tiny, small Thatsa dinky gift! Is that all I get? Comically small; almost insignificant. 1) Your house looks dinky next to that mansion, Wilson. 2) One dinky screwdriver is the best you can come up with for a birthday present?
n. A temporary or expedient substitute for something else. adj. Suitable as a temporary or expedient substitute: used a rock as a makeshift hammer. Synonyms: makeshift, expedient, resort, stopgap These nouns denote something used as a substitute when other means fail or are not available: lacked a cane but used a stick as a makeshift; exhausted every expedient before filing suit; will use force only as a last resort; a crate serving as a stopgap for a chair.
Def: revealing something not intended to be known His eye was blinking, a telltale signal that he was lying. He blushed when he approached, a telltale sign that he was happy to see him.
a term to describe a moment when somethin that was once great has reached a point where it will now decline in quality and popularity. Origin of this phrase comes from a Happy Days episode where the Fonz jumped a shark on waterskis. Thus was labeled the lowest point of the show. e.g. The Brady Bunch jumped the shark the day Cousin Oliver joined the cast.
Let's leave this boring place as soon as possible. Adaptation of "Let's blow this popsicle stand" It's 5 o'clock and time to go home. Let's blow this pop stand!