amateur hour »
A situation or activity in which the participants show a lack of skill, sound judgment, or professionalism.
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brown thumb »
Lack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.
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brush up »
To review; to improve an existing but rusty or under-developed skill.
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go through the mill »
To experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.
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green thumb »
A natural skill for gardening.
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green thumb »
A person with this skill.
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have a green thumb »
A person with a green thumb, a natural skill for gardening.
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have a way with »
To be skilled, adept, or graceful in something.
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hide one's light under a bushel »
For a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.
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hold a candle »
To compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another.
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hot on »
Skilled at.
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it's not what you know but who you know »
For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you know
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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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jack of all trades, master of none »
A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.
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legal beagle »
A skillful and adroit attorney.
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