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chain reaction	A series of events, each one causing the next.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
food chain	The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
yank someone's chain	Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see yank,‎ chain.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
a chain is only as strong as its weakest link	An organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.	Rate it: (3.25 / 4 votes)
off the chain	Free from work or direct supervision. In reference to slave labor, where workers are chained, or to the figurative chain of workers of an assembly line.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
food chain	A hierarchy.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
chain reaction	A nuclear reaction in which particles produced by the fission of one atom trigger fissions of other atoms.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
chain up	To put in chains	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
off the chain	Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
yank someone's chain	To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
smoking like a chimney !	this is used to describe a person who is chain smoker or smoking non stop.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
tiger team	An engineering or other group assembled to tackle especially difficult or critical problems, often outside the normal chain of command.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
una catena è resistente solo quanto il suo anello debole	a chain is only as strong as its weakest link	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
set the wheels in motion	to initiate a chain of events necessary to help one achieve a goal (more quickly)	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
bridge	A valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.	Rate it: (3.25 / 4 votes)
eine Kette ist nur so stark wie ihr schwächstes Glied	a chain is only as strong as its weakest link	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
root cause	An initiating cause of a chain of events which leads to an outcome or effect of interest.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
saran (fiber) (us) a term used to describe manufactured fibers	Saran (fibre) (US) A Term Used To Describe Manufactured Fibers In Which The Fibre-forming Substance Is Any Long-chain Synthetic Polymer Composed Of At Least 80% By Weight Of 1,1-dichloroethene (vinylidene Chloride) Units. The Iso Generic Name Is Chlorofibre	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slippery slope	A logical argument that follows a chain of events or causes and effects to some conclusion.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slippery slope	A chain of events that, once initiated, cannot be halted; especially one in which the final outcome is undesirable or precarious.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
une chaîne contrôlée	A hall-marked chain.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)