abide by »
To accept a decision or law and act in accordance with it; to conform to; to acquiesce; as, to abide by an award.
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act on »
To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced.
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and counting »
Used to show that the number previously mentioned is continuously changing, i.e. increasing or decreasing.
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argue out »
To discuss to reach an agreed conclusion, or decision.
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at a stand »
In a state of confusion or uncertainty; undecided what to do next.
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be of two minds »
To be undecided or unsure; to equivocate; to have multiple opinions.
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bill of goods »
A set of misleading or deceptive claims; misinformation.
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blot out »
To make something undecipherable; to obliterate.
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born yesterday »
New, naive, innocent, inexperienced or easily deceived.
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break down »
To decay.
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bridge »
An elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.
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bright-line rule »
A clear-cut, easy to make decision.
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call it even »
To declare debts resolved or favors or other exchange equitable.
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call the shots »
To make the decisions;to be in charge;to give orders.
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can of worms »
A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.
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change of heart »
A change of one's opinion, belief or decision.
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change one's mind »
To convince someone to make a decision differing from what a previous one.
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change one's mind »
To decide differently than one had decided before.
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cheese down »
To coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.
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chicken out »
To shy away from a daring task; to decline, refuse, or avoid something due to fear or uncertainty.
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clean someone's clock »
To defeat decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.
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clear the decks »
To prepare for action.
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clear the decks »
To remove, or fasten, all loose material, or partitions prior to a naval engagement.
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collect one's thoughts »
To become mentally composed, especially after being distressed, surprised, or disoriented; to become calm or organized in one's emotional state or thinking, as in preparation for a conversation, speech, decision, etc.
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cross my heart »
A declaration that the speaker is telling the truth.
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cross the Rubicon »
To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences.
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do out »
to redecorate; to adorn
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do up »
To redecorate a room etc.
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done deal »
An agreement that has been finally resolved or decided.
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double-tongued »
Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech.
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down for the count »
Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term.
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down to the short strokes »
In the final steps or decisive phase of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.
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draw stumps »
To declare an end to the days play, and remove the bails and sometimes the stumps.
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dress up »
To decorate; to prettify.
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dry eye »
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca , an eye disease caused by decreased tear production.
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dry rot »
timber decay
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fade out »
decrease gradually
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fall for »
be deceived by
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fall on one's face »
To fail, especially in a dramatic or particularly decisive manner.
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false friend »
A word in a foreign language bearing a deceptive resemblance to a word in one's own language.
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false step »
An erroneous action or decision.
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fish or cut bait »
To choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide.
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flat-footed »
To firmly hold and maintain a decision; to stand one's ground.
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forked tongue »
The characteristic of deceptiveness; duplicity; untruthfulness.
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free rein »
The absence of constraints; freedom to make decisions.
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get cold feet »
To become nervous or anxious and reconsider a decision about an upcoming event.
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go down »
To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
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go down that road »
To settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.
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go on »
To make a decision based on.
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go south »
To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.
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go to pot »
To decline or deteriorate.
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go to seed »
To deteriorate; to decline into an unkempt or debased condition.
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go to the dogs »
To decline or deteriorate.
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good old boy »
A male friend or chum, especially a schoolmate; a man with an established network of friends who assist one another in social and business situations; a decent, dependable fellow.
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grease payment »
A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
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gut factor »
Feelings about what feels right or wrong, good or bad. An inner persuasion that one may feel convinced is the appropriate decision.
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halfway decent »
Good - better than expected.
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halfway decent »
No more than adequate.
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hand down »
To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor.
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has-been »
A formerly popular or influential person whose popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline. Typically said of professionals or celebrities whose primary success is behind them.
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have second thoughts »
To change one's opinion, or be uneasy about a previous decision.
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head scratcher »
December 2007, W:Daily News Tribune - Golden Globes nominations a head-scratcher.
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head south »
Alternative form of go south; to decrease or become unfavorable; to take a turn for the worse.
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house cooling party »
A party to celebrate when a person decides to leave a house or flat, and sometimes to help prepare the space for the incoming residents.
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hum and haw »
Procrastinate and take a long time before doing something or taking a decision.
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if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle »
(colloquial, vulgar, humorous) It is fruitless to speculate about counterfactual situations."We would have won the match if we'd had a decent goalkeeper.""And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle!"
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in for a dime, in for a dollar »
Americanised form of in for a penny, in for a pound.1983, Allen Drury, Decision, p. 356:In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm.1998, Ellen Miller, Like Being Killed, p. 47:In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry,
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in two minds »
undecided
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it's one's funeral »
One's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on oneself.
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keep one's options open »
To not commit to a decision, to keep various options available.
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kick butt »
To be impressive; to be decisively good or pleasant.
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last word »
A final decision, or the right to make such a decision.
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lead someone down the garden path »
To deceive, hoodwink.
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lean towards »
To favor in a decision.
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long goodbye »
Nickname for Alzheimer's disease, especially for the final phase of the disease, during which the patient suffers a progressive decline of cognitive and motor skills and gradually loses the ability to recognize and to communicate with family and friends.[1]; nickname for the relationship between a person suffering from Alzheimer's disease and that person's family or friends.
