for short; get the short end of the stick; go short of something; in short; nothing short of; run short; run short of something; taken short; taken up short) shot (big shot; call one’s shots; call the shots; get a shot at something; give it a shot; give oneself a shot in the arm; give something a shot; large shot) shotgun (call shotgun) shoulder (head and shoulders above someone; on one’s shoulders; put one’s shoulder to the wheel) show (do a show; dog and pony show; dog show; dog’s show; for show; get the show on the road; in show; leg- show; make a show; on show; put up a good show; put up a show; road show; steal the show; stop the show) shower (come down in the last shower) shut-eye (get some shut-eye) sick (be on the sick; get sick; go sick) sickness (green sickness; heart-sick- ness) side (another side on the boat; at the side of someone; at the side of some- thing; butter one’s bread on both sides; know on which side one’s bread is buttered; look on the bright side of something; on one’s side; on someone’s good side; on someone’s side; on the credit side; on the downhill side; on the large side; on the other side; on the other side of the fence; on the other side of the hill; on the other side of the tracks; on the right side of the hedge; on the side; on the side of someone; on the side of something; on the wrong side of the tracks; other side, the; other side of the coin, the; other side of the hill, the; put something on one side; stay on the right side of some- one; take someone on one side; walk both sides of the street) sidelines (on the sidelines) sight (at first sight; at sight; at the sight of someone; be a sight; be a sight for sore eyes; be a sight to behold; do something sight unseen; have something in one’s sights; in one’s sight; in one’s sights; in sight; in the sight of someone; out of one’s sight; out of sight; raise one’s sights; set one’s sights on something) signal (aural signal; oral signal) silence (break one’s silence; break the silence) silver (bring home the silver) simple (plain and simple; pure and simple) sister (sob sister; sobbing sisters) size (cut someone down to size; of a size; of some size; that’s about the size of it; that’s about your size) skeleton (living skeleton) skid (put the skids on something; put the skids under something) skin (cast its skin; escape with a whole skin; get into someone’s skin; get under someone’s skin; jump out of one’s skin; play out of one’s skin; run out of one’s skin; save one’s skin) sky (be in the skies; blue skies; blue sky; drop from the skies; in the skies; reach for the sky; under the sky) slate (wipe something off the slate) slave (white slave; white-collar slave) sleep (beauty sleep; dead sleep; go to sleep; lay someone to sleep; never- ending sleep; put someone to sleep) slice (fish slice) slide (let something slide; on the downhill slide) slip (let something slip) slow (go slow) slowly (go slowly) small (sing small; talk small) smoke (blow smoke; go down in smoke; go into smoke; go up in smoke; in smoke) snake (mad as a cut snake; see snakes; wake snakes) snatch (make a snatch; take a snatch) snow (sell snow to the eskimos; white as snow) so (so and so; so so) society (friendly society, the) sock (beat the socks off someone; knock someone’s socks off; pull one’s socks up; work one’s socks off ) soil (stand on one’s native soil) soldier (chocolate soldier; dead soldier; toy soldier) solomon (wise as solomon) son (god the son; god’s son) song (sing different songs; sing the same song) soon (no sooner…than; speak too soon) sort (all sorts of something; of a sort; of all sorts; of sorts; of the sort) soup (be in the soup; chicken soup; duck soup; see you in the soup; thick as pea soup) south (go south) space (from space to space) spate (in full spate; in spate) spectacle (look a spectacle) spin (go for a spin; go into a flat spin) spirit (be out of spirits) spirit (high spirit; high spirits; in spirit; in spirits; lose all spirit) spoke (put in one’s spoke; put a spoke in someone’s wheel) spoon (be born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth; get the wooden spoon) sport (make sport for someone; make sport of someone) spot (grease spot; greasy spot; hit the high spots; hit the spot; in a spot; in spots; oil spot strategy; oil-spot someone; on the spot) spotlight (hold the spotlight; in the spotlight of something) spur (on the spur; on the spur of the moment) squad (flying squad) squadron (flying squadron) stage (go on stage; go on the stage) stake (burn someone at the stake; pick up stakes; raise the stakes) stand (die standing up; make a stand against something; take a stand against something; take a stand on something; take one’s stand; take the stand; take the stand on something) standing (of long standing; of stand- ing) standoff (be a standoff ) star (get stars in one’s eyes; lone star; lonely star; see stars; shoot a star; shoot for the stars; shooting star) start (at the start; get a head start; get a start; get one’s start; get someone started; give someone a start; to start with) state (be in one’s natural state; bullion state, the; corncracker state, the; cracker state, the; diamond state, the; empire state of the south, the; empire state, the; garden state, the; gem state, the; golden state, the; great lakes state, the; green mountain state, the; gulf state; in a state; in state; lake state, the; lone star state, the; mother state, the; mountain state, the; north star state, the; peace garden state, the; purple state; red state; salt lake state, the; treasure state, the) statesman (mother of southwestern statesmen, the) station (weather station) statistics (vital statistics) steady (go steady with someone; go steady with something) steam (blow off steam; get steamed up; get up steam; let off steam; put on steam) steel (man of steel) step (make the first step; one step ahead; one step further; step by step; step for step; two-step) stew (leave someone stew; leave some- one stew in one’s own juice; let someone stew; let someone stew in one’s own juice) stick (be stuck for something; be stuck on someone; be stuck on something; be stuck up; be stuck with someone; big stick; big sticks; get stuck; get stuck for something; get stuck in; get stuck in something; get stuck into something; get stuck on something; get stuck with something; give it some stick; give someone stick; high up the stick; more than one can shake a stick at; take a stick to some- one; up the stick) stitch (be in stitches; not have a stitch on) stock (have something in stock; in stock; in the stocks; on the stocks; take stock in something; take stock of something) – 393 – Key Word Index