Thursday, December 23, 2010
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1. a cloak and dagger story
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Concerning or involving spies, secret agents, intrigue and mystery.
Refers to spies and espionage.
Examples:
-The cloak and dagger stereotypes don't really exist anymore in agencies like the CIA, Mossad, RAW and the MI6.
-I love spy novels. The cloak and dagger stories are fun to read.
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2. eyeball to eyeball
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Face to face
Example:
-We are eyeball to eyeball with the enemy
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3. drawn a black
I think you confused this with draw a "blank" not black, the idiom actually is "draw a blank".
Quote:
To get no response.
To find nothing.
Examples:
-I asked him a question, and I just drew a blank. [Meaning he didn't respond]
-We looked in the files for an hour, but we drew a blank. [They found nothing]
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4. alphabet soup
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Initialisms and acronyms, especially when used excessively.
Like CIA FBI NSA CSS PIA PTCL SCM FB
Examples:
-The names of these government agencies are just alphabet soup.
-Just look at the telephone book! You can't find anything because it's filled with alphabet soup.
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5. thin edge of the wedge.
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A minor change that begins a major development, especially an undesirable one.
Example:
-First they asked me to postpone my vacation for a week, and then for a month; it's the thin edge of the wedge and pretty soon it'll be a year.
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6. harbinger of change
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Couldn't find that, sorry.
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7. inner circle
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An exclusive circle of people with a common purpose.
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8. giving a lock
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Can't find it, sorry. Must be something different, where did u get it from?
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9. straws of comfort
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Couldn't find that, something similar however, ""grasping at straws"
To guess randomly at or pursue any apparent option, as due to lack of options or information.
Example:
-I never met his friend, so I'm grasping at straws for an appropriate gift for her.
This idiom refers to a drowning man grabbing any floating object, even a straw, to save himself
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10. came in swing
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Idiom, "in full swing"
Moving quickly forward
Example:
-In Moscow, a building boom is in full swing.
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