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a balancing act |
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a balancing act |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
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a situation in which you try to satisfy two or more opposing groups or sets of ideals |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
a situation in which you try to satisfy two or more opposing groups or sets of ideals... |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
It's a balancing act and it's easy to be distracted. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
There has to be a balancing act in keeping clubs financially healthy. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
Poaching is more of a balancing act. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
It's a balancing act between good design and helping the aged. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
The entire week has been a balancing act in terms of preparation and selection. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
Harvesting the kernels sustainably is a balancing act. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
However, that is far too delicate a balancing act. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
The creation of a season's book schedule is, however, something of a balancing act. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
There is no typical day, and this does make childcare a balancing act. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:03 |
In the early days, the job was a balancing act. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a ball and chain |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a ball and chain |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
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someone or something that limits your freedom to do what you want |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
someone or something that limits your freedom to do what you want... |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
An exiled person can carry the past like a ball and chain. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
That put a ball and chain around judges. |
72 |
2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
It won't work to turn his mobile into a ball and chain. |
73 |
2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
I pursued my career, bought him a moped, tried not to act like a ball and chain. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
There wasn't a ball and chain on the group to keep chasing the next single and put all our energies into that. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
The deluded director might as well have shackled a ball and chain to his ankle and gone diving for eels. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
For a disciplined adult it can be a nuisance, a ball and chain, but not a source of misery. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:23 |
He was court martialed and sentenced to 6 months of hard labor with a ball and chain and fined $10 plus an additional fine to cover the cost of his recapture. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a ballpark figure |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a ballpark figure |
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2022-09-15 00:00:33 |
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an approximate figure or quantity But what are we talking about here – a few thousand, millions, two bucks? Give me a ballpark figure. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:33 |
an approximate figure or quantity... |
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2022-09-15 00:00:33 |
I press him for a ballpark figure, and he says guardedly that it is a standard classical record deal. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:33 |
That's a ballpark figure, of course - or, as we should probably say these days, an out-of-town stadium figure. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:33 |
It might be worth taking a friendly builder along on the second viewing to get a ballpark figure on costs. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:33 |
They won't be able to give you even a ballpark figure without drawings, measurements and thoughts on materials. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:33 |
They are working on a ballpark figure of 1 billion, but even this may not be enough. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a baptism of fire |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a baptism of fire |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
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a first experience of a new situation that is very difficult or unpleasant |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
a first experience of a new situation that is very difficult or unpleasant... |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
The new manager faces a baptism of fire. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
It all began 30 years ago, in a baptism of fire (literally). |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
It was a bit of a baptism of fire, but a bonding experience. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
The first 12 months, he said, ' felt like a baptism of fire'. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
She has had something of a baptism of fire. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
The production was a baptism of fire for its rookie director. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
It promises to be a baptism of fire. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
It was a baptism of fire, but after that night, it was smooth sailing. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
A baptism of fire for the future chancellor. |
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2022-09-15 00:00:54 |
He was fine, although it was a baptism of fire for him. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a barrel of laughs |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a barrel of laughs |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
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If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with. [mainly British, informal] The suppers are always a barrel of laughs. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
phrase [oft with brd-neg] If an experience is a barrel of laughs, it is very enjoyable. If someone is a barrel of laughs, they are fun to be with. [mainly British, informal]... |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
Yet this gloomy album doesn't make the outsider life seem a barrel of laughs. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
It didn't, to be honest, sound like a barrel of laughs. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
Not exactly a barrel of laughs, but compelling and beautifully crafted. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
It doesn't exactly look like a barrel of laughs to me. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
Rock in 1971 wasn't a barrel of laughs for the audience either. |
98 |
2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
But parenthood hasn't all been a barrel of laughs. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
It's not exactly a barrel of laughs. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
If you want a barrel of laughs, look elsewhere. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
They don't have a reputation for being a barrel of laughs. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:09 |
Let's just says, it wasn't a barrel of laughs. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
à bas |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
à bas in British English |
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exclamation |
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à bas |
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2022-09-15 00:01:19 |
