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wing and prayer
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up a gum tree
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roll of the dice
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workaround
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complacent
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tough sledding
Dunkirk
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remedilessness
monkey wrench
tough cookie
kick at the can
paint oneself into a corner
difficulty
half-measure
bear
squeaky wheel
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sticking plaster
doghouse
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boil the ocean
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hooped
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get blood out of a stone
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pseudosolution
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superchallenge
clutch
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solutionlessness
dicky
not have a prayer
ill
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mire
nuclear option
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time bomb
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let
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sticky wicket
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Dunkirk
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box oneself into a corner
take on water
give someone a hard time
decipher
come to grips
boil the ocean
rescue
resolve
get blood out of a stone
throw a wrench in
appeal
not have a prayer
wish one joy of it
noun
- A difficulty or predicament.
- Crime, offence, wrongdoing.
- Any of a number of criminal offences incurring similar penalties to the original offence of praemunire.
- The penalty for this offence.
- The offence in English law of bringing suit in or obeying a foreign (especially papal) court or authority, thus challenging the supremacy of the Crown. The offence was created by the Statute of Praemunire 1393 (16 Richard II, chapter 5), and abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1967 (chapter 58).
- The writ charging a person with this offence, the writ of praemunire facias.
verb
prep_phrase
noun
- A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
- A fault or interruption in a stratum.
- A malfunction.
- A violent occurrence or event.
- Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
- Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
- Wife. Clipping of trouble and strife.
- A distressing or dangerous situation.
verb
verb
- To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.).
- To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
- To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right.
- To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
- To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation.
- To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.
- To convert (alternating current) into direct current.
- To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.).
noun
- An impromptu and temporary response to an unforeseen problem or risk.
- A procedure or a temporary fix that bypasses a problem and allows a user to continue working until a better solution can be provided.
- A means of overcoming some obstacle, especially an obstacle consisting of constraints, or laws or regulations.
noun
- An obstacle or hindrance.
- The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.
- The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
verb
- To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.
- Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.
- To cause (+ bare infinitive).
- To allow the release of (a fluid).
- To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
- To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave (someone or something) alone.
- To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
verb
- To solve a difficult problem.
- To change rapidly in register.
- To become debilitated by psychological pressure.
- To form cracks.
- To make a cracking sound.
- To break open or crush to small pieces by impact or stress.
- To make a crack or cracks in.
- To make a sharply humorous comment.
- To open slightly.
- To overcome a security system or component.
- To break down (a complex molecule), especially with the application of heat: to pyrolyse.
- To break apart under force, stress, or pressure.
- To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.
- To strike forcefully.
- To cause to yield under interrogation or other pressure.
- To circumvent software restrictions such as regional coding or time limits.
- To tell (a joke).
- To break down or yield, especially under interrogation or torture.
- To cause to make a sharp sound.
- To realize that one is transgender.
- To barely reach, attain to (a measurement, extent).
- To open a canned beverage, or any packaged drink or food.
adj
noun
- An attempt at something.
- A sharp, resounding blow.
- The tone of voice when changed at puberty.
- A program or procedure designed to circumvent restrictions or usage limits on software.
- Vagina.
- The space between the buttocks.
- A narrow opening.
- Any sharp sound.
- A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
- A sharply humorous comment; a wisecrack.
- a meaningful chat.
- Something good-tasting or habit-forming.
- Extremely silly, absurd or off-the-wall ideas or prose.
- Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.
- The sharp sound made when solid material breaks.
- Business; events; news.
- Crack cocaine, a potent, relatively cheap, addictive variety of cocaine; often a rock, usually smoked through a crack-pipe.
noun
- a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat
- a seaport in northern France on the North Sea; scene of the evacuation of British forces in 1940 during World War II
- an amphibious evacuation in World War II (1940) when 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches in northern France in a desperate retreat under enemy fire
noun
- Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore.
- The meat of this animal.
- A state policeman (short for Smokey Bear).
- A portable punching machine.
- An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices.
- A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the deck.
- A large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous), related to the dog and raccoon, having shaggy hair, a very small tail, and flat feet; a member of the family Ursidae.
- The fifteenth Lenormand card.
- A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person.
- A large, hairy man, especially one who is homosexual.
verb
- To carry upon one's person, especially visibly; to be equipped with.
- To endeavour to depress the price of, or prices in.
- To wear.
- To carry (offspring in the womb), to be pregnant (with).
- To have or display (a mark or other feature).
- To display (a particular heraldic device) on a shield or coat of arms; to be entitled to wear or use (a heraldic device) as a coat of arms.
- To present or exhibit (a particular outward appearance); to have (a certain look).
- To have (a name, title, or designation).
- To possess or enjoy (recognition, renown, a reputation, etc.); to have (a particular price, value, or worth).
- To have (interest or a specified rate of interest) stipulated in its terms.
- To have (an appendage, organ, etc.) as part of the body; (of a part of the body) to have (an appendage).
- To carry or hold in the mind; to experience, entertain, harbour (an idea, feeling, or emotion).
- To feel and show (respect, reverence, loyalty, etc.) to, towards, or unto a person or thing.
