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bought the farm	A fatality in private aviation for any number of Airframe and Engine {A&E} failures, pilot error or weather related problems.	added 8 years ago
all hands on deck!	Nautical call for all ships crew to come topside and man their usual station. Work challenge or approaching gale threatens safety of crew and vessel.	added 8 years ago
hard and fast	An expression of maritime origin. The vessel lodged hard and fast. Hard-grounded upon the hidden reef! An individual expressing an extreme tightly held position relative the topic at hand.	added 8 years ago
blowing hot and cold	Individual expressing frenetic enthusiasm one moment and minutes later showing, expressing extreme misgivings and doubts.	added 8 years ago
i'll say amen to that!	Amen offers a verbal agreement, an end-all to a prayer, a statement, an agreement in progress.	added 8 years ago
the big kahuna	Reference to the Big Boss, Chief of protocol, member of Board of Directors.	added 8 years ago
fashion police	The mythical fashion police are always standing in the wings eyeballing female employees as they pursue their careers in the executive offices of New York City.	added 8 years ago
lost footage	A lack of information, a lack of memory relative to vital details in a particular event.	added 8 years ago
are you for real?	Statements, actions. Body language, past history create an image of an individual in a particular situation.	added 8 years ago
lick his boots	To try too hard to please someone important.	added 8 years ago
kiss your money goodbye	The giving, lending of one's funds to individuals or investing or buying-into an irresistible scheme, agenda, lottery program or unknown proposition.	added 8 years ago
cry over spilled milk	Become needlessly upset over trivial reverses or losses, express resentment when others gain incidental items or are chosen instead of your being favored.	added 8 years ago
keep someone on a leash	Setting unreasonable time constraints, requiring excessive reporting of actions, projecting an expanded and ridiculously contrived schedule of tasks.	added 8 years ago
moving along at a snail's pace	The slow start of an agenda, the maintenance of a slothful effort, spending half a day to complete a two hour job.	added 8 years ago
have the time of your life	The experience, situation, developments, surprises, unexpected legacy, unusual positive actions from your friends, relatives, employers.	added 8 years ago
knock the wind out of your sails	To make you feel less confident or determined.	added 8 years ago
to stick around	One whom sticks around is a person in waiting, quietly present and ready to serve.	added 8 years ago
a bleeding heart	A bleeding hearts represents an individual whom forgives readily, overlooks irrationality, readily overlooks whiners.	added 8 years ago
have your wrist slapped	This expression indicates a minor objection, reprimand, correction, censoring, indicting for a misdemeanor.	added 8 years ago
a sideways approach	This agenda is to avoid a head to head confrontation, rather slide in with a 'sideways' move which may provide a smoother, elusive manner in approaching the challenge.	added 8 years ago
the jig is up	When one's plans, schemes, distractions, falsifications, feints, sleight of hand's, and 'dirty tricks' fail, one must admit.	added 8 years ago
hitch your wagon to a star!	Myriad individuals attach mysterious, magical, mythical powers and emotional magnetism to heavenly bodies, stars, planets, suns and moons.	added 8 years ago
tip of the iceberg	Ocean Scientists assert in reference to an 'iceberg': The {tip} exposed portion, visible above the sea, is only one eighth of the actual size of this awesome natural phenomenon found in the polar seas of our planet Earth.	added 8 years ago
it's not for us to wonder why, it's for us to do or die!	Ask no questions, ponder nothing, hold no reservations, withhold no loyalty; Simply fall-in, join forces, obey my orders, follow through and prepare to make the supreme sacrifice in this horrific challenge!	added 8 years ago
put down	To express deprecating, demeaning, critical, insulting remarks to another; expressions; 'put downs'.	added 8 years ago

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