seagull approach »
The occurence of casual, ill-informed and hasty decisions or comments made by outside authorities who lack an understanding of the local issues or a real understanding of the facts of a particular situ.
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shuffle »
To get lost in the shuffle: to lack attention when you deserve it.
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skin and bones »
Said of one who is emaciated; very skinny, as from lack of nutrition.
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slip through the cracks »
To escape notice or lack sufficient attention.
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spur of the moment »
Impluse; short notice; a lack of planning.
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square one »
The place where one begins; a lack of progress.
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stone cold »
Very cold; lacking any semblance of warmth.
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take up »
That which takes up or tightens; specifically, a device in a sewing machine for drawing up the slack thread as the needle rises, in completing a stitch.
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talk through one's hat »
To speak lacking expertise, authority, or knowledge; to invent or fabricate facts.
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twiddle one's thumbs »
To wait or dawdle; to accomplish nothing useful or lack a useful occupation.
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underwater basket weaving »
"Sure, somewhere out there, college slackers were taking broom ball and underwater basket weaving." — The Columbus Dispatch, September 15, 2005.
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vote with one's feet »
To show a lack of support for something by departing or otherwise absenting oneself.
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washed out »
To be very tired and lacking energy.
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what of it »
So what? Who cares? Expresses disinterest, disregard or lack of concern.
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white hole »
A theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.
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