- To possess inherently (a quality, attribute, power, or capacity); to have and display as an essential characteristic.
- To have (a relation, correspondence, etc.) to something else.
- To give (written or oral testimony or evidence); (figurative) to provide or constitute (evidence or proof), give witness.
- To have (a certain meaning, intent, or effect).
- To behave or conduct (oneself).
- To possess and use, to exercise (power or influence); to hold (an office, rank, or position).
- To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
- To support or sustain; to hold up.
- To endure or withstand (hardship, scrutiny, etc.); to tolerate; to be patient (with).
- To admit or be capable of (a meaning); to suffer or sustain without violence, injury, or change.
- To carry on, or maintain; to have.
- To push, thrust, press.
- To take effect; to have influence or force; to be relevant.
- To give birth to (someone or something) (may take the father of the direct object as an indirect object).
- To sustain, or be answerable for (blame, expense, responsibility, etc.).
- To warrant, justify the need for.
- To produce or yield something, such as fruit or crops.
- To afford, to be something to someone, to supply with something.
- Of a weapon, to be aimed at an enemy or other target.
- To be, or head, in a specific direction or azimuth (from somewhere).
adj
noun
- A difficult or demoralizing situation.
- Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.
- A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
- Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
- Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
- A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
adj
- Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
- Broken.
- of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
- Having some specific type of bone.
- Fitted with bones.
- Having the legs straightened during a trick.
- Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
noun
- A potential problem or source of trouble.
- A feature of a system or a program that works in the way it is documented but is counter-intuitive and almost invites mistake or non-function.
- An attempt to disprove or refute someone's argument, usually in a deceptive or disingenuous way.
- An instance of publicly tricking someone or exposing them to ridicule, especially by means of an elaborate deception.
- An instance of accomplishing a tricky idea or overcoming a difficult obstacle.
abbrev
- Understand you; comprehend you.
- Got you covered, got your back; when you have an advantage or responsibility over someone.
- Got you; have you; as in capture or apprehend.
- Got you back; as in after causing some form of retaliation or revenge against someone.
- Got you by surprise; exclamation indicating a successful trick or prank.
noun
- An opportunity or attempt.
- Small metal balls used as ammunition.
- A remark or comment, especially one which is critical or insulting.
- The act of launching a ball or similar object toward a goal.
- A cast of one or more nets.
- Metal balls (or similar) used as ammunition; not necessarily small.
- A single draft or catch of fish made.
- A vaccination or injection.
- The heavy iron ball used for the shot put.
- A single snapshot or an unbroken sequence of photographic film exposures, or the digital equivalent; an unedited sequence of frames.
- Someone who shoots (a gun, longbow, etc.); a person reckoned as to their aim.
- Written documentation of a behavior infraction.
- The result of launching a projectile or bullet.
- A charge to be paid, a scot or shout.
- A punch or other physical blow.
- A measure of alcohol, usually spirits, as taken either from a shot-glass or directly from the bottle, equivalent to about 44 milliliters; 1.5 ounces. ("pony shot"= 30 milliliters; 1 fluid ounce)
- A single serving of espresso.
- A home run that scores one, two, or three runs (a four run home run is usually referred to as a grand slam).
- A place or spot for setting nets.
adj
- Worn out or broken.
- Scarred silly or crazy of something or someone usually due to a traumatic experience with said fear.
- Tired, weary.
- Discharged, cleared, or rid of something.
- Woven from warp and weft strands of different colours, resulting in an iridescent appearance.
verb
intj
noun
- a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
- the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
- a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee
- a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'
- an object worked on; a result produced by working
- the responsibility to do something
- the performance of a piece of work
- a damaging piece of work
- (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit
- a crime (especially a robbery)
verb
adj
- Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
- In the style of rock music.
- Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
- Like a rock; rigid, solid.
- Having a habitat around or on rocks.
- Easily rocked; unstable.
- Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
noun
- A desperate or urgent request.
- Words shouted or screamed.
- A shout or scream.
- A group of hounds.
- A clamour or outcry.
- A shedding of tears; the act of crying.
- A typical sound made by the species in question.
verb
- To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals do.
- To shed tears; to weep.
- To shout, scream, yell.
- To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping.
- To utter loudly; to call out; to declare publicly.
- To make oral and public proclamation of; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, auctioned, etc.
- Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.
noun
- A problem or difficult situation.
- Stuff, things.
- Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
- The act of shitting.
- Rubbish; worthless matter.
- Anything exceptional or remarkable.
- (in negations) Anything.
- Nonsense; bullshit.
- The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
- A strong rebuke.
- Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
- A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
- (the shit) The best of its kind.
intj
- Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
- Used to show displeasure or surprise.
- Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
adj
verb
noun
- A solution to a problem; something that is needed.
- A warrant.
- A certificate of qualification as a ship's master, pilot, or other crew member.
- A certificate or token of a share in a lottery or other scheme for distributing money, goods, etc.
- A list of candidates for an election, or a particular theme to a candidate's manifesto.
- A permit to operate a machine on a construction site.
- A citation for a traffic violation.
