cast aspersions »
To make damaging or spiteful remarks.
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full marks »
To exclaim complete satisfaction with someone's efforts.
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guilt trip »
Remarks intended to produce such a feeling.
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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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peel out »
To start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.
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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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smart arse »
One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes.
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soft shoe »
A speech, explanation, sales pitch, or other set of remarks delivered in a restrained or conciliatory manner in order to persuade, distract, or otherwise influence someone.
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