shift gears »
To change pace or mode of operation.
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straight out of the chute »
Something done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.
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the map is not the territory »
Our models of the world, and our sensations of the world, are not the true world.
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the sky is the moon »
A new modern combination of "the sky is the limit" and "shoot for the moon".
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time heals all wounds »
Negative feelings eventually erode away
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timeserver »
A device, node or program that distributes the correct time to clients in a network.
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trench mouth »
Acute necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis, a severe bacterial infection of the gums, typically characterized by inflammation, bleeding, deep ulceration, necrotized tissue, pain, fever, enlarged lymph nodes, fatigue, and halitosis.
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wash out »
To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
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wooden spoon »
A spoon made from wood.
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wooden spoon »
An ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.
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wooden-top »
Uniformed police officers.
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