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sand Theme: SUGAR n. sugar.Please pass the sand.Do you use sand in your coffee?
sand 1. noun 1 courage US, 1962. 2 cocaine US, 2002 2. verb to mark the edges of playing cards with sandpaper or another abrasive for the purpose of cheating US, 1979
idiomsandbe built on sandif a relationship, organization etc is built on sand, it is likely to fail or end because the ideas or rules it is based on are not good or moral:The bank had lent too much to unstable countries and private corporations built on sand.I'm not surprised about the divorce - the whole marriage was built on sand. phrasesand[sanded, sanded, sanding] sand down sand down sth • sand sth down to make a surface smooth by rubbing it with special equipment or sandpaper (=special paper that is rough on one side): Sand down the woodwork before you paint it.
sand n. sugar. Do you use sand in your coffee? See:- a line in the sand
- a rope of sand
- be built on sand
- bring sand to the beach
- build (something) on sand
- build on sand
- built on sand
- bury (one's) head in the sand
- bury head in the sand
- bury your head in the sand
- bury/hide one's head in the sand, to
- bury/hide your head in the sand
- draw a line in the sand
- go pound sand
- have (one's) head in the sand
- have enough sense to pound sand
- hide (one's) head in the sand
- hide one's head in the sand
- line in the sand
- lost in the sands of time
- plough the sand
- plow the sands
- pound sand
- rope of sand
- run into the sand
- sand
- sand down
- sands are running out
- sands of time
- shifting sands
- the sands are running out
- the sands of time
- the shifting sands of (something)
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