| Idiom |
Where Used |
Meaning |
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| (to) quack like a duck |
|
To appear to be exactly what one is. |
| quake in one's boots |
USA |
To be frightened, scared, or nervous. |
| quarter of |
Global |
fifteen minutes before the next hour. (X:45) |
| quarter past |
Global |
fifteen minutes after the hour. (X:15) |
| queer as a clockwork orange |
UK |
strange, odd, unusual, unusually camp, or undoubtedly homosexual. |
| queer one's pitch |
UK |
To make a task more difficult for the speaker. |
| (having a) question mark |
USA |
having doubt or uncertainty about something. |
| quick as a flash |
USA |
Extremely fast. |
| quick-and-dirty |
USA |
Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time. |
| quote unquote |
USA |
- Emphasizes a word or phrase for irony, as used almost exclusively in spoken language to signal something may be notable, funny, questionable, or not really true.
- In spoken language, it signals a direct quotation of someone else.
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