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when push comes to shoveWhen the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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Fiddle While Rome BurnsTo do nothing or engage you in trivial things knowing that something urgent and critical is happening aroundRate it:

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fight firesTo deal with urgent matters and minor emergencies rather than longer-term work.Rate it:

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il est grand tempsIl est urgent.Rate it:

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in a pinchIn an urgent or difficult situation; when no other solution is available.Rate it:

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live oneA person, thing, or situation which is particularly interesting, noteworthy, or urgent.Rate it:

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magnis (infimis) precibus moverito be influenced by, to yield to urgent (abject) entreaty.Rate it:

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magno opere, vehementer, etiam atque etiam rogare aliquemto entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests.Rate it:

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matter of life and deathAn extremely urgent matter.Rate it:

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orare et obsecrare aliquemto entreat earnestly; to make urgent requests.Rate it:

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see a manTo take one's leave for some urgent purpose, especially to go to the bathroom.Rate it:

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when the chips are downWhen the pressure is on; when the situation is urgent or critical.Rate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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