assault and battery »
. This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.
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black magic »
Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.
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bright line »
A clear distinction in the context of a legal or moral judgment.
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brown bread »
Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.
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calling card »
An attribute, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.
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die out »
To become extinct.
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go out »
To become extinct, to expire.
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go the way of the dinosaurs »
To go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go off the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.
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go the way of the dodo »
To go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to go out of the firsthand market; to become a thing of the past.
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gut feeling »
An instinct or intuition; an immediate or basic feeling or reaction without a logical rationale.
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hardwired »
In humans and animals, genetically determined, instinctive behavior, as opposed to learned behavior.
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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 is what it is »
This thing has its own distinct nature; this thing is itself.
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kill off »
To eliminate, or make extinct.
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mouthful of marbles »
An indistinct, muffled or garbled manner of speaking.
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no matter 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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