bone up »
To study or cram, especially in order to refresh one's knowledge of a topic.
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burn the midnight oil »
To work studiously, especially late into the night.
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call on »
In a classroom, to select a student.
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class clown »
A student who frequently makes jokes or pokes fun; a wiseacre.
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flutter in the dovecote »
I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.
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front and center »
A command to come to the center of attention of an assemblage, as of military personnel or students.
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hit the books »
To study, especially with particular intensity.
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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 in »
To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.
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mug up »
To study intensely.
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press stud »
snap fastener
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quantum mechanics »
The branch of physics which studies matter and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms for classical Newtonian ones.
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rocket science »
The science or study of rockets and their design.
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rocket scientist »
One specializing in the science or study of rockets and their design.
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sign off »
Term used to describe the closing of a radio or television station's studios and cessation of a broadcasting signal, usually during the overnight hours.
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