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amateur hourA situation or activity in which the participants show a lack of skill, sound judgment, or professionalism.Rate it:

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another string to one's bowAnother skill, ability or resource when one fails.Rate it:

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brown thumbLack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.Rate it:

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brush upTo review; to improve an existing but rusty or under-developed skill.Rate it:

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Can't Hold a Candle ToTo be highly inferior, to be substandard in a certain skillRate it:

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crassa or pingui Minerva (proverb.)with no intelligence or skill.Rate it:

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e thumbA person with this skill.Rate it:

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e thumbA natural skill for tinkering with electronics; or computers.Rate it:

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get the hang ofTo learn to handle something with some skill, through practice or diligence, which can lead to an almost unconscious performance thereof.Rate it:

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go through the millTo experience the suffering or discipline necessary to bring one to a certain degree of knowledge or skill, or to a certain mental state.Rate it:

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Green ThumbHaving a great ability to grow flowers and plants, someone who is skill full in growing plantsRate it:

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green thumbA natural skill for gardening.Rate it:

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green thumbA person with this skill.Rate it:

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have a green thumbA person with a green thumb, a natural skill for gardening.Rate it:

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hide one's light under a bushelFor a person to keep some talent or skill hidden from other people. The tone is that a person having a talent which they can be proud of ought not hide it.Rate it:

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hold a candleTo compare; to be even remotely of the same quality, skill, etc. as another.Rate it:

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know one's ass from a hole in the groundTo have an adequate level of knowledge or skill; to understand what one is doing or talking about.Rate it:

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like riding a bikeSaid of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.Rate it:

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lose one's touchTo lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.Rate it:

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managerial inbreedingBad management, caused by managers making poor selection choices in recruitment, rewards, and promotions of the staff that report to them, leading to another generation of managers who lack the necessary skill sets to reward and promote the most effective staff.Rate it:

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more by accident than by designsomething done without deliberate intention; more by coincidence or luck than thanks to one's own skill or planning.Rate it:

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on one's gamePerforming brilliantly; with optimum skillRate it:

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one-trick ponyA person or group noteworthy for only a single achievement, skill, or characteristic.Rate it:

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practice, practice, practiceemphatic guidance on the importance of practice to learning a skill or similarRate it:

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run rings aroundTo demonstrate superiority, or greater skill than another person, team or group of people.Rate it:

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second natureA mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.Rate it:

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show offTo exhibit; to demonstrate one's skill, talent, etc. for its own sake.Rate it:

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sleight of handA performance of such skill.Rate it:

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snatch the pebbleTo fully grasp the meaning of a concept or developed a skill to a high degree of proficiency, often that rivals some specific expert.Rate it:

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snatch victory from the jaws of defeatTo suddenly win a contest when it appears that loss is a foregone conclusion, to succeed in an endeavor through reversal of fortune, skill, effort, or good judgment.Rate it:

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string to one's bowA skill, ability or resource.Rate it:

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try one's handTo attempt a skill, craft, or trade.Rate it:

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un tour de forceA feat (of strength or skill).Rate it:

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又紅又專pro-communism and having professional skillRate it:

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