- A label affixed to goods to show their price or description.
- A pass entitling the holder to board a train, a bus, a plane, or other means of transportation
- A service request, used to track complaints or requests that an issue be handled. (Generally technical support related).
- A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, etc.
verb
noun
- A difficult circumstance or problem.
- A type of syllogism of the form "if A is true then B is true; if C is true then D is true; either A or C is true; therefore either B or D is true".
- A circumstance in which a choice must be made between two or more alternatives that seem equally undesirable.
- Offering to an opponent a choice between two (equally unfavorable) alternatives.
verb
- To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To recover forcibly.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
- To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
noun
verb
- To find a solution to (a problem).
- To make a firm decision to do something.
- To determine or decide in purpose; to make ready in mind; to fix; to settle.
- To cause to perceive or understand; to acquaint; to inform; to convince; to assure; to make certain.
- To cause a chord to go from dissonance to consonance.
- To render visible or distinguishable the parts of something.
- To find the IP address of a hostname, or the entity referred to by a symbol in source code; to look up.
- To reduce to simple or intelligible notions; to make clear or certain; to unravel; to explain.
- To come to an agreement or make peace; patch up relationship, settle differences, bury the hatchet.
- To melt; to dissolve; to liquefy or soften (a solid).
- To break down into constituent parts; to decompose; to disintegrate; to return to a simpler constitution or a primeval state.
- To melt; to dissolve; to become liquid.
- To separate racemic compounds into their enantiomers.
noun
noun
- A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma; a predicament.
- fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace)
- A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game, an election, a trial, or a bid.
- A repair or corrective action.
- A determination of location.
- A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
verb
- To focus or determine (oneself, on a concept); to fixate.
- To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular group of contestants, usually before the contest begins; to arrange immunity for defendants by tampering with the justice system via bribery or extortion.
- To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
- To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
- To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will make it insensitive to the action of light.
- To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
- To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
- To convert into a stable or available form.
- To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- To prevent enemy pawns from advancing by directly opposing the most advanced one with one of one's own pawns so as to threaten to capture any advancing backward pawns.
- To mend, to repair.
- To prepare (food or drink).
- To map a (point or subset) to itself.
noun
- A difficult situation; peril.
- A sweet, vinegary pickled chutney popular in Britain.
- A mildly mischievous loved one.
- A penis.
- A bath of dilute sulphuric or nitric acid, etc., to remove burnt sand, scale, rust, etc., from the surface of castings, or other articles of metal, or to brighten them or improve their colour.
- In an optical landing system, the hand-held controller connected to the lens, or apparatus on which the lights are mounted.
- Any vegetable preserved in vinegar and consumed as relish.
- A children’s game with three participants that emulates a baseball rundown
- A kernel; a grain (of salt, sugar, etc.)
- A pipe for smoking methamphetamine.
- The brine used for preserving food.
- A small or indefinite quantity or amount (of something); a little, a bit, a few. Usually in partitive construction, frequently without "of"; a single grain or kernel of wheat, barley, oats, sand or dust.
- A rundown.
- A cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
verb
- To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
- To eat sparingly.
- To pilfer.
- To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
- To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
- To serialize.
noun
- A difficulty or problem.
- A loan.
- An act of rubbing.
- In the game of crown green bowls, any obstacle by which a bowl is diverted from its normal course.
- Any substance designed to be applied by rubbing.
- A mixture of spices applied to meat before it is barbecued.
verb
- To scour; to burnish; to polish; to brighten; to cleanse; often with up or over.
- To hinder; to cross; to thwart.
- To move (one object) while maintaining contact with another object over some area, with pressure and friction.
- To touch the jack with the bowl.
- To be rubbed against something.
- To rub something against (a second thing).
- To spread a substance thinly over; to smear.
verb
- challenge (a decision)
- take a court case to a higher court for review
- request earnestly (something from somebody); ask for aid or protection
- be attractive to
- cite as an authority; resort to
noun
- earnest or urgent request
- attractiveness that interests or pleases or stimulates
- (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court's judgment or the granting of a new trial
- request for a sum of money
noun
- An important or critical situation.
- The claw of a predatory animal or bird.
- A brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs.
- A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
- A fastener that attaches to the back of a tack pin to secure an accessory to clothing. (See Clutch (pin fastener).)
- A small handbag or purse with no straps or handle.
- A group or bunch (of people or things).
- Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.
- A grip, especially one seen as rapacious or evil.
- The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
- A difficult maneuver
verb
- To unexpectedly or luckily succeed in a difficult activity.
- To hatch.
- To seize, as though with claws.
- To grip or grasp tightly.
- To win in a 1vX (one versus X) situation.
adj
adj
noun
- A leather apron for a gig, etc.
- The luggage storage compartment of a sedan/saloon style car.
- A louse.
- Dicky dirt = a shirt, meaning a shirt with a collar.
- A haddock.
- A small bird; a dicky-bird.
- An insignificant sound or thing; dicky-bird.
- A detachable shirt front, collar or bib.
- A pilot.
- A hedge sparrow.
- A donkey.
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