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no
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regardless of
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for that
matter
As far as that is concerned.
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matter
of course
A natural or logical outcome.
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matter
of course
An expected or customary outcome.
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matter
of fact
A fact.
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matter
of fact
A more factual correction.
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matter
of fact
Something completely true.
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mind over
matter
Willpower alone can overcome a physical problem.
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what's the
matter
What's wrong? What's the problem?.
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no
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how thin you slice it, it's still baloney
Regardless of how many clever points or fine distinctions one makes, what one is saying is still false or is still nonsense.
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a picture paints a thousand words
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.1971, David Gates (of Bread), If, from Manna album:If a picture paints a thousand wordsThen why can't I paint you;The words will never showThe you I've come to know.1989, Alan Kay, quoted in K?o-tung Huang, Timothy D. Huang, Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing, World Scientific, ISBN 9971506645, p. 9:Most human beings, no
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how familiar they are with abstract symbols, respond to voice and images better than written language. In other words, A picture paints a thousand words.2006, Paul Shakespeare, Building a Dune Buggy: The Essential Manual, ISBN 1904788734, p. 52:See accompanying diagram: a picture paints a thousand words, and all that!
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quantum mechanics
The branch of physics which studies
matter
and energy at the level of atoms and other elementary particles, and substitutes probabilistic mechanisms for classical Newtonian ones.
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all's well that ends well
Problems do not
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if things turn out well in the end.
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deliver the message to garcia
What we need is people who get the job done, no
matter
how. We don't want pickers who'll only learn if we use their preferred learning method. Have you read "A Message to Garcia" ? That's what we need today - young people who can deliver the message to Garcia.
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dumb down
To convey some subject
matter
in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
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fish to fry
A
matter
to attend to.
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get one's finger out
To proceed with the
matter
in hand.
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get one's knickers in a twist
To become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial
matter
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horse of a different color
An unrelated or only incidentally related
matter
with distinctly different significance.
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it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
There is usually something of benefit to someone, no
matter
how bad the situation.
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keep a weather eye open
To be alert; to concentrate on a
matter
in hand.
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none of someone's business
A
matter
that someone is not entitled to be involved in or informed about.
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of course
Asserts that the associated phrase should not be argued, particularly if it is obvious or there is no choice in the
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pass the buck
To transfer responsibility or blame from oneself onto another; to absolve oneself of concern for a given
matter
by claiming to lack authority or jurisdiction.
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pissing contest
An immature dispute over some trivial
matter
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sink or swim
To fail or succeed, no
matter
what.
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six of one, half a dozen of the other
The two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't
matter
which one we choose.
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tempest in a teapot
A major fuss over a trivial
matter
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that's that
There is nothing more to say or to do concerning the
matter
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three rs
The basic precepts of any subject
matter
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three skips of a louse
Said about some trifling or insignificant
matter
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toss-up
A decision in which neither choice is clearly favorable or unfavorable, or for which the outcome does not
matter
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until hell freezes over
Forever; One will never in their life get the results that they want, no
matter
what they're doing involving the situation.
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wait for the other shoe to drop
To defer action or decision until another
matter
is finished or resolved.
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what's up
What's the
matter
?.
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whatsamatta
What is the
matter
? What is wrong?.
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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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without fail
Certainly; by all means; as a
matter
of importance.
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