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give your right arm for
To want something very much; to be willing to sacrifice a lot for something
“I'd GIVE my RIGHT ARM FOR a coffee right now”
glad hand
A friendly handshake
“The politician GLAD HANDED everyone”
glass ceiling
An invisible barrier to advancement
“She hit THE GLASS CEILING”
glued to something
Watching or reading something with complete attention
“The kids are GLUED TO the TV”
glutton for punishment
Someone who keeps doing unpleasant things
“I must be A GLUTTON FOR PUNISHMENT.”
go against the grain
To do something contrary to what's expected
“IT GOES AGAINST THE GRAIN, but I agree with him”
go all out
To do something with as much effort and enthusiasm as possible
“We went ALL OUT for her birthday party”
go bananas
Become very angry or act crazy
“She'll GO BANANAS if she sees the house in this condition”
go belly up
To fail or go bankrupt
“The company WENT BELLY UP”
go bust
To go bankrupt
“Many businesses WENT BUST”
go downhill
To get worse; to decline in quality
“His health has GONE DOWNHILL recently”
go dutch
To split the bill equally; to each pay for their own meal
“Let's GO DUTCH on dinner”
go figure
Used to express that something is surprising, strange, or hard to explain
“They cancelled the meeting - GO FIGURE”
go fly a kite
Go away; stop bothering me
“Oh, GO FLY A KITE.”
go for broke
To risk everything
“Let's GO FOR BROKE”
go from bad to worse
To deteriorate further
“Things WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE rapidly.”
go great guns
To progress rapidly and successfully; to do extremely well
“The new project's GOING GREAT GUNS.”
go haywire
To malfunction or go wrong
“The system WENT HAYWIRE”
go jump in the lake
A dismissive way to tell someone to go away
“He told me TO GO JUMP IN THE LAKE”
go nuts
To go crazy or behave wildly
“The crowd WENT NUTS”
go off the deep end
To become very angry or emotional
“She WENT OFF THE DEEP END when she heard.”
go out on a limb
Do or say something that is different from most other people
“He WENT OUT ON A LIMB and expressed an opposite opinion”
go over like a lead balloon
To be completely unsuccessful
“His joke WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON”
go pear shaped
To go wrong
“The plan WENT PEAR SHAPED”