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informal Used in negative constructions to emphasize or intensify some emotion. I honestly wasn't that upset when I lost my job. I had been thinking of changing careers anyway. A: "I'm bored!" B: "OK, why don't you help me clean out the garage?" B: "Well, I'm not that bored."
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that
1. mod. a stylistic replacement for the. (Especially in citizens band radio jargon and much daily colloquial speech. It is the pervasive overuse of this form that makes it notable as colloquial.) Can you tell me where that next rest stop is?
2. mod. a stylistic modifier of personal and place names and some other nouns that do not normally take modifiers. (Citizens band radio.) How do I get to that Kansas City?
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- (and) that ain't hay
- (and) that's that
- (Are you) sorry you asked?
- (as) easy as child's play
- (but) that's another story
- (Do) you eat with that mouth?
- (Do) you kiss your grandmother with that mouth?
- (Do) you kiss your granny with that mouth?
- (Do) you kiss your mama with that mouth?
- (Do) you kiss your momma with that mouth?
- (Do) you kiss your mother with that mouth?
- (Do) you mean to say (that) (something is the case)?
- (Do) you mean to tell me (that) (something is the case)?
- (Go) tell it/that to Sweeney!
- (go) tell it/that to the marines
- (I) can't say (as) I have
- (I) can't say that I do
- (I) can't say that I have
- (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
- (I'm) (so) glad to hear it/that
- (I'm) sorry I asked
- (I'm) sorry to hear that
- (Is) that everything?
- (it's) (all) Greek to me
- (it's) just as well (that) (something happened)
- (it's) news to (one)
- (it's/that's the) story of my life
- (just) crazy enough to work
- (just) like this/that
- (old) chestnut
- (one) can't beat that
- (one) can't say fairer than that
- (one) can't sit still (for something)
- (one) can't top that
- (one) could have sworn (that) (something was the case)
- (one) could swear (that) (something was the case)
- (one) doesn't have a problem with that
- (one) figures (that)
- (one) has no problem with that
- (one) won't sit still (for something)
- (one) would die if (something happened)
- (one's) gamble pays off
- (one's) little finger told (one) that
- (someone or something) rules
- (someone) went that-a-way
- (someone/something) gets the job done
- (someone's) take on (something)
- (something) could use a female touch
- (something) could use a woman's touch
- (something) is all (one) needs
- (something) is just what (one) needs
- (something) is not your daddy's
- (something) is not your dad's
- (something) is not your father's
- (something) is the straw that broke the camel's back
- (something) rings a bell (with one)
- (something) says it all
- (that) sounds good
- (that) sounds like a plan
- (that) works for me!
- (that's a) likely story
- (that's) a hell of a note
- (that's) easy for (one) to say
- (that's) enough (of this) foolishness
- (that's) fine by me
- (that's) fine with me
- (that's) news to (one)
- (that's) OK by me
- (that's) OK with me
- (that's) the nature of the beast
- (the) odds are (that)
- (there is) no problem with that
- (well,) imagine that!
- (You) got that?
- a (fat) lot of good that did
- a (fat) lot of good that does
- a (fat) lot of good that will do
- a blind man could see this/that/it
- a dog that'll bring a bone will carry a bone
- a face (that) only a mother could love
- a face that launched a thousand ships
- a fine how do you do
- a game that two can play
- a mill cannot grind with water that is past
- a pile Jack Rice couldn't jump over
- a roll Jack Rice couldn't jump over
- a trick worth two of (something)
- a trick worth two of that
- a/that sinking feeling
- a/the feeling (that) (something is/will be the case)
- Ah, that old chestnut.
- ain't that the truth
- airhead
- all (that) meat and no potatoes
- all for (someone or something)
- all is fish that comes to his net
- all is grist that comes to the mill
- all that
- all that and a bag of chips
- all that and a bag of crisps
- all that and then some
- all that glistens is not gold
- all that glisters is not gold
- All that glitters is not gold
- all that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold
- all that jazz
- all that meat and no potatoes
- all women are like that
- all's well that ends well
- alt-tab out
- always the way
- amen to that
- an atmosphere that you could cut with a knife
- an/that old chestnut
- and a half
- and all
- and all that
- and all that jazz
- and stuff like that
- and stuff like that (there)
- and stuff like that there
- and that
- and that ain't hay
- and that's a fact
- and that's flat
- and that's flat!
