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play fast and loose »    To be recklessly inaccurate, inappropriate, or otherwise ignoring guidelines and conventions.

play possum »    To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.

price on one's head »    A compensation for capturing or killing a person, especially someone guilty of a crime.

rivet counter »    A person who has an obsession with the minutae of their particular interest. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.

rule of thumb »    A general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.

smell test »    An assessment of a subject's ability to detect and distinguish odors.

tell apart »    To be able to know the difference between things; to distinguish.

throw dirt enough, and some will stick »    If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say

turn a phrase »    To create a particular linguistic expression which is strikingly clear, appropriate, and memorable.

turn out »    To extinguish a light or other device.

wolf in sheep's clothing »    Something harmful or problematic disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.

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