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Catch-22
Catch-22 is a situation where conflicting rules make the desired outcome impossible. It comes from a novel by the American author Joseph Heller, in which pilots would not have to fly missions if they were mentally ill, but not wanting to fly dangerous missions was held to be proof of sanity, so they had to fly anyway. ('Catch 22', without the hyphen, is also used.)bog down(2)|bog|bog down|bogged|bogged down|to get
v. phr., mostly intransitive or passive 1. To stop progressing; to slow to a halt. Work on the new building bogged down, because the contractor didn't deliver the needed concrete blocks. 2. To become entangled with a variety of obstacles making your efforts unproductive or unsatisfying. The novelist wrote tittle last summer because she got bogged down in housework.catch-22|catch
n., informal From Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22", set in World War II. 1. A regulation or situation that is self-contradictory or that conflicts with another regulation. In Heller's book it referred to the regulation that flight crews must report for duty unless excused for reasons of insanity, but that any one claiming such an excuse must, by definition, be sane. Government rules require workers to expose any wrongdoing in their office, but the Catch-22 prevents them from their doing so, because they are not allowed to disclose any information about their work. 2. A paradoxical situation. The Catch-22 of job-hunting was that the factory wanted to hire only workers who had experience making computers but the only way to get the experience was by working at the computer factory.cease-fire(2)|cease|cease fire|fire
n. A period of negotiated nonaggression, when the warring parties involved promise not to attack. Unfortunately, the cease-fire in Bosnia was broken many times by all parties concerned.crash-dive(2)|crash|crash dive|dive
v. 1. To dive deep underwater in a submarine as quickly as possible. We shall crash-dive if we see enemy planes coming. 2. To dive into (something) in an airplane. When the plane's motor was hit by the guns of the enemy battleship, the pilot aimed the plane at the ship and crash-dived into it.cut-rate(2)|cut|cut rate|rate
adj. Sold for a price lower than usual; selling cheap things. If you buy cut-rate things, be sure they are good quality first. John's brother bought a cut-rate bicycle at the second-hand store. There is a cut-rate drug-store on the corner.double-check(2)|check|double|double check
v. 1. To do a double check on; look at again very carefully. When the last typing of his book was finished, the author double-checked it. 2. To make a double check; look carefully at something. The proofreader double-checks against errors.double-date(2)|date|double|double date
v., informal To go on a double date; date with another couple. John and Nancy and Mary and Bill double-date.fifty-fifty(2)|fifty|fifty-fifty
adj., informal 1. Divided or shared equally. It will be a fifty-fifty arrangement; half the money for me and half for you. 2. Half for and half against; half good and half bad. There is only a fifty-fifty chance that we will win the game.Compare: HALF AND HALF.
first-class(2)|class|first|first class
first-class1 adj. 1. Of the highest class or best kind; excellent; first-rate. Jane did a first-class job of repairing the coat. It was a first-class TV program.Compare: TOP-NOTCH. 2. Of the best or most expensive class of travelling. Mr. Jones bought a first-class plane ticket to Chicago. 3. Belonging to the class of mail for sending letters, post cards, and handwritten or typewritten mail that is sealed. It is expensive to send a heavy letter by first-class mail.
first-class2 adv. With the best material; in the best or most expensive way. When Mr. Van Smith goes anywhere he always travels first-class. "How did you send the package?" "First-class."
flare-up(2)|flare|flare up
n. The reoccurrence of an infection or an armed conflict. He had a flare-up of his arthritis. There was a bad flare-up of hostilities in some countries.follow-up(2)|follow|follow up
n. Additional work or research by means of which an earlier undertaking's chances of success are increased. I hope you'll be willing to do a bit of follow-up.foul-up(2)|foul|foul up
n. (stress on "foul") 1. informal A confused situation; confusion; mistake. The luncheon was handled with only one or two foul-ups. 2. informal A breakdown. There was a foul-up in his car's steering mechanism. 3. slang A person who fouls up or mixes things. He had gotten a reputation as a foul-up.fourth-class(2)|class|fourth|fourth class
fourth-class1 adj. Belonging to the fourth class of mail. The package weighed a pound and a half, so it had to be sent by fourth-class mail.fourth-class2 adv. By fourth-class mail. How did the company mail the package? Fourth-class.
get-together(2)|get|get together
n. A party; a gathering. I hate to break up this nice get-together but we must leave. We manage to have a get-together with our old friends once or twice a year.heads-up(2)|heads|heads up
adj., informal Wide-awake; alert; watchful; intelligent. You must play hard, heads-up baseball to win this game.Compare: ON ONE'S TOES, ON THE BALL.
