Elder Dictionary

Elderly Terms, Meanings and Definitions

level with you, phrase

To relate to or compromise logically to someone else; or to gain even grounds with negotiations.
I will level with you lad. There's no way you are going to the drive-in with that floozie. Why not take that handsome woman Penelope instead?

Added on September 8, 2011 by danielslaughter

whatchamacallit

/what-cha-ma-call-it/

When describing an item of an unknown title, such as a doodad, this phrase is used to make the sentence sound less silly, fully completed, and educated.
I was working on the whatchamacallit right before the pistons blew.

Added on May 8, 2011 by Terra M.

rome wasn't built in a day, phrase

An expression implying you cannot get to the end result right away; you have to build up to it.
Dan, you can't go from sitting at a desk all the time to standing all the time; Rome wasn't built in a day.

Added on March 1, 2012 by Brent

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