| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| gathering dust |
not being used, sitting on a shelf, collecting dust
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That old coffee tray has been gathering dust for years.
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| gear up |
prepare, get ready, find equipment and supplies
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After we print this manual we have to gear up for a novel.
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| gee |
oh, well, gosh, wow
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Gee! What happened to your hair? Did you cut it yourself?
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| gee willickers |
oh, golly, gosh
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"Gee willickers!" Linda said, legs crossed and eyes bulging,
"Are you still in the bathroom!?"
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| gee whiz |
golly gee, gosh darn, aw shucks
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Gee whiz, Miss Julie. I'd never do anything to hurt you.
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| geek |
strange person, scholar, book worm, nerd
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Allan reads a lot and stays by himself. He's kind of a geek.
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| geez |
darn, gee whiz, gosh
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Geez, I hate mosquitoes!
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| geezer |
old man, old person, old coot
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On one street there was an old geezer begging for money.
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| geezer gap |
the differences between people aged 60 and 80
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The word senior includes everyone in the geezer gap.
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| Generation X |
people born in the 1970s; a generation that wanted to change the work ethic
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Generation X said that the jobs disappeared as they graduated from high school and university.
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