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per se
by or in itself
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last minute
Point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
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talk a mile a minute
To speak quickly or excessively.
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there's a sucker born every minute
There are a great number of fools in the world, and there always be.
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mince words
To restrain oneself in a conversation by withholding some comments or using euphemisms.
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eat one's words
To regret or retract what one has said.
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in other words
Stated or interpreted another way; introduces an explanation.
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mark my words
Listen to me; used before a statement one wishes to emphasize.
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play on words
A pun, or similar humorous use of language such as a double entendre.
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a picture paints a thousand words
A visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.1971, David Gates (of Bread), If, from Manna album:If a picture paints a thousand wordsThen why can't I paint you;The words will never showThe you I've come to know.1989, Alan Kay, quoted in K?o-tung Huang, Timothy D. Huang, Introduction to Chinese, Japanese and Korean Computing, World Scientific, ISBN 9971506645, p. 9:Most human beings, no matter how familiar they are with abstract symbols, respond to voice and images better than written language. In other words, A picture paints a thousand words.2006, Paul Shakespeare, Building a Dune Buggy: The Essential Manual, ISBN 1904788734, p. 52:See accompanying diagram: a picture paints a thousand words, and all that!
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at a loss for words
Having nothing to say; stunned to the point of speechlessness.
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man of few words
A man who doesn't speak much, or speaks only for a short period of time.
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a picture is worth a thousand words
Alternative form of a picture paints a thousand words.
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actions speak louder than words
It is more effective to act directly than to speak of action.
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fine words butter no parsnips
Talking about doing something does not get it done.
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put words in somebody's mouth
To attribute to somebody something he or she did not say; to claim inaccurately that somebody said or intended something.
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word for word
using exactly the same words, verbatim
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in the nick of time
At the last possible moment; at the last minute.
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read out
To read something and say the words to inform other people.
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blanket term
A word or phrase that is used to describe multiple groups of related things. The degree of relation may vary. Blanket terms often trade specificity for ease-of-use; in other words, a blanket term by itself gives little detail about the things that it describes or the relationships between them, but is easy to say and remember. Blanket terms often originate as slang, and eventually become integrated into the general vocabulary.
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bleep out
To censor inappropriate spoken words by obscuring them with the sound of a bleep.
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break the buck
Fall below the value of one dollar per share.[1].
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dormitive principle
Words.
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eleventh hour
Nearly too late; the last minute.
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give hostage to fortune
He was very cautious with his words and gave no hostages to fortune.
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in layman's terms
Explaining something in simple words.
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lip service
Empty talk; words absent of action or intention.
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mind you
Used to draw attention to adjacent words.
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on the clock
Remunerated per unit of time.
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one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
Words spoken by Neil Armstrong when taking the first steps on the moon.
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read somebody's lips
To discern what somebody is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words.
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round the clock
Nonstop, 24 hours per day.
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sticks and stones
Evocative of the saying "sticks and stones may (or will) break my bones, but words (or names) will never hurt (or harm) me".1957, Brendan Gill, The Day the Money Stopped
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take five
To take a five-minute break from some activity, take a short break from some activity.
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talk like an apothecary
To use hard or gallipot words: from the assumed gravity and affectation of knowledge generally put on by the gentlemen of this profession, who are commonly as superficial in their learning as they are pedantic in their language.
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teeny weeny
minute
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that is
in other words
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tongue-tied
Unable to speak; at a loss for words.
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turn of phrase
An artful phrasing of words.
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under the wire
At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late.
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with
used as a connective, to indicate that your with another person, or can be used to connect two words
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work the room
To interact with one's audience, taking queues from its reactions and adapting one's performance or words to elicit the audience's attention and enthusiasm.
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