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a drop in the bucket »
An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
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bear hug »
wrestling hold
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bunny hug »
A style of dance.
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bunny hug »
A sweatshirt with a hood.
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everybody and his cousin »
Everybody; a huge crowd; too many people.
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goon squad »
A group of individuals serving as enforcers, bodyguards, and the like, especially persons hired for such a purpose and using violent, thuggish methods.
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hiding to nothing »
A situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.
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hit the jackpot »
To realise a huge load of luck; to receive a more favorable outcome than imagined.
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swim with sharks »
To take a huge risk.
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the whole world and his dog »
Everybody; too many people; a huge crowd.
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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
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