a question of »
The important question is; the necessary question is.
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all in a day's work »
A nonchalant dismissal of a significant accomplishment.
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am I right or am I right »
Rhetorical question from somebody who has stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.
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assault and battery »
. This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.
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baptism by fire »
A rite of passage through the survival or success of a crisis.
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bash about »
To physically damage something or assault someone.
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bash up »
To assault someone with the intention of causing physical injury.
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bassackward »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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bassackwards »
Alternative form of bass-ackwards.
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beat up »
To verbally assault repeatedly.
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brain-dead »
Having an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.
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bring owls to Athens »
To undertake a pointless venture, one that is redundant, unnecessary, superfluous, or highly uneconomical.
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brush off »
An abrupt rebuff or dismissal.
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busy work »
Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.
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can of worms »
A troublesome situation; an issue whose resolution is difficult or contentious, but not necessarily complex.
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