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[sit with]{v.}, {informal} To be accepted by; affect. — Used in interrogative sentences and in negative sentences modified by "well". •/How did your story sit with your mother?/ •/Bob’s poor sportsmanship doesn’t sit well with the coach./

[six] See: AT SIXES AND SEVENS, DEEP-SIX.

[six bits]{n.}, {slang} Seventy-five cents. •/"Lend me six bits till Friday, Sam," said Jim. "I’ve spent all my allowance."/ Compare: TWO BITS.

[six of one and half-a-dozen of the other]{n. phr.} Two things the same; not a real choice; no difference. •/Which coat do you like better, the brown or the blue? It’s six of one and half-a-dozen of the other./ •/Johnny says it’s six of one and half-a-dozen of the other whether he does the job tonight or tomorrow night./

[size] See: CUT DOWN TO SIZE, PINT-SIZE.

[size up]{v.}, {informal} To decide what one thinks about (something); to form an opinion about (something). •/Give Joe an hour to size up the situation and he’ll tell you what to do next./ •/Our coach went to New York to size up the team we’ll face in our homecoming game./ Compare: TAKE STOCK(2).

[skate] See: CHEAP SKATE.

[skate on thin ice]{v. phr.} To take a chance; risk danger, disapproval or anger. •/You’ll be skating on thin ice if you ask Dad to increase your allowance again./ •/John knew he was skating on thin ice, but he could not resist teasing his sister about her boyfriend./

[skating rink]{n.}, {slang}, {citizen’s band radio jargon} Slippery road. •/Attention all units — there’s a skating rink ahead!/

[skeleton in the closet]{n. phr.} A shameful secret; someone or something kept hidden, especially by a family. •/The skeleton in our family closet was Uncle Willie. No one mentioned him because he drank too much./

[skid lid]{n.}, {slang} A crash helmet worn by motorcyclists and race drivers. •/How much did you pay for that handsome skid lid?/

[skid row]{n.} The poor part of a city where men live who have no jobs and drink too much liquor. •/That man was once rich, but he drank and gambled too much, and ended his life living on skid row./ •/The Bowery is New York City’s skid row./

[skim the surface]{v. phr.} To do something very superficially. •/He seems knowledgeable in many different areas but his familiarity is very superficial, since he only skims the surface of everything he touches./

[skin] See: BY THE SKIN OF ONE’S TEETH, GET UNDER ONE’S SKIN, JUMP OUT OF ONE’S SKIN, KEEP ONE’S EYES PEELED or KEEP ONE’S EYES SKINNED, SAVE ONE’S NECK or SAVE ONE’S SKIN, WITH A WHOLE SKIN or IN A WHOLE SKIN.

[skin alive]{v. phr.} 1. {informal} To scold angrily. •/Mother will skin you alive when she sees your torn pants./ 2. {informal} To spank or beat. •/Dad was ready to skin us alive when he found we had ruined his saw./ 3. {slang} To defeat. •/We all did our best, but the visiting gymnastic team skinned us alive./

[skin and bones]{n.} A person or animal that is very thin; someone very skinny. •/The puppy is healthy now, but when we found him he was just skin and bones./ •/Have you been dieting? You’re nothing but skin and bones!/