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down with! |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
à bas in American English |
a ˈba |
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2022-09-15 00:01:19 |
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down with an expression of disapproval see also vive |
see also vive |
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2022-09-15 00:01:19 |
exclamation down with!... |
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2022-09-15 00:01:19 |
down with an expression of disapproval→ see also vive... |
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2022-09-15 00:01:19 |
down with... |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a basket case |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a basket case |
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2022-09-15 00:01:40 |
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a country or organization whose economy or finances are in a very bad state The popular image about Latin America a few years ago was that it was a basket case. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:40 |
a country or organization whose economy or finances are in a very bad state [informal] a crazy or mentally ill person... |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
A battery |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
A battery in American English |
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A battery |
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2022-09-15 00:01:44 |
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the power source for the filaments of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment |
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2022-09-15 00:01:44 |
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an electric battery for heating the filament or cathode heater of an electron tube Compare B battery, C battery iaw.cmd.push(function() { iaw.display('ad_contentslot_1'); }); |
Compare B battery |
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2022-09-15 00:01:44 |
the power source for the filaments of electron tubes in battery-operated equipment... |
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2022-09-15 00:01:44 |
noun Electronics an electric battery for heating the filament or cathode heater of an electron tube Compare B battery, C battery... |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a battle of wills |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a battle of wills |
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a battle of wills |
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88 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
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an argument or conflict in which the people involved are refusing to accept each other's demands |
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2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
an argument or conflict in which the people involved are refusing to accept each other's demands... |
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2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
It became a test of stamina, a battle of wills. |
104 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
It escalated into a battle of wills. |
105 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
It wasn't so much a battle of wills as of won'ts. |
106 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
It was always a battle of wills with her. |
107 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
But then it's clearly a battle of wills. |
108 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
There are clashes and there is a battle of wills. |
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2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
In a battle of wills, cats prevail. |
110 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
I suspect it was a battle of wills and egos. |
111 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
You're on fire and look set to triumph in a battle of wills. |
112 |
2022-09-15 00:01:57 |
It was a battle of wills, of backgrounds and of character. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a battle of wits |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a battle of wits |
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a battle of wits |
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2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
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a competition or disagreement in which each person involved uses their intelligence and mental ability to beat their opponents |
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2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
a competition or disagreement in which each person involved uses their intelligence and mental ability to beat their opponents... |
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113 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
But giving evidence is arduous because you're in a battle of wits. |
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2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
From the outset, it was obvious that it was a battle of wits. |
115 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
A battle of wits ensues in an exceptionally handsome production. |
116 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
In a battle of wits, humans are not the only players in the game. |
117 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
Twenty20 is more of a battle of wits than 50-over cricket. |
118 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
War and games are both strategic contests involving a battle of wits over how best to use the resources available against an active, thinking adversary. |
119 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
It's a battle of wits and the key is to try to pre-empt what the batsman is going to do. |
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2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
And we were not engaged in a battle of wits over the chess board; we were playing rock-paper-scissors. |
121 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
She engages the gang's leader in a battle of wits, trading the fascinating story of her life for the release of the prisoners. |
122 |
2022-09-15 00:02:13 |
So house-hunting is a battle of wits, and the way you dress is an important ingredient in securing your chosen property. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a beam in one's eye |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a beam in one's eye in British English |
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a beam in one's eye |
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90 |
2022-09-15 00:02:27 |
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a fault or grave error greater in oneself than in another person |
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2022-09-15 00:02:27 |
a fault or grave error greater in oneself than in another person... |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a bean counter |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a bean counter |
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a bean counter |
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2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
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someone who is only interested in how much money a business makes and spends and does not care about more important things The reason for America's failure is that we have bean counters running our companies. |
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2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
someone who is only interested in how much money a business makes and spends and does not care about more important things... |
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2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
He was seen as ' dull', 'flat', ' boring', 'a bean counter'. |
124 |
2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
