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smooth things out. We can’t keep on argu- floor! It’s so clean here you could eat off
ing with one another. T We can smooth the floor. I prefer a lttle mess, myself.
over the whole affair.
so fyrŁas anyoneŁknows Go to (as) far as
a snakeŁin theŁgrass aŁlow andŁdeceitful anyone knows.
prsàn.Ł Sally said that Bob couldà’t bł so fyrŁas possible Go to as far as possible.
trusted because he was a snake in the grass.
“You snake in the grass!” cried Sally. so fyrŁas someone ortsomething is concerned
“You cheated me.” Go to (as) far as someone or something is
concerned.
snapŁatŁ someone to speakŁsharplyŁor angrily
to someone.Ł Doà’t snap at me. What so farŁas something is concerned Go to (as)
did I do? Why did you snap at me? far as something is concerned.
What did I do?
So fyr,Łso głod. AllŁisŁgoingŁwellŁso far.Ł
snapŁoutŁofŁ something to becom suddnly We are half finished with our project. So
freedŁfromŁaŁsðate.Ł(Infàrmal.ŁThe sðate far, so good. The operation is procłed-
canŁbe aŁdepression,ŁanŁillness,Łuncon- ing quite nicely—oo far, so good.
sciousness,Łetc.) I was very dłpressed for
a włek, but this morning I snapped out of So itŁgoes. That isŁthe kindŁof thingŁthat
it. It isn’t often that a cold głts me down. happens.;ŁThat isŁlife.Ł Too bad about
Usually I can snap out of it quickly. John and his problłms. So it goes. I just
lost a twłnty-dollar bill, and I can’t find
snapŁ something up 1. to grabŁandŁbuyŁsome- it anywhere. So it goes.
thing.Ł I always snap bargains up when-
ever I go shoppng. T I włnt to the store, so long good-bye.Ł(Infàrmal.) So long,
and they had soup on sale, so I snapped up see you lØter. As John got out of the car,
plenty. 2. to make somethingŁgo faster.Ł he said, “Thanks for the ride. So long.”
You’re plØying this music too slowly. Snap so longŁas Go to as long as.
it up! T This performance is getting slow
and dull. Let’s snap up the whole thing! so madŁI couldŁscream very mad.Ł I am
just so mad I could scream! Why is he sucð
sniffŁ someone ortsomething out to làcate som- a jerk? She makes me so made I could
one orŁsomething.Ł(Also literal.) T I’ll see scream.
if I can sniff out the correct stylus for your
stereo. Billy was lost, but by looking so much forŁ someone ortsomething that is the
around, we were able to sniff him out. last of someone orŁsomething;Łthere isŁno
ned to consider somon or somthing
snugŁas a bugŁin a rug Go to (as) snug anymore.Ł It just started raining. So
as a bug àn a rug. much for our picnic this afternoon. So
much for John. He just called in sick and
so-ynd-so aŁdespisedŁpersàn.Ł(Infàrmal. can’t come to work todØy.
ThisŁexpression isŁusedŁinŁplace of other
very insultingŁterms.ŁOftenŁmodified,Łas so much theŁbetter even better; all to the
inŁthe example below.) You dirty so- better.Ł(Infàrmal.) Please come to the
and-oo! I can’t stand you! Don’t you call picnic. If you can bring a salad, so mucð
me a so-and-oo, you creep! the błtter. The flowers look lovely on the
shelf. It would be so much the błtter if you
So beŁit. ThisŁisŁthe wayŁit willŁbe.Ł If you put them on the table.
insist on running off and marrying her, so
be it. Only don’t say I didà’t warn you! so quØetŁyouŁcouldŁheyrŁa pin drop Go
Mary has decided that this is what she to so still you could hear a pin drop.
wants. So be it.
so-so not goodŁandŁnot bad;Łmediocre.Ł(In-
so cleyn youŁcouldŁeatŁoffŁtheŁfloor [of formal.) I didà’t have a bad dØy. It was
aŁràom orŁaŁhouse]bvery clean.Ł Her just so-oo. The plØyłrs put on a so-oo
ktchen is so clean you could eat off the performance.

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