a camel is a horse designed by a committee »
An expression critical of committees
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a cold day in Hell »
An event that will never happen.
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a cut below »
Inferior to; of a lower quality than.
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a different ballpark »
Something totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.
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a friend in need is a friend indeed »
A true friend is one who helps you when you are in need.
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a house is not a home »
A home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.
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a pull of the hair for being unfair »
The general response to "A kick and a flick for being so quick", which is in turn a response in itself to "A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month".
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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down »
An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.
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a stopped clock is right twice a day »
A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.
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above the law »
Exempt from the laws that apply to everyone else.
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accident of birth »
Reference to the fact that various benefits or detriments to the life of a person arise from the circumstances into which that person was born, these being entirely beyond his control.
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account for »
To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
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ace of spades »
The playing card belonging to the spades suit and featuring one pip.
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act like a bull in a china shop »
To act rudely or clumsily in a delicate situation.
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act on »
To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced.
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