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wedge politics
Language; Idioms
In wedge politics, one party uses an issue that they hope will divide members of a different party to create conflict and weaken it.
an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Language; Idioms
This expression means that is is better to try to avoid problems in the first place, rather than trying to fix them once they arise.
you can’t have your cake and eat it
Language; Idioms
This idiom means that you can’t have things both ways. For example, you can’t have very low taxes and a high standard of state care.
proof of the pudding is in the eating
Language; Idioms
This means that something can only be judged when it is tested or by its results. (It is often shortened to ‘Proof of the pudding’.)
across the pond
Language; Idioms
(UK) This idiom means on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, used to refer to the US or the UK depending on the speaker's location.
baby boomer
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A baby boomer is someone born in the years after the end of the Second World War, a period when the population was growing very fast.
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