· I.D. · Can you show me some I.D. please? · MEANING: identification

· in · The tie you are wearing is really in. · MEANING: fashionable

· in deep · They are really in deep with each other. · MEANING: deeply involved

· in the bag · Everything is in the bag. There is nothing to worry about. · MEANING: settled

· intense · This is a very intense situation we are discussing. · MEANING: serious

· jam · I am glad you got yourself out of that jam. · MEANING: trouble

· jerk someone around · Recently it seems like everyone is jerking me around. · MEANING: wasting my time and causing me trouble

· jock · My roommate is a jock for the basketball team. · MEANING: an athlete

· john · The john really smells. · MEANING: bathroom

· joint · Where is the closest joint to here. · MEANING: cheap bar

· joint · He is good at rolling joints. · MEANING: marijuana cigarettes

· junkie · Sam is a junkie. · MEANING: rug addict

· just off the boat · He acts like he is just off the boat. · MEANING: naive

· keep one's cool · He kept his cool when his house burned down. · MEANING: remained calm

· kegger · I hear there is a kegger at John's house tonight. · MEANING: beer party

· kick · I get a kick out of watching him paint. · MEANING: enjoy

· klutz · He is a real klutz. · MEANING: stupid and clumsy person

· knock · Don't knock it if you can't do it any better. · MEANING: criticize

· knocked up · My dog gets knocked up once a year. · MEANING: pregnant

· knockout · Who was that knockout I saw you with last Friday? · MEANING: stunning person

· knuckle sandwich · Shut up or I'll give you a knuckle sandwich. · MEANING: punch in the mouth

· kook · Watch out for all the kooks in this neighborhood. · MEANING: strange people

· laid-back · You need to be more laid-back. · MEANING: calm and relaxed

· lame · That is really a lame excuse. · MEANING: an inadequate

· line · I have heard that line a million times. · MEANING: story

· loser · John is a loser. · MEANING: annoying and useless

· love handles · I exercise every day, but I can't get rid of these love handles. · MEANING: rolls of fat around my stomach

· make waves · Try not to make waves around the office. · MEANING: cause trouble

· maxed out · I am maxed out at my work and need to rest. · MEANING: exhausted

· mean · He plays a mean violin. · MEANING: performs well on

· mega · I have mega amounts of tomatoes in my garden this summer. · MEANING: large

· megabucks · He made megabucks when he sold his company. · MEANING: a lot of money

· knock · Don't knock it if you can't do it any better. · MEANING: criticize

· mellow · You need to mellow out and enjoy life. · MEANING: calm down and relax

· meltdown · There has been a meltdown in the relationship between my parents and I. · MEANING: total collapse

· mickey mouse · The homework the teacher gave us was mickey mouse. · MEANING: nonsense and a waste of time

· move on someone · I am going to try to move on Sarah next Saturday. · MEANING: pick up and seduce

· mush · That is total mush and you know it. · MEANING: nonesense

· nark · Watch out for the narks in the airport. · MEANING: drug police

· neat · That was a neat idea that you had. · MEANING: good

· negative · There are too many negatives about the company merger. · MEANING: bad things

· nick · The police nicked the shoplifter as he was leaving the store. · MEANING: arrested

· nip · He took a nip out of the bottle. · MEANING: a quick drink

· no sweat · It's no sweat to have the report in to you by Monday. · MEANING: no problem

· nuke · I'll nuke our dinner in a few minutes. · MEANING: heat up in the microwave

· nuke · Does that attack plane have any nukes? · MEANING: nuclear weapons

· nut · I think that he is a nut. · MEANING: crazy person 

· nuts · You are completely nuts if you think I will go with you. · MEANING: crazy

· pad · Have you found a pad yet? · MEANING: a place to live

· pain in the neck · My wife's best friend is a pain in the neck. · MEANING: annoying

· paper-pusher · My office is filled with paper-pushers. · MEANING: bureaucratic office workers

· party animal · You're too old to be a party animal. · MEANING: love parties

· party-hearty · We need to party-hearty ause we just got a raise in salary. · MEANING: celebrate

· paw · Get your paws off of my body. · MEANING: hands

· peanuts · I am not going to work for peanuts. · MEANING: practically no money

· pickled · He gets pickled after only one beer. · MEANING: intoxicated

· piece of cake · Working on a computer for me is a piece of cake. · MEANING: easy to do

· pig · He is a pig at parties. · MEANING: eats too much

· pig out · Let's go to the restaurant and pig out. · MEANING: eat a lot or overeat

· pit stop · Let's make a pit stop at the next rest area. · MEANING: stop and go to the bathroom

· plastered · He drinks too much and is always plastered on the weekend. · MEANING: intoxicated

· pooped out · He pooped out after we started to do the hard work. · MEANING: quit

· pop · Shut up or I will pop you. · MEANING: hit

· pop for something · It is my turn to pop for the doughnuts. · MEANING: buy

· pro · He is really a pro at his work. · MEANING: professional

· prod · Can you give me a gentle prod next week so I won't forget? · MEANING: reminder

