[saber rattling] or [sword rattling] {n.} A show of military strength usually to frighten; a threat of military force. * /The dictator marched his troops and tanks along the border […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Vietnam syndrome

[Vietnam syndrome] {n.}, {informal} An attitude in government circles that diplomacy may be more effective in solving local political problems in other countries than the use of military force, stemming […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Bill Gates

"There are people who don't like capitalism, and there are people who don't like PCs, but there's no one who likes the PC who […]

Yuppie Food Coupons

[Yuppie Food Coupons] Twenty dollar bills from an ATM.

Idioms to Learn Today

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open up

[open up] {v.} 1. To show for the first time; make clear; reveal. * /The story of Helen Keller's life opened up a whole new […]

sleep around

[sleep around] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {vulgar}, {avoidable} To be free with one's sexual favors; to behave promiscuously. * […]

Agent Orange

[Agent Orange] {n.} A herbicide used as a defoliant during the Vietnam War, considered by some to cause birth defects and […]

in the clear

[in the clear] {adj. phr.} 1. Free of anything that makes moving or seeing difficult; with nothing to limit action. * /The […]

James M. Barrie

(1860-1937) English novelist It is not real work unless you would rather be doing something else.