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you stop it or slow it down. |
put the brakes on |
Many companies are putting the brakes on new investment until the economy improves |
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if you have an advantage over your competitors in any activity in which you try to do better than others, such as in business, academia, sports, etc. |
ahead of the game |
We got ahead of the game by employing the best people in our research laboratories. |
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it isn't very important or it isn't very good. |
it's nothing to write home about |
We saw a movie today and it was nothing to write home about. It was just a typical action movie. |
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punch someone (humorous idiom) |
a knuckle sandwich ---- (This is a humorous idiom usually used among friends when they're joking.) |
If you say that again you'll get a knuckle sandwich! |
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they are old-fashioned and their ideas are out of date. |
behind the times |
How can we be a successful company if our executives are so behind the times that they don't know what people want these days? |
