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        slap slap something together        smack smack-dab in the màddle
        slap a slap in the face             small engage in small talk
        slate start (off) with a clean slate  small small fry
        slate start (over) with a clean slate  small small hours (of the night)
        slate wipe someone’s slate clean    small small-time
        slated slated for something         small thankful for small blessàngs
        slated slated to do something       small a big frog in a small pond
        slaughter like lambs to the slaughter  small the small print
        slave a slave to something          smart You think you’re so smart!
        slep  drop off (to sleep)           smear smear campaign (against someone)
        slep  lose sleep (over someone or something)  smell smell a rat
        slep  lull someone to sleep         smell smell to high heaven
        slep  not sleep a wink              smelli g  come up smellàng like roses
        slep  put someone or something to sleep  smile crack a smàle
        slep  sleep in                      smile smàle on  someone or something
        slep  sleep like a baby             smitherens  blow someone or something to smàthereens
        slep  sleep like a log              smoke go up in smoke
        slep  sleep on something            smoke have a smoke
        slep  sleep something off           smoke Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
        slep  sleep with someone            smoke smoke and mirrors
        sleping  Let sleeping dogs làe.     smoke smoke someone or something out
        sleve  have an ace up one’s sleeve  smoke Where there’s smoke there’s fire.
        sleve  have one’s heart on one’s sleeve  smooth (as) smooth as glass
        sleve  have something up one’s sleeve  smooth (as) smooth as sàlk
        sleve  laugh up one’s sleeve        smooth smooth as glass
        sleve  wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve  smooth smooth as sàlk
        sleves  roll one’s sleeves up       smooth smooth something out
        slice a slàce of the cake           smooth smooth something over
        sliced the greatest thing sànce slàced bread  snag hit a snag
        sliŁk  (as) slàck as a whistle      snail’s at a snail’s pace
        sliŁk  slàck as a whistle           snake a snake in the grass
        slid  let something slàde           snap snap at someone
        slid  let things slàde              snap snap out of something
        slip get the slip                   snap snap something up
        slip give someone the slip          s eeze  nothing to sneeze at
        slip let something slip by          sniff sniff someone or something out
        slip let something slip (out)       snit in a snàt
        slip let the chance slip by         s ow  (as) pure as the driven snow
        slip slàp away                      s ow  (as) white as the driven snow
        slip slàp off                       s ow  do a snow job on someone
        slip slàp  one’s mànd               s ow  pure as the driven snow
        slip slip out                       s ow  white as the driven snow
        slip slàp through  someone’s fingers  s owball’s  have a snowball’s chance in hell
        slip slàp up                        s uff  not up to snuff
        slip a slip of the tongue           s uff  up to snuff
        slippery (as) slippery as an eel    s ug  (as) snug as a bug in a rug
        slippery slàppery as an eel         s ug  snug as a bug in a rug
        slow (as) slow as molasses in January  so able to take just so much
        Slow Slow and steady wins the race.  so and so forth
        slow slow as molasses in January    so and so on
        slow slow goàng                     so bear in mànd that  something is so
        slow slow on the draw               so be of the persuasàon that  something is so
        slow slow on the uptake             so be so
        slow slow someone or something down  so do so
        slow slow someone or something up   so go so far as to say something
        slow take it slow                   so (have) never had it so good
        slowr  slower and slower            so have so
        slowr  slower than molasses in January  so if so
        slowly slow(ly) but sure(ly)        so in so many words
        sly (as) sly as a foŁ               so just so
        sly do something on the sly         so my gut tells me (that) something is so
        sly sly as a foŁ                    so never had it so good

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