- And that's that
- and things (like that)
- and this and that
- anything else?
- anything like that
- anything/nothing/something like that
- as (something) as all that
- as bad as all that
- as far as (someone or something) is concerned
- as far as (something) goes
- as far as that goes
- as if that wasn't bad enough
- as if that were not enough
- at present
- at that
- at that point
- at that point in time
- at that rate
- at that stage (of the game)
- at the present moment
- at this rate
- at this stage
- at this stage (of the game)
- at this/that rate
- attaboy
- attagal
- attagirl
- awkward age
- Bag that!
- be (as) plain as day
- be (either) feast or famine
- be (one's) jam
- be (really) something
- be (strictly) for the birds
- be a bed of nails
- be a bit of a reach
- be a breeze
- be a cakewalk
- be a case of when, not if
- be a change for the better
- be a dream
- be a drop in the bucket
- be a drop in the ocean
- be a given
- be a hell of a drug
- be a helluva drug
- be a household word
- be a load off (one's) mind
- be a long time coming
- be a matter of when, not if
- be a mob scene
- be a nice touch
- be a no-brainer
- be a nothingburger
- be a piece of cake
- be a poke in the eye
- be a racket
- be a reach
- be a shot in the dark
- be a steal
- be a sticky situation
- be a stretch
- be a tough call
- be a treadmill
- be a two-horse race
- be a two-way street
- be a wake-up call
- be a war zone
- be a wash
- be a weight off (one's) shoulders
- be above (one's) pay grade
- be above and beyond
- be all over town
- be all that
- be all that and a bag of chips
- be all that and a bag of crisps
- be an end in itself
- be an old chestnut
- be another matter
- be another thing
- be as busy as Grand Central Station
- be as exciting as watching paint dry
- be beside the point
- be beyond (something)
- be big on (something)
- be born that way
- be certain that (something will happen or is the case)
- be child's play
- be cool
- be cut out for (something)
- be dollars to doughnuts that
- be dollars to doughnuts that (something happens)
- be down with (something)
- be duck soup
- be faced with (something)
- be for all the marbles
- be for the better
- be good for what ails you
- be half the person/man/woman (that) (someone) is
- be heaven on earth
- be hell on earth
- be hogwash
- be iffy
- be in black and white
- be in force
- be in the cards
- be in the mood to do (something)
- be kosher
- be like a dream
- be like Grand Central Station
- be like money in the bank
- be like pouring money down the drain
- be like pulling teeth
- be like ships that pass in the night
- be like the Keystone Kops
- be like watching paint dry
- be living proof that
- be made that way
- be money in the bank
- be music to (one's) ears
- be news to (one)
- be no bed of roses
- be no laughing matter
- be no question that (something will happen/is the case)
- be not (all) black and white
- be not (one's) problem
- be not a hill worth dying on
- be not a one-way street
- be not anything to sneeze at
- be not brain surgery
- be not for (one) to (do something)
- be not for (one) to say
- be not in the cards
- be not one to (do something)
- be not the word for it
- be not written in stone
- be noted for (something)
- be nothing to sneeze at
- be null and void
- be of the opinion that
- be of the opinion that...
- be old news
- be on the house
- be on the table
- be one for the ages
- be only half the battle (won)
- be open season (on someone or something)
- be out
- be out of (one's) hands
- be out of bounds
- be over (one's) head
- be part and parcel of (something)
- be pocket change
- be popping
- be quite something
- be radical
- be sewed up
- be sewn up
- be ships that pass in the night
- be sick
- be so hungry (that) (one) could eat a horse
- be something else
- be something to (something)
- be strong medicine
- be stuck on (something)
- be suited for (something)
- be tailor-made
- be that as it may
- be the beginning of the end
- be the cat's meow
- be the exception that proves the rule
- be the price you have to pay
- be the tea
- be touch and go
- be twice the man or woman that someone is
- be twice the man/woman that (someone) is
- be under the illusion that
- be under the impression that
- be under the impression that...
