Monday, February 29, 2016

bring it weak

bring it weak
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To fail to accomplish an accomplishable task or to make an attempt at less than maximum effort; to "half-ass" or "fake the funk".
    Unwilling to try his hardest, Jason instead chose to bring it weak at the gym, and didn't even break a sweat.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

Friday, February 26, 2016

bell the cat ‎

bell the cat
  1. (idiomatic) To undertake a dangerous action in the service of a group.
From a mediæval fable in which mice want to put a bell round the cat's neck but cannot agree who should do it.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

give it some welly

give it some welly
  1. (Britain) To increase fuel or power to an engine, as to a car by depressing the gas pedal.  [quotations ▼]
  2. (Britain) To apply great physical effort to (something).

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

break bulk

break bulk
To remove one or more items from the packaging, container, vehicle, or vessel in which shipped with other items.

synanthrope

 A synanthrope (from ancient Greek σύν sýn "together, with" and ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos "man") is an organism that evolve...