Tag: Expressions

“To Eat Someone’s Lunch”
"To Eat Someone's Lunch" is an expression meaning to outcomp...

“Under Someone’s Thumb”
To be "under someone's thumb" is an expression indicating th...

Postsecondary Education

Brownfield (Mining and Oil Industries)
In the mining and oil and gas industries, "brownfield" is an...

Brownfield Land

Gray Matter

Ringleader

Pink Slip
"Pink slip" is an expression used to indicate that someone h...

Green Thumb
"Green thumb" is an expression used to indicate a person who...

D-List

Better Half
"Better half" is an expression used to refer to someone's sp...

Academic Circles
The phase “academic circles” uses “circle” to indica...

Circle (Social Group)
"Circle" can be used to indicate a social group of colleague...

Gray Area

Fifteen Minutes of Fame

C-List (Celebrity)

Red Tape
"Red tape" is an expression referring to the paperwork and ...

White Flight

First Hand

C Note
"C note" is an expression in American English that means a U...

Seventh Heaven (expression)

Single Handedly

“Cheaper by the Dozen” (Expression)

“Born to the Purple”

Purple Prose
"Purple prose" is an expression used to describe overly orna...

H-Hour
"H-Hour" is a term of military origin that means the time an...

Zero Hour
"Zero hour" is an expression that refers to when an event is...

Gray Collar
"Gray collar" is an expression used to describe jobs that ar...

Pink Collar
"Pink collar" is an expression used to refer to jobs that ha...

Green Collar
"Green collar" is an expression that describes jobs—both m...

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