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What do you call a moderate victory?
In the following bible passage, Prophet Elisha prophesies that King Joash should take his bow and arrows, and subsequently orders Joash to use his arrows to strike the ground to signify a symbolic act....
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What is a word or phrase for student of the year? [closed]
I’m looking for a word/phrase similar to student of the year. I’m not using valedictorian, as I think it means student who has highest academic grade. I want to mean something that would mean like ...
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What is a term for a phenomenon where two people doing the same job are less effective than one person doing it alone?
For example, imagine a worker in a widget factory who is responsible for checking if all the widgets on a conveyor belt are well-made. This worker is successful in their job 99% of the time. However, ...
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What's a word that describes a person who reminds you of the good things they did for you?
I don't know if such a word exists in the English language. In the Bisaya language of the Visayas region in the Philippines where I belong, there is a verb that describes exactly that. I can't find ...
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Is there a word for when you/someone seeks help with a problem from someone else, but then the problem is resolved/gone when the helper arrives? [duplicate]
This is a situation I see my self first hand very often as someone who works in an IT related role. I also see it in other areas and experienced by seemingly everyone, but I don't know if there is a ...
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Idiom or proverb for "Productive members get punished for their hard work by getting dumped with more responsibilities
what is the idiom or proverb for
When good people/smart hard working people/productive employees are punished by pushing/dumping more responsibility on to them by the authority/management, etc ...
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A secular version of fate/destiny? [closed]
The Wikipedia page for destiny states:
Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin fatum – destiny), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, ...
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Idiom to express someone is getting something they don't need/won't be able to use
Context: Someone is trying to purchase an expensive product they not only don't need but won't have much use for. The result they are expecting to get can be achieved in a much simpler way without the ...
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How to describe a person who cares only about beneficial things?
I am trying to describe the following kind of person/personality:
He who cares only about doing beneficial (or useful) things. Before any decision is made, he asks a question like "Will it definitely ...
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Describing a group consisting of groups of people
Is there a word/phrase to describe the charateristic of a group of people being composed of small and independent groups of people?
In Chinese, we would say that a group has a lot of "小團體", which ...
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When someone ruins all the good they have ever done!
Suppose you have a nice and kind friend who helps you whenever possible, but sometimes they say something to you so angrily and sarcastically that you forget about all their kindness and help, because ...
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What's an expression for a cunningly-fake friend?
I'd like to warn somebody of one of their harmful managers, or even a so-called fake friend, so I say it like this:
Don't trust him! He is nothing but a cunning person who is trying to harm you/put ...
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