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A rising tide lifts all boats |
the idea that an improved economy will benefit all participants, and that economic policy, particularly government economic policy, should therefore focus on broad economic efforts |
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shoot from the hip |
To speak in a very direct and honest way. To react quickly, without thinking carefully about something:
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- Jeff is a straight talker who always shoots from the hip. - We're not going to shoot from the hip - we're going to think things through. |
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Swares like sailor |
Swares a lot |
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As happy as clam |
Happy person |
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up to snuff |
- meeting the required standard. - not easily deceived; knowing |
- "they need a million dollars to get their facilities up to snuff" - "an up-to-snuff old vagabond" |
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At loggerheads |
The idiom at loggerheads, which usually functions as a predicate adjective, means in a dispute. It's origins are mysterious. Loggerhead originally referred to a stupid person, and in 17th century it took a nee definition- thick headed iron tool. |
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have an axe to grind |
have a private reason for doing or being involved in something. |
"he has no political axe to grind" |
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carry (someone's) water |
To be subservient to and uncritical of someone; to do someone's bidding. |
The dictator made sure to surround himself with those who would eagerly carry his water.I hate my job. I have to carry my boss's water or risk getting fired! |
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gin up |
Gin something up. The idiom gin something up means to increase something, to get something going, to stir something up, to agitate or perhaps make a little trouble, sometimes through less than honest means. |
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fruit of the poisonous tree |
It is a legal metaphor in the United States used to describe evidence that is obtained illegally. The logic of the terminology is that if the source (the "tree") of the evidence or evidence itself is tainted, then anything gained (the "fruit") from it is tainted as well. |
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preconceived notion |
an opinion formed beforehand without adequate evidenceSynonyms: parti pris, preconceived idea, preconceived opinion, preconception, prepossession Type of: opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view. a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty. |
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dog eat dog world |
Dog-eat-dog is an idiomatic adjective meaning ruthless or competitive. Doggy dog, when used in the phrase doggy-dog world, is an eggcorn resulting from a mishearing of dog-eat-dog |
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give someone grief |
criticize or make trouble for someone. |
he gave me grief about typos" |
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe - Abraham Lincoln |
Spend more time for planning before actually working on a task |
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If all you have is hammer, everything looks like nail - Abraham Maslow (American psychologist) |
If a person is familiar with a certain, single subject, or has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything. |
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Discretion is better part of valour |
Caution is preferable to rash bravery. Said by Falstaff in King Henry the Fourth, Part One, by William Shakespeare. |
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It takes two to tango |
The tango is a dance which requires two partners moving in relation to each other, sometimes in tandem, sometimes in opposition |
is a common idiomatic expression which suggests something in which more than one person or other entity are paired in an inextricably-related and active manner, occasionally with negative connotations |
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talking through his hat |
to talk about something without understanding what you are talking about |
Nothing of what he said made sense - he was talking through his hat |
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Scotland Yard |
the main office of the London police force, or the officers who work there, especially those involved in solving serious crimes: |
Scotland Yard have/has been called in to investigate the murder. |
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fight nail and tooth |
fight fiercely. |
We fought tooth and nail to get the route of the new road changed. |
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"It is a harsh truth, that peace comes, when you are ready for war” :- John F Kennedy |
"It is a harsh truth that peace comes when you are ready for war” :- John F Kennedy |
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water under the bridge |
used to refer to events, or situations that are in the past, and consequently no longer to be regarded as important, or as a source of concern. |
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Living under a rock |
being oblivious, or ignorant to what happens in the outside world. |
Have you been living under a rock? How cannot you know, that Peter and Jane got married? |
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To Hear Something Straight From The Horses Mouth |
To hear something straight from the horses mouth, means that you heard the information, from someone who has personal knowledge on the spoken matter. |
“I do not believe it that she did it. I am going to go to ask her and hear it straight, from the horses mouth.” |
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penny dropped |
someone suddenly understood or realized something |
"I was about to ask Jack who it was, when the penny suddenly dropped" |
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the shoe is on the other foot |
a situation has been reversed completely, so that the person who was in the better position before is now in the worse one. |
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