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Is there an idiom for people who boast too much?
I am looking for idioms or informal/slang/colloquial expression for some people that make you think that they are able of building a skyscraper, constructing a spaceship, playing the piano better than ...
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Word or phrase for mere coincidence that brings happiness
I wish to state that my exposure to a certain area was a mere coincidence, and I am happy about the area. Moreover, I want to convey the idea that the incident was like a fairytale, something no one ...
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Is there a word for people who always act too friendly in order to curry favor with their acquaintances?
Is there a single noun or adjective for a person who is always flattering friends and acquaintances, not only to be liked and accepted but, at other times, to curry favor with them as well ? I'm not ...
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Is there a word for one who enjoys to eat for the sake of eating (a food hedonist)?
Does such a word exist? I don't mean to excess (IE, a glutton), but rather one who eats because he enjoys eating. Essentially, I'm looking for a word that's synonymous with "a food hedonist", or "a ...
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Is there a word or phrase meaning to plant my idea in someone else’s mind?
Is there a word or phrase that means to plant my idea in someone else’s mind so they think it is their own idea?
Just like what happened in the movie Inception.
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What do you call someone who always puts blame on others?
No matter what had really happened, this person will always blame and find an appearing logical/thought out way/strategy to it that, fundamentally, it's the other person who was the cause for all the ...
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Idiomatic expression for a difficult choice
This has cropped up several times in the past couple of months, and I've been struggling to find a fitting word to describe this phenomenon. I'll describe it:
You have two choices(no, it's not ...
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Word/phrase that means a series of problems of increasing severity caused by a small error
Something small goes wrong, and this triggers something slightly bigger, which triggers something slightly bigger, and so on and so forth until you end up with a chain of problems of increasing ...
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Is there an expression for someone who often takes things too literally?
E.g., if you use an idiom (in a context) like: "To throw the baby away with the bathwater." and your conversation partner says: "Huh, seems I don't have a baby/bathwater!" Also, when you explain the ...
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A phrase or a word for not practising what you are preaching [closed]
Can you please tell me the word, term or phrase for not practising what you are preaching.
Also, if possible, the word, term or phrase for someone who does so.
I am not looking for hypocrisy or ...
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Word/phrase for "treating the problem rather than the symptom"?
Is there a word that means the equivalent (or close to) the expression "treat the problem rather than the symptom" ?
If not, is there a concise way to say this?
For example, in discussing ...
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What would be an English equivalent for the Mexican Spanish word tocayo? [duplicate]
In Mexican Spanish (not sure if other Spanish speaking countries use the word too) we call "tocayo" to those people that share the same name as us (but not necessarily the same last name i.e., Juan ...
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A term for providing irrelevant and hiding relevant information [closed]
For example, you're doing a research for a car to purchase. You get a list of cars with engine number, city where a car was assembled, and a color. What's missing is make, model and price.
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Words or phrases for 'credit takers'
Let say, A and B work in the same office. Every time A talks to B about his idea or working style, B always takes that idea to his boss and acts as if it was his own idea.
What are words, phrases or ...
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Word or expression for "someone using fake kindness to hide something or his true nature" [duplicate]
It's someone who tends to be a nice person but hides something or there is something off about him. Sometimes, you meet this kind of people and you know that his/her kindness hides a darker side.
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