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jack in
To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.
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jack in
To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
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jack it in
An imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying.
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outside the box
Beyond the bounds of convention.
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box the compass
To know, and be able to recite the 32 points and quarter points of the magnetic compass from North, both clockwise and anticlockwise.
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box the compass
To make a complete reversal in stance or opinion.
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box on the ear
Administered on the victim's ear, usually by an educator, to enforce attention.
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out of the box
Immediately, without intervention from the customer.
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out of the box
See outside the box.
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knock out of the box
To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.
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knock out of the box
To cause something to be replaced by something else.
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jack up
To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.
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jack up
To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
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idiot box
Television.
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jack up
To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. See also jack up the price.
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jack-tar
Alternative spelling of jacktar.
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penalty box
That is assessed after an infraction.
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penalty box
The penalty area.
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box-office bomb
A motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially that which is less than the budget for the motion picture.
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every man jack
All the members of a group with no exceptions.
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jack of all trades
One competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them.
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every jack has his jill
everybody will find someone to have a romantic relationship with at some point in their life
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one candle short of a box
not bright; stupid
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before you can say jack robinson
Very quickly. Quicker than you expect.
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life is like a box of chocolates
Life is full of surprises, you never know what will happen next.
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all work and no play makes jack a dull boy
Too much focus on one's career is often viewed unfavorably.Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy.
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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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jack of all trades, master of none
A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.
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jack of all trades, master of none
A master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.
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in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Among others with a disadvantage or disability, the one with the mildest disadvantage or disability is regarded as the greatest.Even someone without much talent or ability is considered special by those with no talent or ability at all.
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the proof of the pudding is in the eating
The only real test of something is as what it is intended to be used for.
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beauty is in the eye of the beholder
Individuals have different inclinations on what is beautiful. Individuals have different beauty standards.
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well ain't that the catfish in the trap
A sentence commonly spoken in the Southern United States. It can often be used in place of "well, I'll be damned". Used to express surprise.
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the proof is in the pudding
Alternative form of the proof of the pudding is in the eating.
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the man in the street
average person
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the man in the street
typical person
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there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace
Even if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.
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in the act
In the process of doing something; used to emphasize the eye-witness evidence.
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in the altogether
Naked.
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in the black
Having positive net income; having greater income than expenses; making a profit.
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in the buff
Nude.
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in the cards
Destined or fated to happen; predicted or foreseen.
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in the clear
Not guilty or not suspected of wrongdoing.
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in the dark
Without information.
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in the dark
Without light; somewhere that is dark.
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in the dock
Under scrutiny; subject to critical inspection.
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in the doghouse
In trouble; the subject of somebody's anger or disapproval.
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in the doghouse
Unmarried and unlikely to marry.
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in the hospital
Admitted as a patient in a hospital.
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in the limelight
In the focus of attention, especially from the media.
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