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The latest Messages 42
2021-01-26 16:56:36
Jersey justice
A punishment or act of justice that is or appears to be much more severe than the offence warrants. Primarily heard in UK
Twenty years in jail for stealing a car? That sounds like Jersey justice to me.
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2021-01-26 16:56:36
by the book
Meaning
If you do something by the book, you do it strictly according to the rules or the official procedures.
For example
The match officials in the golf tournament acted strictly by the book when they disqualified a player for marking down the wrong score on his score card.
The embassy officials process visa applications by the book these days, so it's harder to get one than it was when they weren't so strict.
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2021-01-11 05:16:12
(it's/there's) no use crying over spilt milk
proverb It does no good to get upset over a bad decision or unfortunate event that has already come to pass and cannot be changed.
We were pretty disappointed to have lost the championship game, but there's no use crying over spilt milk. We just have to train harder for next season!
I know you really wanted that job, but you weren't hired, so it's no use crying over spilt milk now.
I was such a fool to take out that second mortgage. Oh well, no use crying over spilt milk!
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2021-01-11 05:16:12
around the clock
Meaning
If something occurs around the clock, it goes on all day and all night.
For example
I have to finish this report by Tuesday, so I'll be working around the clock until I get it done
What the young people of this town need is a drop-in centre that's open around the clock.
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2021-01-10 09:53:01
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2021-01-06 05:16:08
six in one, (and) half a dozen in the other
The difference between these two options is negligible, irrelevant, or unimportant; either option is fine or will work as well as the other.
Well, we could take the freeway to your mother's house, or we could cut through the city. It takes about the same amount of time, so it's six in one, and half a dozen in the other
John: "Would you rather have pepperoni or sausage on your pizza?" Bob: "Eh, six in one, half a dozen in the other."
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2021-01-06 05:16:08
under the weather
Meaning
If you are under the weather, you're not feeling well.
For example
Hiroko's feeling a bit under the weather. He thinks he might have the flu.
Sorry, but I don't think I'll be able to make it to work today. I'm feeling a bit under the weather.
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2021-01-02 05:16:06
it wouldn't do (someone) any harm (to do something)
It would or may be good, pragmatic, or beneficial for someone (to do something).
You know, it wouldn't do you any harm to comb your hair from time to time.
I know that the managers are trying to cut costs, but it wouldn't do them any harm to treat us to a staff lunch every once in a while.
Jonathan should try and spend more time with his mother. It wouldn't do him any harm, after all.
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2021-01-02 05:16:06
weather a storm
Meaning
If you weather a storm, you survive a dangerous event or deal with a difficult situation.
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Everyone waited to see if the president could weather the storm caused by his son's arrest for using illegal drugs.
Poor Mandy had to stand there and weather the storm as her boss shouted insults at her for letting him forget something.
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2020-12-30 05:16:04
be (the) bomb
To be excellent, extremely entertaining, or of very high quality.
This steak I ordered is bomb!
I'm not usually a fan of action films, but that one was the bomb!
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