as the crow flies »
In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.
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dead set against »
Completely opposed, with no possibility of a change of mind.
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hardball »
In baseball, a type of ball and baseball game, as opposed to softball.
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hardwired »
In humans and animals, genetically determined, instinctive behavior, as opposed to learned behavior.
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new school »
A style, way of thinking, or method for accomplishing a task that is typical of the current era, as opposed to former eras.
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old money »
The imperial system of measurement, as opposed to the metric system.
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on spec »
Short form of "on speculation": Creating a work with the hope of selling it, as opposed to creating a work "on commission" for hire.
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one at a time »
Individually, as opposed to collectively; slowly or methodically, figuratively.
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proverbs run in pairs »
Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.
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show one's true colors »
To reveal how one really is, as opposed to how one has been portrayed.
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university of life »
The real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education.
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