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[some] See: AND THEN SOME.
[somebody up there loves/hates me]{slang} An expression intimating that an unseen power in heaven, such as God, has been favorable or unfavorable to the one making the exclamation. •/Look at all the money I won! I say somebody up there sure loves me!/ •/Look at all the money I’ve lost! I say somebody up there sure hates me!/
[some of these days] See: ONE OF THESE DAYS.
[something] See: HAVE SOMETHING GOING FOR ONE, HAVE SOMETHING ON, MAKE SOMETHING OF, START SOMETHING.
[something else]{adj.}, {slang}, {informal} So good as to be beyond description; the ultimate; stupendous. •/Janet Hopper is really something else./
[something else again]{n. phr.} A different kind of thing; something different. •/I don’t care if you borrow my dictionary sometimes, but taking it without asking and keeping it is something else again./ •/"But I don’t want a new car," Charles said to the car dealer, "I want a used car." "Oh," said the car dealer, "that’s something else again."/
[so much(1)]{adj.} 1. A limited amount of; some. •/Sometimes students wonder if the teacher knows they have only so much time to do their lessons./ •/If you can’t give everyone a full glass of milk, just put so much milk in each glass./ 2. Equally or amounting to; only amounting to. — Often used for emphasis. •/Charley spends money as if it were so much paper./ •/What Mary said was so much nonsense; there wasn’t a word of truth in it./ Compare: SO MANY(1).
[so much(2)]{pronoun} A limited amount; some; a price or amount that is agreed or will be agreed on. •/You can do only so much in a day./ •/Milk costs so much a quart but cream costs so much a pint./ Compare: SO MANY(2).
[so much(3)]{adv.} By that much; by the amount shown; even. — Used with the comparative and usually followed by "the". •/I can’t go tomorrow. So much the better; we’ll go today./ •/John isn’t coming to the picnic. So much the more for us to eat!/ •/So much the worse for you if you break the rules./ Syn.: ALL THE(2).
[so much as]{adv. phr.} 1. Even. — Usually used in negative sentences and questions. •/He didn’t so much as thank me for returning his money that I found./ •/Would you so much as get me a glass of water? No, you wouldn’t./ 2. See: AS MUCH AS(2).
[so much for] Enough has been said or done about. — Used to point out that you have finished with one thing or are going to take up something else. •/So much for the geography of Ireland, we will now talk about the people who live there./ •/"I have nothing more to say to you, Tommy, and so much for that," Mary said angrily./
[son] See: FAVORITE SON, LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
[song] See: FOR A SONG.
[song and dance]{n.}, {informal} 1. Foolish or uninteresting talk; dull nonsense. Usually used with "give". •/I met Nancy today and she gave me a long song and dance about her family./ 2. A long lie or excuse, often meant to get pity. Usually used with "give". •/Billy gave the teacher a song and dance about his mother being sick as an excuse for being late./ •/The tramp asked us for money and tried to give us a big song and dance about having to buy a bus ticket to Chicago./
[sonic boom]{n.} A loud noise and vibration in the air, made when a jet plane passes the speed of sound (1087 feet per second). •/Fast jet planes sometimes cause a sonic boom, which can break windows and crack the plaster in houses below them./ •/We thought there was an explosion or earthquake, but it was only a sonic boom that shook the house./
[son of a bitch] or [sunuvabitch] also S.O.B. {n. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} (but becoming more and more acceptable, especially if said with a positive or loving intonation). Fellow, character, guy, individual. Negatively: •/Get out of here you filthy, miserable sunuvabitch!/ Positively: •/So you won ten million dollars at the lottery, you lucky son of a bitch (or sunuvabitch)!/ Compare: SON OF A GUN.
[son of a gun]{n. phr.}, {slang} 1. A bad person; a person not liked. •/I don’t like Charley; keep that son of a gun out of here./ Syn.: BAD ACTOR. 2. A mischievous rascal; a lively guy. — Often used in a joking way. •/The farmer said he would catch the son of a gun who let the cows out of the barn./ •/Hello Bill, you old son of a gun!/ Compare: SO AND SO. 3. Something troublesome; a hard job. •/The test today was a son of a gun./ Used as an exclamation, usually to show surprise or disappointment. •/Son of a gun! I lost my car keys./ Compare: SON OF A BITCH.
[soon] See: AS SOON, FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED.
[sooner] See: HAD RATHER or HAD SOONER, NO SOONER --- THAN.
[sooner or later]{adv. phr.} At some unknown time in the future; sometime. •/John will come back sooner or later./ •/Grandpa is very slow about fixing things around the house, but he always does it sooner or later./ Compare: OR OTHER.
[sore] See: SIGHT FOR SORE EYES.
[sore spot] or [sore point]{n.} A weak or sensitive part; a subject or thing about which someone becomes angry or upset easily. •/Don’t ask Uncle John why his business failed; it’s a sore spot with him./ Compare: WHERE THE SHOE PINCHES.
[sorrow] See: DROWN ONE’S SORROWS.
[sort] See: OF SORTS, IN A WAY also IN A SORT OF WAY.
[sort of] See: KIND OF.