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flip the bird

idiom

To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.


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  1. 01

    a little bird told me

    I received the information from a source which I am not prepared to disclose.

  2. 02

    bird in the bosom

    A secret pledge that one makes for another.

  3. 03

    bird of ill omen

    A person who brings bad news.

  4. 04

    bird of one's own brain

    One's own idea or conception.

  5. 05

    early bird

    A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.

  6. 06

    flip one's lid

    To become explosively angry, to lose one's temper.

  7. 07

    flip one's wig

    To become very angry.

  8. 08

    flip shit

    To freak out.

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