IDIOMS MADE FANCY
All those things that enhance the buoyancy of your vessel
whatever floats your boat
Slugger from Louisville
bat
For every action there's an equal & opposite reaction, according to Newton's third law of this
motion
This winning declaration in a chess game is from the Arabic for "the king is dead"
checkmate
Nonprescription is synonymous with this 3-word phrase
OTC
Present another with the very blouse one has on
give them the shirt off your back
Cubic kite
box
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The Little Dipper is part of this constellation
Ursa Minor
In the NFL regular season, overtime games end after nobody scores in the period that's this many minutes long
10
"Moving" these structures found on a football field has come to mean changing the rules
goalposts
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Illumination bulbs are electrified, yet the house remains empty
the lights are on but nobody's home
To clear plates
bus
The saltwater one of these reptiles grows up to about 20 feet long; the dwarf one of Africa, up to about 6 feet
a crocodile
"Walk-off" began as a term for a play that ends a game in this sport
baseball
If you "come to" this, you're ready to talk; however, if a subject is "off" it, it is no longer acceptable to discuss
table
Propel by oar one's personal dugout
paddle your own canoe
British bottom
bum
Among other things, these chemical substances secreted by certain animals are used to mark territory & to attract mates
pheromones
The bank cannot go broke in this Parker Brothers game, so exhaustion may be the deciding factor
Monopoly
A hyperbolic expression says a noisy disturbance reaches such a pitch it could do this, right off the house
blow the roof off
Satan provides employment on behalf of the indolent
idle hands are a devil's plaything
Stated goal of taking tricks
bid
The echidna & duck-billed platypus belong to this order of mammals whose name is from Latin & means "one opening"
the monotremes
A hand in this card game with 2 potent potables in its name comes to a halt after a player "knocks"
gin rummy
This "aqueous" phrase means a problem is in the past & doesn't worry you anymore
water under the bridge