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out of gasLacking fuel.Rate it:

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cooking with gasNow doing something in an effective way.Rate it:

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burn everything russian except the sources of their energy, coal, natural gas and oil.From an early form of boycott and civil resistance in Ireland with implied relevance in today's world.Rate it:

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Cooking With GasTo perform or complete something with excellence and enthusiasmRate it:

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gas upTo fill the gas tank of an automobile with fuel.Rate it:

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hit the gasGo, go faster.Rate it:

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laughing gasnitrous oxideRate it:

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out of gasTired; lacking energy or motivation.Rate it:

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in the scheme of things it was a small victory.As with climate change the slow improvement of gas amounts discharged into the atmosphere comes too late. We are screwed Rate it:

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live onTo survive solely by consuming a certain thing.Rate it:

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blow offTo pass gas; to break wind.Rate it:

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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:

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brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:

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blow outTo be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.Rate it:

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break the sealWhen consuming alcohol, to urinate for the first time, which leads to needing to urinate more and more often.Rate it:

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contador GeigerInstrumento detector de radiación alfa o beta. Está constituido por un tubo Geiger-Müller, el cual contiene un gas inerte que, cuando lo atraviesa una partícula o un fotón de radiación conduce brevemente electricidad. El instrumento amplifica la señal, comúnmente audible, o mueve una aguja, que puede observa el operador.Rate it:

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copious free timeA hypothetical time set aside for performing time-consuming tasks, however insinuating that the speaker really has no free time.Rate it:

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gigante gaseosoPlaneta de gran tamaño con un núcleo denso y pequeño rodeado por capas masivas del gas. No posee superficie sólida.Rate it:

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hold one's liquorTo be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.Rate it:

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pinza de MohrTipo de pinza usada en laboratorios para cerrar el paso de un líquido o gas en un tubo flexible de goma o látex.Rate it:

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pissing contestAn argument which is instigated, or exacerbated while consuming alcohol.Rate it:

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plough throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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plow throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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polish a turdTo work on a time-consuming and ultimately pointless or impossible task.Rate it:

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pull my fingerA phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas.Rate it:

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put the pedal to the metalThe literal meaning is to press the gas pedal to the maximum extent; see our other entry for the figurative meaning this phrase has also come to meanRate it:

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red tapeA derisive term for regulations or bureaucratic procedures that are considered excessive or excessively time- and effort-consuming.Rate it:

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up to one's neck in alligatorsExtremely busy; having many pressing obligations, distractions, etc consuming one's time.Rate it:

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