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poison pen	A usually intentionally rude, spiteful, and/or condescending piece of writing directed at a person, group, lifestyle, way of thought, or other target.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
the pen is mightier than the sword	More influence and power can be usurped by writing than by fighting.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
don't dip your pen in company ink	Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell	Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
you don't dip your pen in the company's ink	Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
poison-pen letter	A missive which is malicious, insulting, and/or defamatory toward a person, organization, or point of view, especially one which is unsigned.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
you don't dip your pen in company ink	One should avoid romantic relationships in the workplace.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
ballpoint pen	writing implement	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
felt tip pen	writing implement	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pen in	To enclose in a pen To be stuck in a situation; to be forced into a situation by circumstances.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pen in	To schedule, fix a date	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Pen is Mightier than the Sword	Words have more power than war, to influence with ones words not with fight	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pen name	author's pseudonym	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pen name	nom de plume	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pen picture	A written description, often biographical.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pen up	To enclose in a pen	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pen up	To enclose as if in a pen	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slip of the pen	A mistake in handwriting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you don't dip your pen in the inkwell	Alternative form of you don't dip your pen in company ink.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fly the coop	To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
les plus beaux vers sont ceux qu'on ne peut pas écrire.—(lamartine , voyage en orient)	“Ah! the best prayers that faith may ever think Are untranslatable by pen and ink.” Bishop Alexander .	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
noughts and crosses	pen and paper game	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
prendre sa plume	To take up one's pen, to write a letter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
straight out of the chute	Something done immediately, or "from the beginning". Taken from rodeo routine: the bucking bronco, or bull, or the calf for the calf-roping contest is kept in a narrow pen, a chute, until it is released and dashes out to its fate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
writer's cramp	A debilitating pain preventing easy movement of the wrist, hand, or fingers, resulting from prolonged use of a pen or pencil.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)