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a goal without a plan is just a wish.Self-ExplanatoryRate it:

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a method to one’s madnessThere is a reason, rational purpose, plan, or intention behind one’s seemingly crazy or absurd behaviorRate it:

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a salto de mataDesordenadamente, sin plan, cogiendo la ocasión que se presenta.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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acies hostium impelliturthe enemy's line is repulsed.Rate it:

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adversis hostibus occurrereto attack the enemy in the front.Rate it:

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aggredi hostemto attack the enemy.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in Soviet Russia, Y Xs youThe Russian reversal, a joke in which the subject and the statement are reversed, usually to reference the propaganda of an enemy that is the exact opposite of the interlocutor. It is usually told in broken English, without articles.Rate it:

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aversos hostes aggredito attack the enemy in the rear.Rate it:

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Back to Drawing BoardTo start some work again from the basics to eliminate the errors that made the earlier plan failRate it:

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be one's own worst enemyTo cause problems for one's self, act contrary to one's own interest, self-sabotage.Rate it:

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best betThe best proposal or plan.Rate it:

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boom goes the dynamiteIndicating that something spectacular has happened, particularly where a plan or an effort has successfully culminated.Rate it:

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boots on the groundThis smacks of a military jargon. Troops deployed to confront enemy. Modern warfare can be conducted from helicopters, drones, bombers with remote directed missiles, rockets and missiles from ships.Rate it:

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brush pastTo go by quickly, making slight contact.Rate it:

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build castles in the airTo imagine visionary projects or schemes; to daydream; to have an idle fancy, a pipe dream or any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be realized.Rate it:

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burst my balloonBreak-up an assertion or a claim of success. Depracate a plan or approach. Deflate and belittle the glowing reports of a well chosen committee:Rate it:

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burst my balloonBreak-up an assertion or a claim of success. Deprecate a plan or approach. Deflate and belittle the glowing reports of a well chosen committee:Rate it:

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caedere et fundere hostemto utterly rout the enemy.Rate it:

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Can't Hit the Side of a BarnTo be unable of hitting the target accurately, to hold horrible planRate it:

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cannon fodderMilitary personnel who are regarded as expendable when attacking the enemy.Rate it:

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cast aboutTo plan; plot; contrive.Rate it:

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castle in the airA visionary project or scheme; a day-dream; an idle fancy; a pipe dream; any plan, desire, or idea that is unlikely to be ever realized; a near impossibility.Rate it:

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circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)to surround the enemy from the rear.Rate it:

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cladem hostibus afferre, inferreto inflict a defeat on the enemy.Rate it:

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collateral damageA damage to things that are incidental to the intended target. It is frequently used as a military term where non-combatants are accidentally or unintentionally killed or wounded and/or non-combatant property damaged as result of the attack on legitimate enemy targets.Rate it:

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consilium abicere or deponereto let a plan fall through.Rate it:

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consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)to form a plan, make a resolution.Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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cut offTo isolate or remove from contact.Rate it:

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Dead DuckA ruined person; a person or plan that is certain to die or failRate it:

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devil is in the detailsThe specific provisions of, or particular steps for implementing, a general plan, policy, or contract may be complicated, controversial, or unworkable.Rate it:

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dimittere e manibus hostesto let the enemy escape.Rate it:

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dragon's denA place to do battle, but the enemy is formidable. Only enter if prepared.Rate it:

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drift apartTo lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.Rate it:

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drive a coach and horses throughTo spoil, break or render ineffective a rule, plan or agreement.Rate it:

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effugere, elābi e manibus hostiumto escape from the hands of the enemy.Rate it:

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enemy combatantAny person in an armed conflict who may be properly detained under the laws and customs of war.Rate it:

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enemy combatantUsed other than as an idiom: see enemy, combatant.Rate it:

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eripere aliquem e manibus hostiumto rescue some one from the hands of the enemy.Rate it:

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fire awayTo begin shooting at an enemy.Rate it:

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fools rush in where angels fear to treadA person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid.Rate it:

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force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:

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forge aheadTo move forward quickly, or to make good progress with (especially a plan)Rate it:

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fugam hostium reprimere (B. G. 3. 14)to bring the flying enemy to a stand.Rate it:

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fugare hostemto put the enemy to flight.Rate it:

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fundere et fugare hostemto utterly rout the enemy.Rate it:

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fundere hostium copiasto rout the enemy's forces.Rate it:

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game planAny strategy devised to reach a given objective.Rate it:

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get back toTo return contact withRate it:

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