They only want a bean counter, after all. |
125 |
2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
Being a bean-counter is no bad thing either. |
126 |
2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
Isn't cashflow a bean-counter topic? |
127 |
2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
Yesterday, with the stroke of a bean counter's sharpened pencil, that became a gain of a penny a share. |
128 |
2022-09-15 00:02:36 |
Senior citizens deserve care and respect, not to be treated as numbers on a bean counter's clipboard. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a bed of roses |
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84 |
2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a bed of roses in British English |
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a bed of roses |
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92 |
2022-09-15 00:02:56 |
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a situation of comfort or ease |
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2022-09-15 00:02:56 |
a situation of comfort or ease... |
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129 |
2022-09-15 00:02:56 |
According to him, I was angry with the world and with myself, and not without reason: my life had not been a bed of roses. |
130 |
2022-09-15 00:02:56 |
She's the sort that would let you do anything to her if she thought it might lead to a bed of roses. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a belt and braces approach |
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2022-11-23 03:16:30 |
a belt and braces approach |
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a belt and braces approach |
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93 |
2022-09-15 00:03:10 |
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a situation in which you do something extra in order to make sure that something is safe or works properly He described airport security as a belt and braces approach, at huge cost to industry. |
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44 |
2022-09-15 00:03:10 |
a situation in which you do something extra in order to make sure that something is safe or works properly... |
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131 |
2022-09-15 00:03:10 |
Design is key, and so is nitpicking trained carefulness, a belt-and-braces approach. |
132 |
2022-09-15 00:03:10 |
Adding melted butter — or oil — to the mix is a belt-and-braces approach. |
133 |
2022-09-15 00:03:10 |
The advice to employers then is a belt-and-braces approach to staff management. |
134 |
2022-09-15 00:03:10 |
I have a belt-and- braces approach to that sort of thing. |
135 |
2022-09-15 00:03:10 |
On the face of it the government is adopting a belt and braces approach to business lending. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
à bientôt |
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45 |
2022-09-15 00:03:30 |
see you soon; goodbye; so long... |
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Maybe next time they should consider posting it from abroad, too, or signing off à bientôt. |
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a big ask |
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a task which is difficult to fulfil |
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something which you have been asked to do that is very difficult or demanding |
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something which you have been asked to do that is very difficult or demanding... |
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British, Australian and New Zealand informal a task which is difficult to fulfil... |
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a big cheese |
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a big cheese |
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a person who has an important and powerful position in an organization During the conference big cheeses from the State Department were dropping in and out all the time. |
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a person who has an important and powerful position in an organization... |
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2022-09-15 00:04:05 |
Want to be a big cheese at the campsite this summer? |
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I admired my friend (middleclass, graduate, a big cheese) for her pragmatism and honesty. |
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Well, where else would such a big cheese be lurking? |
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2022-09-15 00:04:05 |
A big cheese and lest we forget, a great coach. |
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If you're a big cheese, the shop windows can be turned opaque for privacy and you can use a rear entrance. |
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a big fish |
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a big fish |
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an important or powerful person The four who were arrested here last September were described as really big fish by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. |
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an important or powerful person... |
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2022-09-15 00:04:25 |
The insider dealer was a big fish with an unparallelled list of informants. |
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I was a local hero, a big fish in a little pond. |
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2022-09-15 00:04:25 |
Better for your confidence to be a big fish in a small pond. |
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2022-09-15 00:04:25 |
At this moment he is happy, a big fish here. |
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2022-09-15 00:04:25 |
And my dad was originally a big fish in that small pond. |
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2022-09-15 00:04:25 |
He has not been named but was described by officials as a 'big fish'. |
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a big fish in a small pond |
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a big fish in a small pond |
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If you say that someone is a big fish in a small pond, you mean that they are powerful or important but only within a small group of people. [informal] In South Africa, Jani was a big fish in a small pond. |
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a big fish in a small pond in British English |
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the most important or powerful person in a small group |
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one of the most important and influential people in a small organization or social group. In American English, you can also talk about a big frog in a small pond. In Rhodesia I was a big fish in a small pond. But here there'd be many lean years before I b |
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phrase If you say that someone is a big fish in a small pond, you mean that they are powerful or important but only within a small group of people. [informal]... |
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2022-09-15 00:04:36 |
one of the most important and influential people in a small organization or social group. In American English, you can also talk about a big frog in a small pond.... |
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the most important or powerful person in a small group... |
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2022-09-15 00:04:36 |
`And Amanda always did like being a big fish in a small pond. |
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2022-06-16 12:25:20 |
a big girl's blouse |
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a big girl's blouse |
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a man whose behaviour is weak and not like a man's should be We'll get that soppy big girl's blouse with the dodgy knee who cries all the time. |
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