| expression |
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meaning |
| blue (adjective) |
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depressed |
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| blue-blood (noun) |
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someone from a noble
or aristocratic family |
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| blue book |
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(1) an official report;
(2) a small paper booklet
used for examinations
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| blue-chip stock |
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stock with high value
based on stability and
past sales |
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| blue-collar worker |
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factory worker |
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| blue law |
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law which forbids doing
certain activities on Sunday |
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| blue nose |
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a person with puritanical
religious or moral views |
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| blue-pencil (verb) |
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edit or censor using
a pencil which
makes
blue-colored
writing |
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| blue print |
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a kind of photographic
printing, usually of plans
for a building; it
has
white
lines printed on
blue paper |
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blue-ribbon
(adjective) |
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highest quality (because
blue ribbons are awarded
to winners of first-place
prizes) |
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do something
until you're
blue in the face |
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do something until you no
longer have energy to do it
(and with no positive
results) |
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| men in blue |
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policemen |
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once
in a
blue moon |
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very
seldom; very rarely |
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| out of the blue |
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describes something that
happens suddenly and
also unexpectedly |
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| true blue |
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very loyal |
