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When they say “Father Time is undefeated”, what does it mean?
To look the other way is to refuse to look at a problem directly and tackle it head on.
When they say so-and-so's “hard yards go unrewarded”, what does it mean?
When they criticize someone for “making some totally off base remark”, what does it mean?
LeBron James says that he will eventually be on the NBA’s Mount Rushmore, what does it mean?
“I like mine a lot, but I wouldn't stick my neck out and say the other one is inferior”, what does it mean?
Does the stock market upswing mean we are out of the woods? What woods?
A few bad ones in an organization will make the whole group look bad or rotten.
To touch base is to make contact after a hiatus to see if everything is OK.
"Under the bus" is a metaphor here, meaning a terrible thing will happen.
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