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"life is a mathematical complex that you gain or lose with your actions."	Life	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
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)
abstract idea	An idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brain surgery	Something that is overly complex, detailed or confusing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 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)
can of worms	A complex, troublesome situation arising when a decision or action produces considerable subsequent problems.	Rate it: (1.83 / 6 votes)
can of worms	A troublesome situation; an issue whose resolution is difficult or contentious, but not necessarily complex.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
chain reaction	A series of events, each one causing the next.	Rate it: (5.00 / 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)
dial in	configure, set up, particularly a complex machine with many configuration options.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators	(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 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)
food chain	The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
food chain	A hierarchy.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
Greek to Me	Something that is unknown and difficult to understand, complex and hard to grab	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
horsetrading	Informal negotiating, especially when complex or clever in nature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
magic bullet	A simple remedy to a difficult or complex problem, especially a cure for a disease.	Rate it: (3.00 / 3 votes)
needle in a haystack	Something that is difficult or impossible to locate; something impossibly complex or intractable.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
not just a pretty face	Someone who is more intelligent, talented, or emotionally complex than might be assumed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 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)
off the chain	Crazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
over one's head	More complex or confusing than one can understand; beyond one’s comprehension..	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
rocket science	Anything overly complex, detailed or confusing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rocket scientist	Someone qualified to understand or handle that which is overly complex, detailed or confusing; a genius.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
roll with the punches	Adjusting to a complicated or complex situation, without letting anything bother you.	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)
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)
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)
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)
song and dance	An excessively complex set of instructions.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
the plot thickens	Used, often ironically, to describe an increasingly complex or mysterious situation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
thick of things	A central or major role in a situation; a position in which one is surrounded by or very involved in complex, changing events.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 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)
une chaîne contrôlée	A hall-marked chain.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wild-goose chase	A task whose execution is inordinately complex relative to the value of the outcome.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
yank someone's chain	Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see yank,‎ chain.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
yank someone's chain	To tease someone; to lead someone on; to goad someone into overreacting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)