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first class	excellent	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
class warfare	The efforts of levelers promoting a greater financial contribution from the rich for the general benefit of the masses	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
class clown	A student who frequently makes jokes or pokes fun; a wiseacre.	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
art class	A lesson in art	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
of the class	To be of the particular section, community, class.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grosso mundo	Lowly talk, common idiom, low class slang, cheap shot	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
joe schmoe	An average person, especially a male, usually of blue-collar working class; no one in particular; someone unknown to you.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
the quality	The upper class, the high society, the gentry; the people of quality.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Blue Bloods	Deprecating Term for 'Upper Class People', also - - - - Upper-Crust' 'Rich Bitches	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
paint with a broad brush	To describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.	Rate it: (4.50 / 2 votes)
walk of life	An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
a whopper-dooper	Prize Winning, Top Banana, First Rate, First Class, Winner, Great, Glorious, Grand, Super Duper. Superlative.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick	Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn	Rate it: (3.00 / 4 votes)
Hit the Books	To seriously pay attention to studies, be ready to go good for class with all work done carefully.	Rate it: (2.33 / 3 votes)
épater le bourgeois	To scandalize, provoke the middle class.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
nothing to lose but their h's	Descriptive of people in England whose speech is proper or upper-class, but who are poor.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
Appendix:Snowclones/that's X for you	Used to point out that a previously described behavior is typical of something, usually someone or a class of persons.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black triangle	One of a class of triangle-shaped unidentified flying objects, usually with a light in each corner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Blue Blood	Belonging to upper class of the society or having a royal background	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
épater le bourgeois	to shake middle-class attitudes	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
field day	A day of class taken away from school for a field trip.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gong show	An event that was a disaster, often in a way that is fun or memorable. (e.g. "Last night, we all went drinking, and the whole thing turned into a total gong show.") Or, an initially serious event that went completely out of control (e.g. "That biology class was a gong show")	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
great unwashed	A contemptuous term for the populace, particularly the working class.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Jet Set	Representing people of high class, those who travel in a fashionable manner for pleasure	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jumped-up	Describes a person who thinks he is superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, of a higher class, or has more authority than they have in reality.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jumped-up	Describes a person who thinks or acts as if he/she is superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, pretending to be of a higher class or having greater authority than he/she has in reality.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
last word	The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Main Street	Collectively, everyday working-class people and small business owners, especially with regard to their concerns, social views, etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nobiles; nobilitas; qui nobilitate generis excellunt	the aristocracy (as a social class).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nose in the air	The body language most of us have experienced when a friend passes you in public and with head tilted back and nose in the air gives you a first class snub!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nous sommes en première	We are in a first-class railway carriage.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
principes or primores	the aristocracy (as a leading class in government).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
she's a hoopy	Redneck hillbilly with no class	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sit in on	To attend a private meeting or class without participating.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trailer park trash	Lower-class people who live in trailer parks.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
underwater basket weaving	An easy and useless college or high school class.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
up to	Considering all members of an equivalence class the same.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Upper Crust	Upper class, high level of society, highest social position	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
upper-crust	Posh, upper-class; pertaining to the upper crust.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
who's who	Collectively, the elite class.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
who's who	A list of notable, famous, or upper-class people.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wrong side of the tracks	May refer to area where the working class, poor or extremely poor live.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)