blue moon »
The third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.
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born on the Fourth of July »
Demonstratively patriotic.
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four poster »
bed
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four score and seven years ago »
87 years prior to today.
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four score and seven years ago »
As an opener, a sometimes sarcastic indicator to indicate a past event being mentioned is particularly important.
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four-eyes »
A person who wears spectacles.
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four-leaf clover »
A bringer of good luck.
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four-leaf clover »
An uncommon variation of the clover, having four leaves instead of the usual three.
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four-on-the-floor »
Characterised by a steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.
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four-on-the-floor »
Relating to a vehicle with a four-speed manual transmission mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle.
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fourth estate »
Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the Press.
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fourth estate »
Which governed legislation.
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fourth wall »
The boundary between the fiction and the audience.
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fourth wall »
The imaginary invisible wall at the front of the stage in a proscenium theatre, through which the audience sees the action in the world of the play.
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home run »
A four-base hit, a homer.
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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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on all fours »
On one's hands and knees.
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on all fours »
Similar in nature or effect to something else; consistent.
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plus fours »
knickerbockers
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power chord »
A chord or combination of notes used in rock music and typically selected to sound good at high volume and high levels of distortion. Power chords make extensive use of intervals such as open fourths and fifths.
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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.
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