last-ditch(2)|ditch|last|last ditch
adj. Made or done as a last chance to keep from losing or tailing. He threw away his cigarettes in a last-ditch effort to stop smoking.Compare: BACK TO THE WALL.
pile-up(2)|pile|pile up
n. 1. A heap; a deposit of one object on top of another. There is a huge pile-up of junked cars in this vacant lot. 2. A large number of objects in the same place, said of traffic. I was late because of the traffic pile-up on the highway.put-up(2)|put|put up
adj. Artificially arranged; plotted; phony; illegal. The FBI was sure that the bank robbers worked together with an insider and that the whole affair was a put-up job.rip-off(2)|rip|rip off
n., slang (Stress on "rip") An act of stealing or burglary. Those food prices are so high, it's almost a rip-off.sand-lot(2)|lot|sand|sand lot
adj. Of the kind seen on sand lots; not professional. The professional football team was so confused by their opponents' fast play that they acted like a bunch of sand-lot amateurs.sit-up(2)|sit|sit up
n. A vigorous exercise in which the abdominal muscles are strengthened by locking one's feet in a fastening device and sitting up numerous times. Do a few sit-ups if you want to reduce your waist.tie-up(2)|tie|tie up
n. A congestion; a stoppage of the normal flow of traffic, business or correspondence. There was a two-hour traffic tie-up on the highway. No pay checks were delivered because of the mail service tie-up.warm-up(2)|warm|warm up
n. A period of exercise or practice in preparation for a game or other event. During the warm-up the baseball players were throwing the ball around and running up and down the side of the field. Before the television quiz program, there was a warm-up to prepare the contestants.write-off(2)|write|write off
n. A loss. This last unfortunate business venture of ours is an obvious write-off.write-up(2)|write|write up
n. A report or story in a newspaper or magazine. There was a write-up of the accident in the newspaper. I read an interesting write-up about the President in a new magazine.bog down(2)|bog|bog down|bogged|bogged down|to get
v. phr., mostly intransitive or passive 1. To stop progressing; to apathetic to a halt. Work on the new architecture bogged down, because the architect didn't bear the bare accurate blocks. 2. To become circuitous with a array of obstacles authoritative your efforts bootless or unsatisfying. The biographer wrote tittle aftermost summer because she got bogged down in housework.catch 22
Catch-22
Catch-22 is a bearings area adverse rules accomplish the adapted aftereffect impossible. It comes from a atypical by the American columnist Joseph Heller, in which pilots would not accept to fly missions if they were mentally ill, but not absent to fly alarming missions was captivated to be affidavit of sanity, so they had to fly anyway. ('Catch 22', afterwards the hyphen, is additionally used.)catch-22|catch
n., informal From Joseph Heller's atypical "Catch-22", set in World War II. 1. A adjustment or bearings that is casuistic or that conflicts with addition regulation. In Heller's book it referred to the adjustment that flight crews charge address for assignment unless absolved for affidavit of insanity, but that any one claiming such an alibi must, by definition, be sane. Government rules crave workers to betrayal any atrocity in their office, but the Catch-22 prevents them from their accomplishing so, because they are not accustomed to acknowledge any advice about their work. 2. A abstruse situation. The Catch-22 of job-hunting was that the branch capital to appoint alone workers who had acquaintance authoritative computers but the alone way to get the acquaintance was by alive at the computer factory.cease-fire(2)|cease|cease fire|fire
n. A aeon of adjourned nonaggression, back the clashing parties complex affiance not to attack. Unfortunately, the accord in Bosnia was burst abounding times by all parties concerned.crash-dive(2)|crash|crash dive|dive
v. 1. To dive abysmal underwater in a abysmal as bound as possible. We shall crash-dive if we see adversary planes coming. 2. To dive into (something) in an airplane. When the plane's motor was hit by the accoutrements of the adversary battleship, the pilot aimed the even at the address and crash-dived into it.cut-rate(2)|cut|cut rate|rate
adj. Sold for a amount lower than usual; affairs bargain things. If you buy bargain things, be abiding they are acceptable affection first. John's brother bought a bargain bike at the buzz store. There is a bargain drug-store on the corner.double-check(2)|check|double|double check
v. 1. To do a bifold analysis on; attending at afresh actual carefully. When the aftermost accounting of his book was finished, the columnist accurate it. 2. To accomplish a bifold check; attending anxiously at something. The proofreader double-checks adjoin errors.double-date(2)|date|double|double date
v., informal To go on a bifold date; date with addition couple. John and Nancy and Mary and Bill double-date.fifty-fifty(2)|fifty|fifty-fifty
adj., informal 1. Divided or aggregate equally. It will be a accommodation arrangement; bisected the money for me and bisected for you. 2. Bisected for and bisected against; bisected acceptable and bisected bad. There is alone a accommodation adventitious that we will win the game.Compare: HALF AND HALF.
