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[snow under]{v.} 1. To cover over with snow. •/The doghouse was snowed under during the blizzard./ 2. {informal} To give so much of something that it cannot be taken care of; to weigh down by so much of something that' you cannot do anything about it. — Usually used in the passive. •/The factory received so many orders that it was snowed under with work./ •/The disabled girl was snowed under with Christmas letters./

[snuff] See: UP TO PAR or UP TO SNUFF.

[snug as a bug in a rug]{adj. phr.} Comfortable; cozy. •/"Are you warm enough?" the boy’s mother asked. "Yeah," he replied, "I’m snug as a bug in a rug."/

[so] See: AND SO FORTH or AND SO ON, EVEN SO, EVERY NOW AND THEN or EVERY SO OFTEN, HOW SO, IN SO MANY WORDS, IS THAT SO, OR SO, THUS AND SO.

[soak in] See: SINK IN.

[soak up]{v.} 1. To take up water or other liquid as a sponge does. •/The rag soaked up the water that I spilled./ 2. To use a sponge or something like a sponge to take up liquid. •/John soaked up the water with the rag./ 3. {informal} To take up into yourself in the way a sponge takes up water. •/Mary was lying on the beach soaking up the sun./ •/Charles soaks up facts as fast as the teacher gives them./

[so-and-so(1)]{pronoun}, {informal} Someone whose name is not given. •/Don’t tell me what so-and-so thinks. Tell me what you think./

[so-and-so(2)]{n.}, {informal} A person of a special kind and usually of a very bad kind. — This word is used in place of a more unacceptable word or swear word. •/I wish that old so-and-so who thinks digging is easy work was right here digging now./ •/He called me a dirty so-and-so and I hit him in the mouth./ — Sometimes used in a joking way. •/Peter met his friend John and said, "Hello there, you old so-and-so."/

[so --- as to] — Used with an adjective or adverb before an infinitive to show a result. •/Who could be so mean as to do a thing like that?/ •/Ruth wouldn’t be so careless as to forget her pen./ Compare: SO --- THAT.

[soap opera]{n. phr.} Radio or television serialized stories of a sentimental nature, often involving sex, crime, and social intrigue. These shows often advertise soap products, hence their name. •/The two longest running soap operas in the United States were "Dallas" and "Knot’s Landing."/

[so as to] See: IN ORDER TO.

[sob all the way to the bank] See: CRY ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. Contrast: LAUGH ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK.

[so bad] See: NOT BAD.

[so be it] also [be it so]{adv. phr.}, {formal} 1. Let it be that way; may it be so. So be it. •/We shall smoke the pipe of peace./ 2. Very well; all right. •/Will the company lose money by doing this? So be it, then./

[sob story]{n.} A story that makes you feel pity or sorrow; a tale that makes you tearful. •/The beggar told us a long sob story before he asked for money./ •/The movie is based on a sob story, but people love it./

[social climber]{n.} A person who tries to mix with rich or well-known people and be accepted by them as friends and equals. •/People do not like Mrs. Brown very well; she is known as a social climber./ •/Social climbers are usually soon known and they are not accepted by those they run after./

[sock] See: TAKE A PUNCH AT or TAKE A SOCK AT.