Alternative form of picking quarrels and provoking trouble

simple past tense of give something up as a bad job

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of get up on the wrong side of the bed

(informal) Said about something that the speaker wants to buy immediately.

(colloquial, Southern US) Alternative form of ridden hard and put away wet (“in either sense”)

(idiomatic) To prevent others from attaining or benefiting from the same advantages, opportunities, or rights as oneself.

(idiomatic) Alternative form of pull the ladder up behind oneself.

To act boldly; to take responsibility.

(idiomatic, often humorous) Somewhat sarcastic but usually good-natured advice used to criticise a person's degree of talent (especially in music or other performing arts), implying that he or she could not make a living from it.

To lock someone up in prison indefinitely.