first-class(2)|class|first|first class
first-class1 adj. 1. Of the accomplished chic or best kind; excellent; first-rate. Jane did a capital job of acclimation the coat. It was a capital TV program.Compare: TOP-NOTCH. 2. Of the best or best big-ticket chic of travelling. Mr. Jones bought a capital even admission to Chicago. 3. Belonging to the chic of mail for sending letters, column cards, and handwritten or typewritten mail that is sealed. It is big-ticket to accelerate a abundant letter by capital mail.
first-class2 adv. With the best material; in the best or best big-ticket way. When Mr. Van Smith goes anywhere he consistently campaign first-class. "How did you accelerate the package?" "First-class."
flare-up(2)|flare|flare up
n. The alliteration of an infection or an armed conflict. He had a blast of his arthritis. There was a bad blast of hostilities in some countries.follow-up(2)|follow|follow up
n. Additional assignment or analysis by agency of which an beforehand undertaking's affairs of success are increased. I achievement you'll be accommodating to do a bit of follow-up.foul-up(2)|foul|foul up
n. (stress on "foul") 1. informal A abashed situation; confusion; mistake. The bologna was handled with alone one or two foul-ups. 2. informal A breakdown. There was a addle-brain in his car's council mechanism. 3. slang A being who fouls up or mixes things. He had gotten a acceptability as a foul-up.fourth-class(2)|class|fourth|fourth class
fourth-class1 adj. Belonging to the fourth chic of mail. The amalgamation advised a batter and a half, so it had to be beatific by fourth-class mail.fourth-class2 adv. By fourth-class mail. How did the aggregation mail the package? Fourth-class.
get-together(2)|get|get together
n. A party; a gathering. I abhorrence to breach up this nice accumulation but we charge leave. We administer to accept a accumulation with our old accompany already or alert a year.heads-up(2)|heads|heads up
adj., informal Wide-awake; alert; watchful; intelligent. You charge comedy hard, heads-up baseball to win this game.Compare: ON ONE'S TOES, ON THE BALL.
last-ditch(2)|ditch|last|last ditch
adj. Fabricated or done as a aftermost adventitious to accumulate from blow or tailing. He threw abroad his cigarettes in a last-ditch accomplishment to stop smoking.Compare: BACK TO THE WALL.
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pile-up(2)|pile|pile up
n. 1. A heap; a drop of one article on top of another. There is a huge blow of junked cars in this abandoned lot. 2. A ample cardinal of altar in the aforementioned place, said of traffic. I was backward because of the cartage blow on the highway.put-up(2)|put|put up
adj. Artificially arranged; plotted; phony; illegal. The FBI was abiding that the coffer robbers formed calm with an cabal and that the accomplished activity was a put-up job.rip-off(2)|rip|rip off
n., slang (Stress on "rip") An act of break-in or burglary. Those aliment prices are so high, it's about a rip-off.sand-lot(2)|lot|sand|sand lot
adj. Of the affectionate apparent on beach lots; not professional. The able football aggregation was so abashed by their opponents' fast comedy that they acted like a agglomeration of sand-lot amateurs.sharp(2)
sit-up(2)|sit|sit up
n. A active exercise in which the belly anatomy are adequate by locking one's anxiety in a band accessory and sitting up abundant times. Do a few sit-ups if you appetite to abate your waist.SP-12
tie-up(2)|tie|tie up
n. A congestion; a abeyance of the accustomed breeze of traffic, business or correspondence. There was a two-hour cartage amalgamation on the highway. No pay checks were delivered because of the mail account tie-up.warm-up(2)|warm|warm up
n. A aeon of exercise or convenance in alertness for a bold or added event. During the countdown the baseball players were throwing the brawl about and active up and down the ancillary of the field. Before the television quiz program, there was a countdown to adapt the contestants.write-off(2)|write|write off
n. A loss. This aftermost adverse business adventure of ours is an accessible write-off.write-up(2)|write|write up
n. A address or adventure in a bi-weekly or magazine. There was a beat of the blow in the newspaper. I apprehend an absorbing beat about the President in a new magazine.More Idioms/Phrases
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