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1) under the weather means not feeling well.
2) It means that a person is currently unemployed — having quit, been fired, or laid off from his or her previous job, or the previous job was temporary and has now ended — and the person has not yet found a new job.
acid chowder, barking at the ants, the big spit, arguing with the worms, etc.
well-seasoned, experienced, elderly, time lasted, antique
C. "My knees are killing me," he complained after the run.
The Great Fire by Jim Murphy is a nonfiction account of one of the most devastating disasters in American history. In October 1871, a fire that began in a barn in Chicago spread throughout much of the city. It killed hundreds of people, destroyed thousands of buildings, and left almost 100,000 people homeless.
