fur

fur piece

Rur. a long distance. (Fur = far.) It's a fur piece to the library. You'd best take the bus instead of walking. It's a pretty fur piece to the nearest big town.

See also: piece

make the fur fly and make the feathers fly

Fig. to cause a fight or an argument; to create an uproar. When your mother gets home and sees what you've done, she'll really make the fur fly. When those two get together, they'll make the feathers fly. They hate each other.

See also: fly, make

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be all fur coat and no knickers  (humorous)

to look attractive but not really be very interesting or of good quality When he took over as chairman we discovered he was all fur coat and no knickers.

See also: and, coat, knickers

the fur flies

if the fur flies, people have a bad argument The fur was really flying during that meeting.

See also: flies