banyan day »
In modern usage it refers to a picnic or cookout for the ship's crew.
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been to the rodeo »
Exposed to conmen and hucksters; experienced.
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been to the rodeo »
N.d., Alan Neff, Precious Tribes, Vicious Lies, page 72.
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bleeding edge »
Something very current, or modern where there may actually be a hazard or risk in using it, such as with potentially unstable software. The term relates to a sword.
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blow up »
To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
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blow up »
To explode something or somebody or destroy something or injure or kill somebody by explosion.
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born with a silver spoon in one's mouth »
Note. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.
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check out »
To obtain computer source code from a repository.
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clean code »
Software code that is formatted correctly and in an organized manner so that another coder can easily read or modify it.
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don't take any wooden nickels »
Do not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive.
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every cloud has a silver lining »
In every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,
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go by the wayside »
To become obsolete or outmoded.
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go off »
To explode.
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go off »
To explode metaphorically; to become very angry.
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go out »
To leave one's abode to go to public places.
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