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personal
computers
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butter up
To flatter, especially with the intent of
personal
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knock out
To exhaust a
personal
or animal.
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suck up
To adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some
personal
benefit or favour.
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take upon
To take charge of an item of business, or an obligation, as a
personal
initiative.
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been there, done that
An assertion that the speaker has
personal
experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is now bored.
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a man's home is his castle
(US) a proverbial expression of
personal
privacy and security
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an englishman's home is his castle
(UK) a proverbial expression of
personal
privacy and security
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as you sow, so shall you reap
The
personal
consequences of one's actions are in proportion to the good or bad intentions towards others.
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che sara sara
Used to express a
personal
philosophy of fatalism1892 March 17, Cigarette,
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che sera sera
Used to express a
personal
philosophy of fatalism1604, Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:Why then belike we must sin, / And so consequently die. / Aye, we must die an everlasting death. / What doctrine call you this ? Che, sera, sera: / What will be*, shall be; Divinity adieu. / These Metaphysics of Magicians, / And necromantic books, are heavenly.
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clout list
A usually secret list containing the names of people who are to be given special access, benefits, or influence in a political or social situation, especially as a result of having
personal
, professional, or financial relationships with those in authority.
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feather one's nest
To achieve benefits, especially financial ones, by taking advantage of the opportunities with which one is presented; to amass a comfortable amount of
personal
wealth.
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heart to heart
A sincere, serious, or
personal
conversation.
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hold someone's feet to the fire
To maintain
personal
, social, political, or legal pressure on someone in order to induce him or her to comply with one's desires; to hold someone accountable for his or her actions.
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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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kitchen table software
Especially in the early years of
personal
computers, a set of computer programs developed by an entrepreneurial advanced amateur or self-employed professional computer programmer in his or her own home; software developed by a small business using the services of such programmers.
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line one's pockets
To accumulate
personal
wealth, especially in an illegal or morally objectionable manner.
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private eye
A private
personal
detective, employed to gather information about someone.
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sell out
To abandon one's supporters or principles to seek profit or other
personal
advantage.
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shoot oneself in the foot
To deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes
personal
suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.
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sort oneself out
To organize or solve one's
personal
problems.
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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves
If you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of
personal
habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999,
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that's just me
Indicates the expression of a
personal
opinion, but often used ironically as an understatement.
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timeserver
A person who conforms to current opinions, especially for reasons of
personal
advantage; an opportunist.
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to each his own
Every person is entitled to his or her
personal
preferences and tastes.
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