Lame Duck Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms

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lame duck What does lame duck mean?	a politician who has little time left in office and therefore has little power	The politician is a lame-duck leader and he is not effective at all.
lame duck What does lame duck mean?	a politician who has only a little time left in office and therefore has little power	The politician is a lame-duck leader and he is not effective at all.
lame duck What does lame duck mean?	a public official who has a short time left to serve in office and therefore has less power than before	The mayor is a lame-duck leader so it is difficult for him to accomplish some things.
	Some Random Idioms
settle for (something) What does "settle for (something)" mean?	to be satisfied with less than you want, to agree to accept something as a second choice	I settled for less than I originally wanted but still I am happy with my new contract at work.
let (someone) off What does "let (someone) off" mean?	permit someone to leave a car/train/boat/plane or other transportation	The train stopped at a very small town and let the young woman off.
catch (someone) off guard What does "catch (someone) off guard" mean?	to catch a person at a time of carelessness	I was caught off guard when the teacher asked me about my homework.
full steam ahead What does "full steam ahead" mean?	with as much energy and enthusiasm as possible	It was full steam ahead with the project to build the new stadium.
take minutes What does "take minutes" mean?	to write down the proceedings of a meeting	I usually take minutes at the monthly club meetings.

Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you What does "Don't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you" mean?	Don't go looking for trouble or problems- let them come to you.
buy (something) on credit What does "buy (something) on credit" mean?	to buy something now and pay for it later	We decided to buy the computer on credit because we did not have much money.

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Lame Duck Idiom