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Single word (Preferably) for phenomenon when two persons who are at not good terms with each other and involve third person to correspond between them [duplicate]
What is it called (Preferably single word) for phenomenon that is taking place when three parties are involved such that first two persons (Group of people, party or Departments, etc) are at not good ...
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As I stand on/at the ______ of a new chapter?
Can someone please fill in the blank for me? I can't remember how the phrase goes. I don't want to say "stand at the start of a new chapter" because that sounds clumsy. I had originally ...
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Is there a word/phrase for doing something good to hide something bad you did for the same cause?
For instance a defendant in a court case where he is accused of domestic violence might tell the jury that he donated money to domestic abuse charities and helped sufferers, so it would seem unlikely ...
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Is there a name for the type of commonly said phrases that is said in a mocking, yet in a funny way?
There are some phrases that everybody knows, and are said in a humorous/mocking way like:
Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell
Dear diary...
Or Russian have this phrase about their failed ...
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Is there a single word for two phrases which are synonymous with one another?
Is there a single concise word for two phrases which have the same or nearly the same meanings as one another? Lately, I have found myself Googling phrases like "loath to admit synonym" or &...
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Word meaning a certain phrase?
In Estonian, there is a word that roughly translates to "I want to sleep more, but I can't, so I am laying in bed". Is there a similar word or shortened phrase that means the same thing in ...
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What is the phrase or word for this type organizational useless work [duplicate]
What is the phrase or word for this type organizational useless/pointless work based on either half baked ideas, of just o appease the higher ups.
Example:
An organization have three tier management
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single word or phrase when one of the department manager tries "blur the lines of responsibility"
While in an organization when a department works only for their objective rather than organization as whole, it can be generally called as silo mentality (with Negative connotation).
However what ...
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Overwhelm someone with work/‚evidence‘
(Remark: after thinking a bit more about it, I arrived at „flooding with information“.)
I‘m looking for a word (maybe an expression or phrase), where one party „B“ hands in so much information/„...
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Word/phrase for country's Ideology /political syst., whose governing bodies keeps tight control on media, on leak of info regarding mishandling
Looking for a reasonably official Word or phrase for Ideology /political system of a country, whose governing bodies keeps tight control of its media, its internal affairs and does not let any ...
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What is a term with a negative connotation that can be used to denote someone who became rich through unscrupulous means?
What is a word of phrase which one can use to define someone, or group of people who profited/ became rich by borderline illegal/Immoral/unscrupulous means.
I want a term which can relate to below ...
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Word or phrase for an idea that is good in theory but not practice
There are two things I’m thinking about. First, implementing ideas into policy on a large scale. An example could be the idea of communism, a big argument is that communism seems ideal on paper but ...
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Phrase for the sickness experienced when once a most favorite perfume or song or food desired feel disgusting after repetitive use/listening
What is common phrase or word for the sickness / queasiness we have when once a most favorite perfume we ached for to use or food we long to eat or song we desired to listen to, again and again is ...
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Word or phrase for a situation when your intention is to save something but end up in loss [duplicate]
I don't know what this situation is called when we end up in loss but intention was to save/protect.
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I am trying to improve something but made it worse
I am trying to fix a thing and broken ...
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What is the situation called when we remember something suddenly which we forgot before
Sometimes it happens that we try so hard to recall something that we know, but we can’t come up with that word (maybe it is on our finger tip or maybe not), and we remember it suddenly in the middle ...
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