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drop the ball
What does drop the ball mean? | make an error or mistake, handle things badly | make an error or mistake, handle things badlyThe government dropped the ball on their decision to expand the airport runway without consulting the local residents.
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drop the ball
What does drop the ball mean? | blunder; fail |
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drop the ball
What does drop the ball mean? | to make an error or mistake, to handle things badly |
The government dropped the ball with its decision to expand the airport runway
without consulting the local residents.
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liquid assets
What does "liquid assets" mean? | property or belongings that can easily be converted into cash |
The company sold some of its liquid assets in order to raise cash.
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live and let live
What does "live and let live" mean? | not interfere with other people's business or preferences | Our neighbor believes that one should live and let live and she never complains or criticizes other people who live around her.
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Once in a blue moon
What does "Once in a blue moon" mean? | To happen only on rare occasions. | The Post Office regularly fails to deliver checks sent in payment to me, but bills sent to me fail to be delivered only once in a blue moon.
Two full moons in the same month are extremely rare, though they do happen. A second full moon has come to be called a blue moon. This is apparently because the Maine Farmers Almanac used to list the date of first moon in red text, and the second moon in blue. |
bore (someone) stiff/to death
What does "bore (someone) stiff/to death" mean? | to bore someone very much | Most of the guests at the wedding were bored stiff with the long speeches.
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scope out
What does "scope out" mean? | assess or evaluate somebody visually |
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going rate
What does "going rate" mean? | the current rate | The going rate for carpenters is very high and it will cost much money to build the house.
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gold digger
What does "gold digger" mean? | woman seeking a relationship partner for money |
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in one's blood
What does "in one's blood" mean? | built into one's personality or character | Riding a horse is in the girl's blood and she is an expert at it.
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as if
What does "as if" mean? | in the same way that something would be, that |
The drink tastes as if it were made with orange juice.
It seemed as if the whole town came to the concert.
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stuffed shirt
What does "stuffed shirt" mean? | a person who is too rigid or too formal |
I do not want to invite my neighbor to come with us because he is a stuffed shirt and not very interesting to spend time with.
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get religion
What does "get religion" mean? | to develop a strong religious belief | My uncle recently got religion and is very busy now.
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clean up
What does "clean up" mean? | to make a lot of money, to make a big profit | I cleaned up at the horse races last year and I still have some of the money left.
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