arse about face »
Something that is placed or arranged the opposite way to the way it should be.
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bank night »
An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.
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but then »
Then again, on the other hand; used to show that the opposite viewpoint is possible.
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carry the message to Garcia »
To perform a requisite task despite obstacles.
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carry the message to Garcia »
To perform a requisite task without having been informed specifically by what method to do so.
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chickens coming home to roost »
Consequences visited upon someone who originally had appeared to escape them.
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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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flipside »
A necessary consequence or corollary of something; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.
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happy medium »
A balanced position between two opposite extremes.
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link whore »
Someone who goes to great lengths to get other people to link to his/her website or blog.
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link whoring »
The practice of going out of one's way to place links to one's website on someone else's webpage.
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off the beaten path »
In a secluded location; in a place which is not frequently visited or not widely known.
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off the beaten track »
In a place or places not commonly visited.
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on opposite sides of the barricades »
Of starkly different, opposite views on an issue.
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on the pull »
Seeking the intimate company of a member of the opposite sex.
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