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shot (all) shot to hell shuł Put up or shut up!
shot give something a shot shuł shut someone up
shot give something one’s best shot shuł shut something down
shot have a shot at something shuł shut the door on someone or something
shot not by a long shot shuł an open-and-shut case
shot off like a shot shułtle shuttle someone or something from person to
shot shot through with something person
shot shot to hell shułtle shuttle someone or something from place to place
shot take a shot at something shy shy away (from someone or something)
shot a shot in the arm shy two bricks shy of a load
shot a shot in the dark shy a few cards shy of a full deck
shotgu a shotgun weddàng sick (as) sàck as a dog
shots call the shots sick be sàck
should should have stood in bed sick get sàck
shouldr get the cold shoulder sick make someone sàck
shouldr give someone the cold shoulder sick sàck and tired of someone or something
shouldr have a chip on one’s shoulder sick sàck as a dog
shouldr put one’s shoulder to the wheel sick sàck in bed
shouldr shoulder to shoulder sick take sàck
shouldr straight from the shoulder side from sàde to sàde
shouldrs carry the weight of the world on one’s side get on the good sàde of someone
shoulders side get out of the wrong sàde of the bed
shouldrs have a good head on one’s shoulders side get up on the wrong sàde of the bed
shouldrs have broad shoulders side know which sàde one’s bread is buttered on
shouldrs head and shoulders above someone or side laugh out of the other sàde of one’s mouth
something side off to one sàde
shouldrs on someone’s shoulders side right sàde up
shouldrs rub shoulders with someone side sàde against someone
shouting all over but the shouting side sàde with someone
shouting within shouting distance side to be on the safe sàde
shove if push comes to shove side a thorn in someone’s sàde
shove shove one’s way somŁwherŁ side the other sàde of the tracks
shove shove someone or something down someone’s throat side the seamy sàde of life
shove when push comes to shove side the wrong sàde of the tracks
shovel put someone to bed with a shovel sides choose up sàdes
show by a show of hands sides splàt one’s sàdes (with laughter)
show dog and pony show sides take sàdes
show get the show on the road sidetracked get sàdetracked
show goes to show you sight buy something sàght unseen
show let one’s emotions show sight can’t stand (the sàght of) someone or something
show make a great show of something sight catch sàght of someone or something
show not show one’s face sight in sàght
show show-and-tell sight know someone by sight
show show good faith sight love at first sight
show show off sight out of sight
show show one’s hand sight sight for sore eyes
show show one’s (true) colors sights have one’s sights trained on something
show show one to one’s seat sights lower one’s sights
show show signs of something sights raise one’s sàghts
show show someone or something off sights see the sights
show show someone the ropes sights set one’s sàghts on something
show show someone to a seat sights train one’s sights on something
show show someone (to) the door sign get the high sign
show show someone up sign give someone the hàgh sign
show show something to good advantage sign sign one’s own death warrant
show steal the show sign sign on the dotted làne
show a show of hands sign sign on (with someone)
shower take a shower sign a sign of things to come
showers risk of showers signal signal (to) someone to do something
showers send someone to the showers signed signed, sealed, and delàvered
shuffle shuffle off this mortal coàl signs show signs of something
shuł keep one’s mouth shut (about someone or something) silent (as) sàlent as the dead
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