blow chunks »
To vomit chunks of undigested food.
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brain surgeon »
Someone very intelligent.
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break wind »
To flatulate; fart; to expel gases generated during digestion through the anus.
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company »
Nickname for an intelligence service.
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cop out »
To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
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dog around »
To follow diligently.
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flutter in the dovecote »
I further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.
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have got »
To be obliged.
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lady or tiger »
A pure gamble with highly divergent outcomes.
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out of house and home »
Gail White, Partying with the Intelligentsia.
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pound the pavement »
To campaign diligently; to seek something, such as business, employment, or answers.
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pull an all-nighter »
Work diligently throughout the night.
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put the cat among the pigeons »
If you set the cat among the pigeons, you will cause a flutter in the dovecote.
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put the cat among the pigeons »
Professor Stephen Hawking put the cat among the pigeons last week with his cheery remarks about comet Machholz-2, which some astronomers believe could be heading our way. — The Times, 19 September 1994.
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put the cat among the pigeons »
To cause alarm.
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quick on the uptake »
Able to readily understand things; intelligent.
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quicumque vult »
A forward girl, ready to oblige every man that shall ask her.
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sharp as a tack »
Very intelligent.
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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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spanner »
A stupid or unintelligent person; one prone to making mistakes, especially in language.
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stupid is as stupid does »
A person's intelligence may be judged by the wisdom of his or her actions.
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the company »
Nickname for an intelligence service.
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the long and short of it »
The gist; the essence or substance; the most important or salient features; said of a summary or digest.
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tiger team »
A specialized group tasked with testing the effectiveness of an organization's ability to protect assets by attempting to circumvent, defeat or otherwise thwart that organization's internal and external security.
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tiger team »
An engineering or other group assembled to tackle especially difficult or critical problems, often outside the normal chain of command.
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