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[from under] See: OUT FROM UNDER, PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER.

[from way back]{adv. phr.} From a previous time; from a long time ago. •/They have known one another from way back when they went to the same elementary school./

[front] See: IN FRONT OF.

[front and center]{adv.}, {slang} Used as a command to a person to go to someone who wants him. •/Front and center, Smith. The boss wants to see you./

[front court]{n.} The half of a basketball court that is a basketball team’s offensive zone. •/The guard brought the ball up to the front court./

[front office]{n.}, {informal} The group of persons who manage a business; the officers. •/The front office decides how much the workers are paid./

[frown upon]{v. phr.} To look with disfavor upon somebody or something. •/Everybody in her family frowns upon her attachment to him./

[fruitcake] See: NUTTY AS A FRUITCAKE.

[fry] See: OTHER FISH TO FRY, OUT OF THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE, SMALL FRY.

[fuck around]{v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} 1. To be promiscuous. •/John fucks around with the secretaries./ 2. To play at something without purpose, to mess around. •/He doesn’t accomplish anything, because he fucks around so much./

[fuck off]{v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} 1. Go away! •/Can’t you see you’re bothering me? Fuck off!/ 2. To be lazy. •/John said "I don’t feel like working, so I’ll fuck off today."/ Compare: BEAT IT, GOOF OFF.

[fuck up]{v. phr.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To make a mess of something or oneself. •/Because he was totally unprepared, he fucked up his exam./ •/He is so fucked up he doesn’t know whether he is coming or going./

[fuck-up]{n.}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} A mess; a badly botched situation. •/What a fuck-up the dissolution of the USSR created!/

[fuddy-duddy]{n.} A person whose ideas and habits are old-fashioned. •/His students think Professor Jones is an old fuddy-duddy./

[fuel] See: ADD FUEL TO THE FLAME.

[full] See: HAVE ONE’S HANDS FULL, IN FULL SWING, TO THE FULL.

[full blast]{adv.} At full capacity. •/With all the research money at their disposal, the new computer firm was going ahead full blast./

[full-bodied]{adj.} Mature; of maximum quality. •/The wines from that region in California have a rich, full-bodied flavor./

[full-fledged]{adj.} Having everything that is needed to be something; complete. •/A girl needs three years of training to be a full-fledged nurse./ •/The book was a full-fledged study of American history./

[full of beans]{adj. phr.}, {slang} 1. Full of pep; feeling good; in high spirits. •/The football team was full of beans after winning the tournament./ •/The children were full of beans as they got ready for a picnic./ 2. also [full of prunes] Being foolish and talking nonsense. •/You are full of prunes; that man’s not 120 years old./

[full of it] See: FULL OF THE OLD NICK.

[full of oneself]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Interested only in yourself. •/Joe would be a nice boy if he would stop being so full of himself./ Compare: BIG HEAD.

[full of prunes] See: FULL OF BEANS(2).

[full of the moon]{n. phr.}, {literary} The moon when it is seen as a full circle; the time of a full moon. •/The robbers waited for a dark night when the full of the moon was past./ Contrast: DARK OF THE MOON.

[full of the Old Nick] or [full of the devil] or [full of it]{adj. phr.}, {informal} Always making trouble; naughty; bad. •/That boy is full of the Old Nick./

[full tilt]{adv.} At full speed; at high speed. •/He ran full tilt into the door and broke his arm./

[fun] See: MAKE FUN OF.

[fun and games]{n.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. A party or other entertaining event. 2. Something trivially easy. 3. Petting, or sexual intercourse. 4. (Ironically) An extraordinary difficult task. •/How was your math exam? (With a dismayed expression): — Yeah, it was all fun and games, man./

[fun house]{n.} A place where people see many funny things and have tricks played on them to make them laugh or have a good time. •/The boys and girls had a good time looking at themselves in mirrors in the fun house./

[funny bone]{n.} 1. The place at the back of the elbow that hurts like electricity when accidentally hit. •/He hit his funny bone on the arm of the chair./ 2. or {informal}[crazy bone] Sense of humor; understanding jokes. •/Her way of telling the story tickled his funny bone./

[fur] See: MAKE THE FUR FLY.

[furious] See: FAST AND FURIOUS.

[fuse] See: BLOW A FUSE.

[fuss] See: KICK UP A FUSS.

[fuss and feathers]{n.}, {informal} Unnecessary bother and excitement. •/She is full of fuss and feathers this morning./

[gab] See: GIFT OF GAB or GIFT OF THE GAB.