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Blow up in your face?

If you do something and it blows up in your face, you have failed miserably.

Straight shooting advice?

Straight shooting means the speaker is forthright and frank.

Toe to toe?

That’s what “toe-to-toe” means, a direct fight or confrontation.

Grunt work

Grunt, you see, is the short, low sound we make from the throat, usually when we are doing heavy physical work or when we are unhappy.

Double down, no backing off

When someone doubles down on a certain project, he or she is redoubling their effort in pursuit of a certain risky object or goal.

Priming the pump?

US President Donald again invited ridicule when he told The Economist that he invented the phrase “prime the pump”.

Head trip?

A head trip is, in short, a journey that happens in the head.

What’s whataboutism?

Whataboutism is a retorting tactic turned into an art form or, seriously, an ideology.

Double-edged sword?

A double-edged sword, as a sister saying goes, that cuts both ways.

Flat footed?

To be caught flat footed is to be caught unawares and therefore unable to react quickly.

Writ large?

If something is described as writ large, then it is big and magnified, clear and unmistakable.

Game, set and match to you

People usually say this after you have accomplished something and done it with flair and in style.

Telltale signs?

So tell-tale signs are signs that tell the tale, the true tale, that is.

Golden handcuffs

It means that people find it very hard to leave well-paying jobs.

Full steam?

If an economy or for that matter a plan or project is going full steam ahead, it is moving forward at top speed.

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