... in the
McGraw- Hill publications, NTC’s Dictionary of
Proverbs and Clichés, NTC’s Dictionary of Euphe-
misms, and NTC’s Dictionary of Folksy, Regional,
and Rural Sayings, as well as other McGraw- Hill
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of variation is similar to wild card terms. Here are
examples of the sets of limited sets of verbs.
be ahead of Tom...
... privacy of their own homes,
of course.
coffin nail 1.
and
coffin tack
n. a ciga-
rette. (Old.)
ᮀ
No more coffin nails for
me.
ᮀ
Every coffin tack you smoke takes
a little off the end of your ... drink
of liquor.
ᮀ
How about another coffin
nail?
ᮀ
Coffin nail sounds bad. Drink
sounds good.
coffin tack
Go to
coffin nail.
coffin varnish
n. inferior liquor.
ᮀ
You
want some more...
... varieties of English 'abject lesson' is used.)
Odds and ends
Odds and ends are small, remnant articles and things- the same as bits and bobs.
Off colour
If someone looks off colour/color, ...
Off the beaten track
Somewhere that's off the beaten track is in a remote location.
Off the chart
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Someone who's full of piss and vinegar is full of youthful energy.
Full of the joys of spring
If you are full of the joys of spring, you are very happy and full of energy.
Full swing
If ...
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Death of a thousand cuts
If something is suffering the death of a thousand cuts, or death by a...
... Sue.
hustle and bustle Fig. confusion and business. ᮀ There is a lot of
hustle and bustle in this office at the end of the fiscal year.
hustle and bustle
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6. Someone vs. One
Two of the variable ... fishing at the drop of a hat.
at the end of
one’s
rope and at the end of
one’s
tether Fig. at
the limits of one’s endurance. (Tether is more U.K. and U.S.)
ᮀ
I’m at t...
... statistics)
Physical and life sciences
Information technology
U A good understanding of the design and manufacturing process (i.e., an understanding of
engineering)
U A basic understanding of the context ...
The purpose of a School of Engineering is to teach students to create value through the
design of high quality products and systems of production, and services, an...
... W
αβ
and W
αβ
such that the composition
of the birational transformations between sub-
sets of V
α
and V
β
and between subsets of V
β
and V
γ
are consistent with those between sub-
sets of V
α
and ... group of the equation can be consid-
ered as a group of permutations of the roots of
the equation. The affect of the equation is the
index of the Galois group in th...