[as it were] {adv. phr.} As it might be said to […]

[blackout] {n.} 1. The darkening of a city curing an air […]

[brain drain] {n.}, {informal} 1. The loss of the leading intellectuals […]

[bring on] {v.} To result in; cause; produce. * /The murder […]

[burn-out] {n.} A point of physical or emotional exhaustion. * /There […]

[call to arms] {v. phr.} To summon into the army. * […]

[carry the weight of the world on one's shoulders] See: [WEIGHT […]

[catch-22] {n.}, {informal} From Joseph Heller's novel "Catch-22", set in World […]

[cold war] {n.} A struggle that is carried on by other […]

[come back to earth] or [come down to earth] {v. phr.} […]