admiral of the blue »
A landlord or publican wearing a blue apron, as was formerly the custom among men of that vocation.
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angel's advocate »
Someone who sees what's good about an idea and supports it.
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as the crow flies »
In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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back to square one »
Located back at the start, as after a dead-end or failure.
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be of two minds »
To be undecided or unsure; to equivocate; to have multiple opinions.
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big fish in a small pond »
One who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.
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blanket term »
A word or phrase that is used to describe multiple groups of related things. The degree of relation may vary. Blanket terms often trade specificity for ease-of-use; in other words, a blanket term by itself gives little detail about the things that it describes or the relationships between them, but is easy to say and remember. Blanket terms often originate as slang, and eventually become integrated into the general vocabulary.
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blow this pop stand »
To exit or remove oneself from a less than exciting location or environment.
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bridge »
A system which connects two or more local area networks at layer 2.
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call out »
To yell out; to vocalize audibly; announce.
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cave in »
The location where something has caved in.
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cross the aisle »
Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.
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cross the floor »
Of a member of a parliament, to resign from one's political party and join another party, resulting in moving from one's currently assigned desk or seat in the legislative chamber to a new desk or seat physically located with the other members of one's new party.
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debris field »
Any area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.
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devil's advocate »
A canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.
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