it's not what you know but who you know »
For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you know
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jack it in »
An imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying.
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joe job »
An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces.
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jump »
That is further forward.
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jump »
To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
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jump rope »
The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity.
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jump the gun »
To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.
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jump the queue »
To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
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jump the shark »
To undergo a storyline development which is so ridiculous that previous quality is considered to have been lost.
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jumped-up »
Describes a person who thinks he is superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, of a higher class, or has more authority than they have in reality.
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just deserts »
A punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved.
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just like that »
In that manner.
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just like that »
Unexpectedly, without warning.
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just what the doctor ordered »
Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation.
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keel over »
Of a vessel: to roll so far on its side that it cannot recover; to capsize.
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