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lose the plot »
To have one's results decline severely in quality or suddenly fall below an acceptable standard, especially when compared to past excellence.
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lubrication payment »
A bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.
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make a decision »
To decide.
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make sense »
To decipher or understand.
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make up one's mind »
To decide; to reach a conclusion.
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moment of truth »
A deciding instant; the time when a test determines or makes it apparent whether something will succeed.
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not half bad »
Pretty good; okay; decent.
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nothing to sneeze at »
Not bad; decent; acceptable; worthwhile.
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old money »
The monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation and consisting of pounds, shillings, and pence.
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on the fence »
Undecided; wavering in one's opinion.
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on the skids »
In decline; going downhill; in trouble.
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on the spot »
Having to answer or decide without warning or preparation.
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on the wane »
In a period of decrease or decline.
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one card shy of a full deck »
Mentally deranged; demented; insane.
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pass on »
To skip or decline.
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play along »
To take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.
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play games »
To deceive, to lie about one's intentions.
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play possum »
To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
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pronunciamiento »
A military uprising or coup in Spain or the Spanish American republics, particularly in the 19th century. They received this designation because coups were usually accompanied by a statement declaring the existing government null and void.
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pronunciamiento »
A pronouncement or "declaration".
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pull a fast one »
To deceive or trick.
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put one foot in front of the other »
To walk, decomposed to stress the fundamentality of the task.
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put one over »
To fool, trick or deceive.
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put one past somebody »
To deceive, trick, or fool, especially by concealing something.
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rag bagger »
A sailboat, usually a cruising sailboats which tend to carry and store lots of supplies along the deck, or any sailboat that looks like a neglected vessel, or messy vessel.
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rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic »
To do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem.
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rest his soul »
Used parenthetically to mark the referent as being deceased.
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say so »
power of decision
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sea legs »
The ability, when walking aboard ship, to anticipate the motion of the deck so as to walk steadily without losing balance.
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seagull approach »
The occurence of casual, ill-informed and hasty decisions or comments made by outside authorities who lack an understanding of the local issues or a real understanding of the facts of a particular situ.
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second childhood »
The period or state of cognitive decline of an elderly person, characterized by childlike judgment and behavior.
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sell someone a bill of goods »
To deceive or cheat someone.
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serpentine »
Of, or having attributes associated with, the mythological serpent, such as craftiness or deceitfulness.
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set aside »
To declare something invalid or null and void.
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settle on »
To make a decision or selection; to decide.
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settle upon »
To decide something over other options.
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sharp cookie »
One who is intelligent, bright, or sharp; especially, one who can identify attempts to deceive or mislead.
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silver-tongue »
The trait of being clever at speaking, often in a deceitful way.
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simmer down »
To decrease in intensity of anger, agitation, or excitement.
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sit out »
To decline to participate; particularly, to decline to dance.
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sleep on »
To consider after a period of sleep, implying a decision will be made the next day.
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sleep on it »
To postpone a decision until the following day to avoid making a hasty choice.
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slow down »
Decelerate.
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slow up »
To slow, slow down, decelerate.
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smoke and mirrors »
A deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.
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snow job »
An attempt to persuade a person using flattery or deception.
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sow the wind, reap the whirlwind »
Every decision has consequences; a person's actions will come back to him.
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speak with a forked tongue »
To speak deceptively; to be duplicitous or untruthful.
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take in »
To deceive; to hoodwink.
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take the fifth »
To decline to comment, especially on grounds that it might be incriminating.
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take the shadow for the substance »
To be easily deceived, credulous, superficial.
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the ball is in your court »
It is your turn to do something; often making a decision.
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the bends »
decompression sickness
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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get »
(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."
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think better of it »
To change one's mind; especially to decide against.
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third string »
Of a decidedly lower quality or condition.
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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick »
Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at [1] on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at [2] on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at [3] on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at [4] on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at [5] on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at [6] on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn
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to thine own self be true »
The easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William Shakespeare
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toss-up »
A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not matter.
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toss-up »
The toss of a coin used to decide some issue.
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turn down »
To refuse, decline, or deny.
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turn in one's grave »
To be appalled, offended or disgusted by something, despite being deceased.
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up to »
The option or decision of.
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wait for the other shoe to drop »
To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
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walk in the snow »
An occasion when a momentous career decision is made, especially a decision to resign or retire.
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weak sister »
A person who is cowardly or indecisive.
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whomp on »
To assail with overwhelming force; to defeat decisively.
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willful ignorance »
A bad faith decision to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt. It may also be shown as for a person to have no clue in a decision but still goes ahead in their decision.
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window dressing »
A means of creating a deceptively favourable impression of something or someone; something for appearance only.
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window dressing »
The decorative display of retail merchandise in store windows.
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wishful thinking »
Decision-making based on self-delusion.
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you can't fight city hall »
(chiefly US) Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision.I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight city hall.
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you can't say fairer than that »
That is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot hope for a better decision or outcome.
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you get what you pay for »
In commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say so
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you pays your money and you takes your choice »
Each person should make their own decisions.
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