The loss of taste and smell during a cold is caused by the inflammation and congestion of nasal passages. These senses return to most people from a few days to a couple of weeks following a cold. For some people it may take longer. In rare cases the senses of smell and taste never return.
Hooking up has come to define sexual relationships for most of today's teens and young women. It can mean anything from kissing and touching to oral sex or intercourse. Vagueness is its hallmark. A girl can say, 'I hooked up with so-and-so,' and no one knows what she did.
out of trouble; released from some difficulty: This time there was no one around to get him off the hook. 1  free of obligation: Her brother paid all her bills and got her off the hook. 2  Slang. extremely or shockingly excellent: Wow, that song is off the hook!