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age before beauty
Language; Idioms
When this idiom is used, it is a way of allowing an older person to do something first, though often in a slightly sarcastic way.
on the trot
Language; Idioms
(UK) This idiom means ‘consecutively’; I’d saw them three days on the trot, which means that I saw them on three consecutive days.
cake's not worth the candle
Language; Idioms
If someone says that the cake's not worth the candle, they mean that the result will not be worth the effort put in to achieve it.
test the waters
Language; Idioms
If you test the waters, or test the water, you experiment to see how successful or acceptable something is before implementing it.
pork barrel
Language; Idioms
Pork barrel politics involves investing money in an area to get political support rather than using the money for the common good.
sail under false colours
Language; Idioms
Someone who sails under false colours (colors) is hypocritical or pretends to be something they aren’t in order to deceive people.
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