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four poster	bed	(0.00 / 0 votes)
four-eyes	A person who wears spectacles.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
four-leaf clover	A bringer of good luck.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
four-leaf clover	An uncommon variation of the clover, having four leaves instead of the usual three.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
four-on-the-floor	Characterised by a steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
four-on-the-floor	Relating to a vehicle with a four-speed manual transmission mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
four score and seven years ago	87 years prior to today.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
four score and seven years ago	As an opener, a sometimes sarcastic indicator to indicate a past event being mentioned is particularly important.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
blue moon	The third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
home run	A four-base hit, a homer.	(0.00 / 0 votes)
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	(0.00 / 0 votes)
slop bowl	One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.	(0.00 / 0 votes)

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