a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush »
It is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.
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at all »
Indicating degree, quantity or frequency greater than zero; to the slightest degree, in any way, somewhat, rather.
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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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barrel »
A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads. Sometimes applied to a similar cylindrical container made of metal, usually called a drum.
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break the back of »
To achieve the greater part of some project.
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cheaters never prosper »
One does not gain from cheating.
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drill down »
To examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.
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go down »
To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
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in the black »
Having positive net income; having greater income than expenses; making a profit.
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it's better to ask forgiveness than permission »
The value of acting promptly and making a mistake requiring forgiveness is greater than value of delaying to get permission.
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larger-than-life »
Of greater size or magnitude than is naturally or normally the case.
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make a mountain out of a molehill »
To treat a problem as greater than it is; to blow something out of proportion; to exaggerate the importance of something trivial.
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nosebleed seat »
A seat high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater.
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on steroids »
To a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object.
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one-night stand »
An occasion when a performer or team of them expects to perform at a theater for a single evening.
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round down »
To the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
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round up »
To the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.
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world-beater »
Someone or something superior to all others of its sort.
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