· psyched up · The players are really psyched up for the game on Friday. · MEANING: mentally ready

· psycho · She is a psycho. She should be in a hospital. · MEANING: mentally ill

· puke · I feel like I am going to puke. · MEANING: vomit

· push off · I am going to push off now. · MEANING: leave

· put the moves on · You should give up trying to put the moves on her. She is married. · MEANING: seduce

· put-on · It was an elaborate put-on which I almost believed. · MEANING: deception

· quarterback · Who is going to quarterback the meeting? · MEANING: lead

· quick buck · I need to make a quick buck. · MEANING: some easy money

· rack · I have to hit the rack by ten or I'll be tired in the morning. · MEANING: bed

· rack out · I am going to rack out for two hours. · MEANING: sleep

· racket · There sure was a lot of racket outside last night. · MEANING: noise

· rag · I can't believe we still get this same old rag. · MEANING: newspaper

· rap · We need to sit down and rap about a few things. · MEANING: talk about

· rathole · When are you going to be able to move out of that rathole. · MEANING: run down place

· raw · The raw office workers were not getting much done. · MEANING: new

· ream someone out · The boss really reamed him out for his bad report. · MEANING: got angry with him

· red hot · Your idea is really red hot. · MEANING: important

· repo · Hey, don't repo my car. I will pay next week. · MEANING: repossess

· rinky-dink · The circus was really rinky-dink. · MEANING: inferior

· riot · The comedy program was a real riot. · MEANING: funny

· road hog · That driver is a road hog. · MEANING: takes up too much of the road

· rocks · Would you like your whiskey on the rocks? · MEANING: with ice

· rough time · We have had a rough time this winter. · MEANING: hard time

· rug · Is that a rug on his head? · MEANING: wig 

· rug rat · My sister has three rug rats. · MEANING: children

· rule · My wife rules the house. · MEANING: dominates

· run off at the mouth · He is always running off at the mouth. · MEANING: talking too much

· run out of gas · The politician ran out of gas during the campaign. · MEANING: lost interest or momentum

· sack · When did you hit the sack last night? · MEANING: go to bed

· scam · Don't lose your money in some kind of scam. · MEANING: swindle

· scarf · Since he hadn't eaten in a week, he scarfed down everything on his plate. · MEANING: ate quickly

· schmuck · What a stupid schmuck. · MEANING: jerk

· screw around · If you screw around all day at this work, you will have to come back again.
· MEANING: waste time 

· screw up · If you screw up one more time, I will fire you. · MEANING: make a mistake

· sharp · He is very sharp with numbers · MEANING: intelligent

· shot · I'll give the puzzle another shot. · MEANING: try

· shot down · Everyone shot down my idea at first, but later aed that it was a good idea. · MEANING: disaed with

· slammer · The police threw them both in the slammer. · MEANING: jail

· smashed · Try not to get smashed at the beer party. · MEANING: intoxicated

· smoke eater · My father is a smoke eater. · MEANING: fireman

· split · It is time to split and go see the movie. · MEANING: leave

· spook · The cows were spooked by the howling of the wolves. · MEANING: frightened

· spud · Do you want rice or spuds for dinner? · MEANING: potatoes

· square · My father looks square in his jacket. · MEANING: old-fashioned

· steamed up · Don't get so steamed up over the issue. · MEANING: angry

· stink · This whole operation stinks. · MEANING: is repulsive

· straight · I want you to give me a straight answer. · MEANING: honest

· stressed · I am really stressed by all the recent world events. · MEANING: upset

· sucker · Don't be a sucker. · MEANING: be deceived

· take a hike · I am tired of all your complaining. Take a hike. · MEANING: leave

· taken · He was taken for all his money at the casino. · MEANING: cheated out of

· taking care of business · I have been taking care of business. · MEANING: doing what I have to do

· threads · Those look like expensive threads he is wearing. · MEANING: clothes

· tool around · I don't want to tool around all night. It is time to go home. · MEANING: drive around

· totaled · My car was totaled in the accident with the garbage truck. · MEANING: completely wrecked

· up · He has been up ever since he met his new girlfriend. · MEANING: happy and cheerful

· up for grabs · This is a sale. Everything is up for grabs. · MEANING: available.

· veg out · I want to veg out in front of the television this evening. · MEANING: relax and do nothing

· vibes · He really gives off good vibes. · MEANING: feelings

· wad · You don't want to carry a wad like that with you in the big city. · MEANING: bundle of money

· waste · After you waste him, throw the body in the river. · MEANING: kill

· wheels · If you let me borrow your wheels, I'll go out and buy a pizza. · MEANING: car

· whiz · He is a whiz at the computer. · MEANING: talented person

· wired · I am really wired after drinking five cups of coffee. · MEANING: alert

· wussy · Don't be such a wussy all the time. Say what you are thinking. · MEANING: weak person

· yukky · This food tastes yukky · MEANING: bad

· zapped · I am too zapped to help you right now. · MEANING: exhausted

· zip · He knew zip about running the company. · MEANING: Nothing