in the dark »
Without information.
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in your face »
An exclamation of derision or contempt.
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inside baseball »
Matters of interest only to insiders.
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inside baseball »
Technical matters concerning baseball not apparent to spectators.
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is the Pope Catholic »
The answer to the question is, obviously, resoundingly affirmative.
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it pays to advertise »
Good qualities do not get rewarded automatically.
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it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good »
There is usually something of benefit to someone, no matter how bad the situation.
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jack of all trades, master of none »
A master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.
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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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keep a weather eye open »
To be alert; to concentrate on a matter in hand.
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kitchen table software »
Especially in the early years of personal computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.
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knacker's yard »
That area of a slaughterhouse where carcasses unfit for human consumption are rendered down to produce useful materials such as glue.
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knock up »
To gently hit the ball back and forth before a tennis match, as practice or warm-up, and to gauge the state of the playing surface, lighting, etc. See knock-up.
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know like the back of one's hand »
To be intimately knowledgeable about something, especially a place.
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last word »
The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
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