avoir du pois lay »
Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops.
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behind the eight ball »
At a disadvantage.
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carry one's own weight »
A variant of carry one's weight.
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carry one's weight »
To contribute or produce one's fair share, as of work, money, etc.
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catch-as-catch-can »
A. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.
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dead weight »
That which is useless or excess; that which slows something down.
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dead weight »
Weight that does not move.
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deadweight »
A useless, usually encumbering factor.
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deadweight »
The largest weight of cargo a ship is able to carry; i.e, the weight of a ship when fully loaded minus its weight when empty.
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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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light middleweight »
type of boxer
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pay the freight »
To bear the cost.
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pay the freight »
To pay for the cost of transport.
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pull one's own weight »
To do the work that one is obligated to.
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pull one's weight »
To do the work that one is obligated to.
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