj
a photograph that is grainy has a rough appearance, as if the images are made up of spots

he also refused most baby food. hated and spit out almost everything offered. woudnt eat solids until well over 19 months. texture is a huge issue.

don't sweat it
AmE spoken used to tell someone not to worry about something

I only have about two friends....Too many is too much maintenance.

DH - dear husband

DS - dear son
DD - dear daughter
DC - dear child
http://www.urbanbaby.com/talk/posts

window dressing

window dressing n [U]
something that is intended to make people like your plans or activities, and to stop them seeing the true situation - used to show disapproval

Called up earlier in the day from Triple-A Tacoma, Wilson would get to Sabathia for a homer in the fifth inning, but by then it was window dressing with New York holding a 6-1 lead.

Matsui is streaky...can go from great to abysmal in one game.

The problem is, for the playoffs, they have you over a barrel and you really want to go.
這個片語以前就寫過了，這次是複習。

Hang hoof!

Hang hoof!
這句話是在Barn yard裡面看來的。
因為surfing 時，我們會說hang ten, 可是他們是牛，只有hoof，沒有ten toes.

shotgun, piggback.

At my midtown apartment, I piggybacked off the chick next door for months, but when I moved I had to get my own internet service.

Being so broke or just really cheap that you rely on your friends to pay for everything.
He's such a fucking piggybacker, why do i always have to pay for everything!

five-knuckle shuffle

dude, instead of whining about what the Yankees "buy", go buy yourself a blow-up doll.
crying about the Yankee payroll, and deep pockets while doing the five-knuckle shuffle just isn't cutting it.
five-knuckle shuffle ----wank, spanking the monkey, jack off



not cut it informal
to not be good enough to do something
monkey business informal
bad or dishonest behaviour

a monkey on your back
AmE informal a serious problem that makes your life very difficult, especially being dependent on drugs

That's Yankee Stadium for you

As Teixeira watched his go-ahead shot off Daniel Bard soar high into the night sky, he carried his bat down to first base, casting it aside when the drive stayed fair. The fourth sellout crowd of the weekend erupted into a frenzy, serenading the falling Red Sox with chants of "Sweep! Sweep!"

"That's Yankee Stadium for you," Teixeira said. "This place hasn't been around as much as the old one, but I remember being a part of a few games as a visitor. It felt like the place was shaking. It was kind of that feeling tonight."

這句話是Jigsaw Jones 最愛講的話，想不到現在居然出現在洋基官網上。

Put a sock in it

Put a sock in it----A request to be quiet.

Origin

This is a colloquial British phrase that originated in the early 20th century. It is generally used when someone is being so noisy as to annoy others. The imagery behind the phrases is that putting a sock in whatever was causing the noise would quieten it down. What that thing was isn't known. There are suggestions that this may have been the horn of an early gramophone or, more straightforwardly, the raucous person's mouth.

The earliest example of it in print that I can find is a definition of the term in the weekly literary review The Athenaeum 1919:

"The expression ‘Put a sock in it’, meaning 'Leave off talking, singing or shouting'."

The fact that an erudite publication saw fit to define the term suggests it was recently coined in 1919.

cheeky flash

Baggy-trousered Aussie teen fined for cheeky flash

CANBERRA (Reuters) – An Australian teenager wearing baggy trousers and no underwear was fined after his pants fell down just as a female police officer was walking past, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Trent Joseph Wroe, 19, was fined A$250 (119 pounds), and ordered to wear a belt, after the February 28 incident in Mooloolaba in the northern Queensland state, the Sunshine Coast Daily newspaper reported.
Police told a magistrate's court that Wroe deliberately bared his buttocks, but Wroe said he was wearing a pair of borrowed pants which were too big and fell down in the wrong place at the wrong time.
He said he would apologise to the police officer, and promised to wear a belt and underwear in future.

If you describe a person or their behaviour as cheeky, you think that they are slightly rude or disrespectful but in a charming or amusing way. (mainly BRIT)