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This tag is for questions seeking a phrase or an expression that fits a meaning. If you're specifically seeking only a single word, see the "single word requests" tag too.
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What's it called when you lose contact with reality when watching a movie?
I would say that rapt describes exactly what you are describing:
Deeply engrossed or absorbed
Transported with emotion
Carried off spiritually to another place, sphere of existence, etc.
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When we thread a bead, what are we doing to the thread?
What is the word for what we are doing to the thread when we "thread a bead"? Are we "beading" the thread? The closest word that I could find was "extrude" but I think that this is more of a manufactu …
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An idiom for a stupid action which is beneficial in the end, or for the person who performed...
A common saying in Hebrew which fits this perfectly: "More luck than brains".
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What is the problem that gets worse after you try to solve it?
I have heard situations in which every "solution" causes more problems referred to as a quagmire:
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1. An area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog.
2. A situ …
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Expression for losing something that you never really had
What your friend has lost is not SE reputation, but rather time. He is investing his time in order to exchange it for SE rep, but he is investing too much time on SE. His stated intention is to increa …
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Is there an idiom or typical expression for an unfunny joke?
I've heard unfunny jokes referred to as:
About as funny as cancer
Obviously offensive, but it makes a joke out of the bad situation. I personally would be careful using this phrase around people …
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What do you call this segment of road between the lane and an exit?
On page 32 of this PDF prepared for the California Department of Transportation the term used is "Hatch Striping".
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