Phrases related to: borrowed

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anaconda mortgage	A loan arrangement in which all of the money borrowed from a lender, for whatever purpose, is secured by one's home, land, and other property.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
autem mort	A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
borrowed time	A period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
harpoon is good for the whale, painful for humans.	The phrase usually refers to how people treat each other. Borrowed from native tribes, it translates to how people feel when they meet similar fate as that of their nemesis.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
living on borrowed time	Continue living past the point where you might have died.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
on borrowed time	living past normal or projected life expectancy	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
short reckonings make long friends	borrowed money should be paid back as soon as possible	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
TTTO	Initialism of to the tune of : indicating the piece whose melody is borrowed for a new song.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)