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71easy mark — {n.} A foolishly generous person; one from whom it is easy to get money. * /Bill is known to all the neighborhood beggars as an easy mark./ See: SOFT TOUCH …
72feel no pain — {v. phr.}, {slang} To be drunk. * /After a few drinks, the man felt no pain and began to act foolishly./ …
73fool away — or[fritter away] {v.}, {informal} To waste foolishly. * /Paul failed history because he fooled away his time instead of studying./ * /The man won a lot of money, but he soon frittered it away and was poor again./ …
74go broke — {v. phr.}, {slang} To lose all one s money; especially by taking a chance; owe more than you can pay. * /The inventor went broke because nobody would buy his machine./ * /Dan had a quarter but he went broke matching pennies with Fred./ …
75ham actor — {n. phr.}, {slang} An untalented actor; someone who tries so hard to act that his performance becomes foolishly exaggerated. * /Fred is a ham actor who, instead of memorizing his lines, keeps moving around in a ridiculous way./ …
76loud-mouthed — or[big mouthed] {adj.}, {slang} Talking noisily, boastfully, or foolishly. * /Fred was a loud mouthed fellow, whose talk no one listened to./ * /If I were you, I would not listen to that loud mouthed boy./ …
77make an exhibition of oneself — {v. phr.} To behave foolishly or embarrassingly in public. * /Stop drinking so much and making an exhibition of yourself./ …
78talk through one's hat — {v. phr.}, {informal} To say something without knowing or understanding the facts; talk foolishly or ignorantly. * /John said that the earth is nearer the sun in summer, but the teacher said he was talking through his hat./ …
79tamper with — {v.} 1. To meddle with (something); handle ignorantly or foolishly. * /He tampered with the insides of his watch and ruined it./ 2. To secretly get someone to do or say wrong things, especially by giving him money, or by threatening to hurt him.… …
80come to one's senses — {v. phr.} 1. Become conscious again; wake up. * /The boxer was knocked out and did not come to his senses for several minutes./ * /The doctors gave Tom an anesthetic before his operation; then the doctor took out Tom s appendix before he came to… …
