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bridge the gap	To serve as or create a connection between two disconnected or disparate things.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bridge the gap	Overcome the absence, fill the void, bypass the blokckage, jump the gulf, change the route:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mind the gap	Be careful of the gap between the vehicle and the platform it is near, in boarding or alighting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
stand in the gap	To expose oneself for the protection of something; to make defence against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
every man to his trade	Keep to your own job and don't meddle in other people's. We should all stick to what we are good at.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
trade down	To sell something and replace it with something cheaper.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
by trade	As a profession; professionally.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trade down	To lose value on the stock exchange.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trade in	to give a piece of merchandise as part of the payment or trade for something new.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trade union	workers' organisation	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trade union	social event	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trade up	To gain value on the stock exchange.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trade up	To sell something and replace it with something more expensive.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trade-off	a balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trick of the trade	A shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
by a mile	By a large amount or by a great distance - e.g. won by a mile; When prefixed by ‘out’ or ‘off’ it emphasizes that a significant gap exists between the parties involved and that it is to a decisive degree	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
widow-maker	Something which or someone who takes the lives of men; a lethal hazard that affects mostly men or is specific to a primarily male trade.	Rate it: (4.33 / 3 votes)
I'm all right, Jack	Indicates a selfish attitude, not worried about any problems one's friends and neighbours might have. Often associated with strikes and other trade union industrial actions.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
widow-maker	Something which or someone who takes the lives of men; a hazard that affects mostly men or is specific for some trade, occupied mostly by men.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
blanket term	A word or phrase that is used to describe multiple groups of related things. The degree of relation may vary. Blanket terms often trade specificity for ease-of-use; in other words, a blanket term by itself gives little detail about the things that it describes or the relationships between them, but is easy to say and remember. Blanket terms often originate as slang, and eventually become integrated into the general vocabulary.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
blue book	A book of statistics or almanac, usually published by an agency or as a trade publication.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
de son état	By profession, by trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
deal in	To trade a named commodity	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
deux moineaux sur même épi ne sont pas longtemps amis	Two of a trade seldom agree.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
don't think twice!	In general; A strongly worded. forcefully delivered non-military admonishment to another individual of equal or unequal rank for immediate unquestionable immediate physical action, acceptance of proposal, signature of instant acceptance, 'second the motion'! 'jump the gap', 'sever the line', 'jump overboard'!, "BAIL-OUT!",	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give away the store	To transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il a fait ses affaires dans les vins	He made his money in the wine trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il sait le fort et le fin de son art	He knows every trick of his trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
jump the gun	To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
les affaires ne vont pas (ne marchent pas)	Trade is dull, slack.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
look through	To gaze through a gap or aperture	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
marque de fabrique	Trade-mark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
open-door policy	A governmental policy of encouraging immigration or of permitting increased access by foreigners for purposes of tourism, trade, investment, etc.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
phone tag	A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
switch off	To alternate between; to trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the length of the Flemington straight	A long way, a great distance, a large gap, a lot.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to be named later	Used other than as an idiom. In an exchange, a unspecified example of a thing (in sports, usually a player), either not yet chosen or named publicly, at the time of a trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
try one's hand	To attempt a skill, craft, or trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
WTT	Initialism of want/willing to trade.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)