barrel »
A metallic tube, as of a gun, from which a projectile is discharged.
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beat one's head against a stone wall »
To waste effort on a futile project.
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break the back of »
To achieve the greater part of some project.
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castle in the air »
A visionary project or scheme; a day-dream; an idle fancy; a pipe dream; any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be ever realized; a near impossibility.
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come across »
To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image.
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dead duck »
A project that is doomed to failure from the start.
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deathblow »
Something that prevents the completion, or ends the existence of some project etc.
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down to the wire »
At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.
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go all the way »
To continue to the conclusion of a task or project.
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go along for the ride »
To accompany someone passively, or to take a passive role in a project.
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have one's work cut out for one »
To face a large task or project.
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hold your fire »
Do not discharge your weapon. Used originally for weapons needing a spark or lighting of a fuse to ignite gunpowder, now sometimes used to mean any weapon launching a projectile.
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in for an inch, in for a mile »
Given that one is partly involved in or committed to a project, action, position, etc., there is no reason to refrain from becoming fully involved or fully committed.
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jump ship »
To depart a project without warning.
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laced-up »
Fixed in the sprockets of the projector.
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