- be when, not if
- be wicked
- be window dressing
- be worth a shot
- be written in stone
- be/be born/be made that way
- bear (someone or something) in mind
- bear in mind (that)
- bear in mind that
- bear out
- beat (something) all to pieces
- bed of thorns
- been there, done that
- Been there, done that got the T-shirt
- been there, done that, bought the T-shirt
- been there, done that, got the T-shirt
- being that
- bell, book, and candle
- bell, book, and candle things that are miraculous or that signal that
- bet (one's) bottom dollar that (something will happen)
- bite the dog that bit you
- bite the hand that feeds
- bite the hand that feeds (you)
- bite the hand that feeds one
- bite the hand that feeds you
- bite the hand that feeds you, to
- black hole
- blame (something) on (someone or something)
- blank look on (one's) face
- blow (one's) mind
- blow that for a lark
- blow this/that for a game of soldiers
- blow/sod that for a lark
- blow/sod this/that for a game of soldiers
- blur out
- brace (oneself) for (something)
- break (something) to (someone)
- bring that up again and we'll vote on it
- bull
- bump that
- Bump that!
- burn that bridge when (one) comes to it
- bust out of this popsicle stand
- but that's just me
- can take (something) to the bank
- Can you beat it/that?
- Can you tie that?
- can/could count (something) on the fingers of one hand
- can't argue with that
- can't bear to think about (something)
- can't beat that
- can't get (one's) head around (something)
- can't help but notice (that) (something)
- can't help noticing (that) (something)
- can't say that I do
- can't say that I have
- can't take (something)
- can't wrap (one's) head around (something)
- cast a little light on (something)
- cast a little light upon (something)
- cat that swallowed the canary, (look) like the
- chances are
- charge
- check that
- chew on that
- child's play, easy as/that's
- cling to the/(one's) belief that (something is the case)
- come as no surprise
- come to that
- convert (in)to (something)
- copy that
- Could I have a hand (with something)?
- count on (someone or something)
- crafty devil
- crazy enough (that) it just might work
- crazy enough (that) it might actually work
- crazy enough (that) it might just work
- cream up
- cross a bridge before one comes to it
- cross a bridge when one comes to it
- cross a/that bridge before (one) comes to it
- cross that bridge later
- cross that bridge when (one) comes to it
- cross that bridge when (one) gets there
- cross that bridge when (one) gets to it
- cross that bridge when one comes to it
- cross that bridge when you come to it
- crosses are ladders that lead to heaven
- crumb
- cut it
- cut no ice with (one)
- dance with the one that brought (someone)
- dance with the one that brung you/ya
- dark
- deem it necessary
- deem that it is necessary
- defeat the purpose
- die on this hill
- ding up
- do in a pinch
- do the trick
- Do we have to go through all that again?
- Do you eat with that mouth?
- Do you have a problem with that?
- Do you kiss your momma with that mouth?
- doink
- don't bite the hand that feeds (you)
- Don't cross that bridge till you come to it.
- don't do anything I wouldn't do
- don't give me that
- don't give me that line
- don't give me that story
- don't give me that!
- don't hand me that line
- don't hand me that story
- Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today.
- Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
- don't that (just) beat all
- don't that beat the Dutch!
- Don't that take the rag off the bush!
- Don't that tear the rag off the bush!
- don't touch that dial
- dorf
- down a/the rabbit hole
- drag in
- draw a line at (doing) (something)
- dress out
- drop by
- drop round
- duff up
- dumb down
- dump out
- ease in
- edge up
- eff (someone or something)
- eff this/that
- eff this/that noise
- eff this/that shit
- equate
- F (someone or something)
- face (that) would stop a clock
- face only a mother could love
- face that launched a thousand ships, the
- faced with (something)
- family that prays together stays together
- fancy that
- Fancy that!
- fetch away
- find (oneself) in the market for (something)
- find (something) out the hard way
- fine with me
- finish with (someone or something)
- fire out
- fit in(to)
- fit up
- flag up
- fling out
- flip for (something)
- fly in the face of (something)
- fob off
- fold down
- for all
- for all that
- for fear of
- for fear that (something)
- for that matter
- for the birds, it's/that's
- fork off
- fox
- frame up
- freak of nature
- frig off
- frig up
- from that day/time forth
- from this/that day forth
- from this/that time forth
- fuck this/that
- fuck this/that for a game of soldiers
- fuck this/that noise
- fuck this/that shit
- futz (around) with (something)
- fuzz out
- game that two can play
- game that two can play, that's a
- gas
- gay up
- gee up
- get (something) into (one's) head
- get (something) on the record
- get (something) out the door
- get (something) over with
- get a feeling (that) (something is the case)
- get a load of
- get a/the feeling (that) (something is the case)