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fifteen minutes of fame
A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.
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fifteen minutes of fame
Alternate form of 15 minutes of fame.
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have other fish to fry
C. 1710, Jonathan Swift, The Journal to Stella, ch. 2, Letter 15.
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quarter of
"I need twenty minutes to get to the shop." "You'll be late. It's already a quarter of.".
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quarter of
Fifteen minutes before the next hour.
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quarter past
Fifteen minutes past any hour.
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rag-chewing
A phrase used by morse code operators for a longer than usual conversation, generally a conversation extending about 30 minutes.
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two wrongs don't make a right
(ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to another
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underwater basket weaving
"Sure, somewhere out there, college slackers were taking broom ball and underwater basket weaving." — The Columbus Dispatch, September 15, 2005.
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