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blind with scienceTo overwhelm someone with details in order to influence or mislead them.Rate it:

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cet homme est un puits de scienceHe is a man of deep learning.Rate it:

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dismal scienceNickname for economics or for the field of political economy.Rate it:

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expérience passe scienceExperience is the best master; Experientia docet.Rate it:

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rocket scienceThe science or study of rockets and their design.Rate it:

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rocket scienceAnything overly complex, detailed or confusing.Rate it:

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free lunchSomething obtained without any payment, obligation or effort.Rate it:

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out of house and homeGlobal Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science NOW.Rate it:

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take uponTo take charge of an item of business, or an obligation, as a personal initiative.Rate it:

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Get Off the HookTo liberate yourself from a repulsive or unpleasant obligation, to avoid a punishmentRate it:

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scot-freeTo get away with something completely free from obligation, harm, or penaltyRate it:

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à l'impossible nul n'est tenuPersonne ne peut avoir l’obligation de réaliser un acte si celui-ci n’est pas réalisable.Rate it:

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aetatem in litteris ducere, agereto devote one's life to science, study.Rate it:

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beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincireto lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment.Rate it:

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Bim, BEM, BumRetro art composition; composition stereotypical for the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.Rate it:

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cut someone looseTo let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.Rate it:

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Cutting EdgeAn important position or development in the field of science or technologyRate it:

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et uxor"and the wife" or "and his wife". It is often used in the context of a legal document to include a man's wife in whatever obligation, ownership, etc. the document spells out.Rate it:

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exceptio non numeratae pecuniaeAn exception whereby a defendant can claim that the plaintiff has not paid the money to him and that therefore the obligation is not owing.Rate it:

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fans are slansScience fiction fans are more intelligent and more creative than other people.Rate it:

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get aroundTo circumvent the obligation and performance of a chore.Rate it:

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get out ofTo circumvent some obligation entirely.Rate it:

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gratiam alicui debereto owe gratitude to; to be under an obligation to a person.Rate it:

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have toMust; need to; to be required to. Indicates obligation.Rate it:

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historiahistory (as a science).Rate it:

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hold up one's endTo hold up one's end of the bargain; to fulfill one's promise or obligation.Rate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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Klaatu barada niktoA stock science-fiction phrase, typically used as a code or shibboleth.Rate it:

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la nécessité est mère de l'inventionL’obligation de résoudre des problèmes ou de subvenir à des besoins pousse les humains à trouver des solutions nouvelles.Rate it:

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noblesse obligeThe honourable obligation that is the responsibility of those of high rank; in American English this often includes the expectation of benevolent actions such as helping those less fortunate.Rate it:

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ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny(biology, social sciences, art, philosophy) The physical, cultural, moral, or intellectual development of each individual passes through stages similar to the developmental stages of that individual's species, society, or civilization.1905, J. A. Harris, "The Importance of Investigations of Seedling Stages," Science, New Series, vol. 22, no. 554, p. 186:With reference to seedling stages the statement that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny must be made with great reserve.1961, M. E. Wolfgang, "Pioneers in Criminology: Cesare Lombroso (1835-1909)," The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science, vol. 52, no. 4, p. 367:Haeckel maintained that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny, and this idea was incorporated by Lombroso into his parallelism between the criminal and the child.2002, B. S. Jackson, "Models in Legal History: The Case of Biblical Law," Journal of Law and Religion, vol. 18, no. 1, p. 11:For even if we accept that "ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny," those responsible for the drafting of ancient legal documents were not children, and are hardly to be endowed with some form of infantile mentality.Rate it:

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philosophia, in qua de bonis rebus et malis, deque hominum vita et moribus disputaturmoral science; ethics.Rate it:

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philosophia, quae est de vita et moribus (Acad. 1. 5. 19)moral science; ethics.Rate it:

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qui a temps a vieQuand le terme où l’on doit satisfaire à quelque chose est encore éloigné, on a du loisir pour se préparer à remplir son obligation.Rate it:

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rocket scientistOne specializing in the science or study of rockets and their design.Rate it:

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se conferre ad naturae investigationemto devote oneself to the study of a natural science.Rate it:

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shoot oneself in the footTo deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.Rate it:

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when, as, and ifUsed to indicate the timing and contingency of some obligation in contracts, especially financial.Rate it:

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wriggle out ofTo circumvent an obligation by sneaky means.Rate it:

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