Definition of Idioms by Adrian Noris Salazar

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High five

Meaning

A gesture of celebration in which two people slap palms with the hands held above above the head.

Origin

Clearly the five are five fingers. High fives are reputed to have begun on the basketball circuit in the US in the 1979/80 season. The University of Louisville player Derek Smith claims to have invented the gesture and coined the term. That claim was recorded in the P. Dickson's 1989 Basketball Dictionary:

"The origin of the gesture and the term were claimed by Derek Smith of the University of Louisville basketball team, which won the NCAA championship in the 1979-80 season. Smith was quoted [widely] to the effect that he and two fellow Georgians on the Louisville squad, Wiley Brown and Daryl Cleveland ... [created the] high five during pre-season practice and introduced [it] to the nation in 1979."

The first records of the term in print are from 1980; for example, this from Maclean's Magazine, October 1980:

"They used to slap palms ('Gimme five, man'), but what they do now is reach high and bang hands up there ('The high five, man')."

The gesture became very widely used in the latter part of the 20th century, especially amongst black communities in the USA. It has subsequently fallen out of use somewhat and is now seen as unstylish. Other variations have taken its place, for example, the flipside or windmill. This begins with the normal high five but continues with the hands swinging to clap again low down.

Reference: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/181375.html

JetBlue Balls

Como podemos perceber, na maioria dos idioms e dos slangs, é comum encontramos o uso de palavrões, e expressões muito coloquiais, usadas no vocabulário do dia a dia.
Dessa forma, não há como ocultarmos essas expressões, fingindo que elas não existem, uma vez que elas se fazem presente em todas as línguas, em todas as culturas ao redor do mundo.
A expressão de hoje é JetBlue Balls. Vamos verificar o que ela significa?

When you fly somewhere for a girl and get rejected.

Jake flew down to Miami to make love to Samantha and found out she just liked him as a friend. He clearly suffered from JetBlue Balls that weekend.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=JetBlue%20Balls&defid=4460487

Poindextrous

To be able to communicate equally well with both nerds and normal people alike.

John is quite poindextrous because he is the company's tech dude that will drink you under the table while getting all the cute chicks in the bar.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=poindextrous&defid=3073328

Sinking feeling

Referência: http://igetitcomics.com/2012/02/12/sinking-feeling/

Cost (somebody) an arm and a leg

Referência: http://igetitcomics.com/2012/02/26/cost-somebody-an-arm-and-a-leg/

High and dry

If you are left high and dry, you find yourself in a difficult situation without help or resources.

Example: When her husband walked out on her, Amanda was left high and dry with two kids to raise.