keep up with the joneses

to strive beyond one's means to keep up socially and financially with others in one's social circle or neighborhood (from the name of a comic strip by Arthur R. Momand)

If I he can't afford a decent meal, he should not keep up with the Joneses.

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loop legged

alcohol intoxicated, drunk

I suspected he was a little loop legged when he stumbled out of the stall.

tone-deaf

lacking in one's appreciation of music (not necessarily due to actually being tone deaf

I'm sorry but i just never payed much attention to music. I'm tone-deaf.

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allergic to

having a strong aversion to a particular person or thing

I am allergic to camping.

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off-putting

1. distressing, unsettling

2. annoying

3. repellent, disgusting

He wore an off-putting hat with his tattered pants and stained shirt.

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heads-up

a warning, especially of danger or the need to be alert

Heads-up. There's a situation out there.

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20/20 hindsight

perfect foresight of what has already happened

Howard said that he knew that there would be an attempted assassination. Such knowledge is a good example of of 20/20 hindsight.

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