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nineteen to the dozen
Very rapidly, hurriedly, and/or energetically. My aunt can get talking nineteen to the dozen if you get her on a topic she's passionate about. Sam came running nineteen to the dozen when he heard his son crying out to him from the back garden.
See also: dozen, nineteen
nineteenth hole
The bar at the clubhouse of a golf course, where players can go after finishing the standard 18 holes of a game. Barry isn't much of a golfer. He usually heads to the nineteenth hole after playing for only an hour or so. Wow, that was a great game. Let's head to the nineteenth hole—first drink's on me!
See also: hole
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
nineteen to the dozen
Prov. very rapidly or energetically. Whenever I get together with my cousins, we always gossip away nineteen to the dozen. While Alan got the other ingredients, Jane was chopping up potatoes nineteen to the dozen.
See also: dozen, nineteen
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
nineteenth hole
the bar in a golf clubhouse, as reached after a standard round of 18 holes. informal humorousSee also: hole
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
nineteenth hole
n. a place to buy an alcoholic beverage after a golf game. (Likely to be filled with golfers who have played eighteen holes of golf.) I hit a hole-in-one on the first hole and went straight to the nineteenth hole to celebrate.
See also: hole
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- nineteen
- nineteen to the dozen
- talk nineteen to the dozen
- talk, etc. nineteen to the dozen
- talk twenty to the dozen
- ten to the dozen
- come to a climax
- bring (something) to a climax
- climax
- go strong