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dumber than a box of rocksvery unintelligent; very stupidRate it:

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fire drillAn organised practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.Rate it:

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get inTo be elected to some office.Rate it:

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get one's shine boxUsed as an insult.Rate it:

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give the man a box of 'milky ways'!Correct Answers To Questions from the host of a radio program; 'Ask the Professor' were rewarded with delicious candy bars;!Rate it:

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hang out one's shingleTo open an office or business, especially in a profession.Rate it:

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Hang Out Your ShingleTo establish your own personal office and put a sign board over the entranceRate it:

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hoist by one's own petardTo be hurt, or destroyed by one's own plot or device, of one's own doing which one intended for another; to be "blown up by one's own bomb".Rate it:

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homo novusa parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office).Rate it:

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i approve this messagea phrase said by candidates for federal office to show their consent to comply with the elective law passed in 2002; now becoming used for other offices too, not just federal officesRate it:

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idiot boxTelevision.Rate it:

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il est toujours tiré à quatre épinglesHe always looks as if he came out of a band-box.Rate it:

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in aetatem alicuius, in annum incidereto happen during a person's life, year of office.Rate it:

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in imperio esseto hold a high office (such as conferred imperium, i.e. consulatus, dictatura, praetura).Rate it:

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inire magistratumto enter into office.Rate it:

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inside the boxRestricted by conventionRate it:

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je vais prendre l'air du bureauI am just going to look in at the office.Rate it:

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knock out of the boxTo cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting.Rate it:

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knock out of the boxTo cause something to be replaced by something else.Rate it:

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L-bombThe word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship.Rate it:

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L-bomban expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationshipRate it:

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les voyages forment la jeunesseLes premiers grands voyages, qu’on effectue seul ou en bande, à l’entrée dans l’âge adulte, permettent aux jeunes de découvrir le monde, d’aller à la rencontre des autres et de conquérir leur autonomie, font office de « rite de séparation et de socialisation ». Rate it:

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life is like a box of chocolatesLife is full of surprises, you never know what will happen next.Rate it:

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meantime, back at the ranchA reminder during conversation, things are alright back at the ranch/home/headquarters, business-place, office et al.Rate it:

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measure the drapesTo make premature or unwarranted preparations for victory, especially election to public officeRate it:

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measuring the drapesMaking premature or unwarranted preparations for victory, especially election to public officeRate it:

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muneri aliquem praeficere, praeponereto appoint some one to an office.Rate it:

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off one's boxCrazy; unhinged; irrational.Rate it:

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off one's boxStoned or intoxicated.Rate it:

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on ne connaît pas le vin aux cerclesYou can’t judge cigars by the picture on the box.Rate it:

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one candle short of a boxnot bright; stupidRate it:

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oooAn abbreviation for Out of Office, a phrase often used in professional contexts to indicate that someone is unavailable for work.Rate it:

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open-door policyA policy or usual practice, by a person in authority, of permitting subordinates or constituents to visit his or her office unannounced and at any reasonable time for the purpose of discussing matters of concern.Rate it:

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ordered an unbelievably massive box of cheese packetsIts about a box of cheeseRate it:

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out of one's boxCrazy; unhinged; irrational.Rate it:

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out of one's boxStoned or intoxicated.Rate it:

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out of the boxSee outside the box.Rate it:

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out of the boxImmediately, without intervention from the customer.Rate it:

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outside the boxBeyond the bounds of convention.Rate it:

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outside the nine dotsrefers to outside the box thinking;Rate it:

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penalty boxThat is assessed after an infraction.Rate it:

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penalty boxThe penalty area.Rate it:

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pencil pusherOne who does routine office work; someone involved mainly in paperwork.Rate it:

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petere magistratum, honoresto seek office.Rate it:

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pizza tableA small, inedible, table-shaped object that sits on a pizza pie and holds up the top of the box the pie lies in, preventing it from settling into the pie.Rate it:

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place of businessA place where business is conducted, such as an office or a single shop in a franchise.Rate it:

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PunchboardA book-size laminated paper 1'/2 inch thick board with 25 to 200 drilled holes in surface. Holes contain 'accordion-fold', numbered kite-paper which when 'punched-out of board' with small PUNCH-tool may reveal a 'winning-chance number': Winning Numbers posted on board. Variety of Valuable prizes is predetermined by cost of a single 'PUNCH': Win! Box Candy, jewelry, trinkets, appliances, tools, flashlights et al:Rate it:

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raise the roofTo cause a commotion, as by boisterous celebrating or loud complaining; to make considerable noise.2008 Oct. 15, Leslie Ferenc, "Voters opt for stability of Guarnieri" in the Toronto Star (Canada)Jubilant Liberal supporters raised the roof of a Mississauga restaurant after incumbent Albina Guarnieri was swept back into office for her seventh term.Rate it:

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regnum adipiscito obtain the sovereignty, kingly office.Rate it:

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rig outto expel the holder of an office or other position by means of rigging the election.Rate it:

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