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Idioms are a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words. Use [idiom-requests] if you are searching for an idiom with a particular meaning.
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English equivalent to Spanish idom "to discover America/the Mediterranean"
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Other related idioms that that are used as responses to questions to which the "yes" answer is obvious:
Is the pope catholic?
Does a bear [ahem] defecate in the woods? …
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Why does "Not in a month of Sundays" mean "It won't happen"?
No one really knows why, but the Oxford Dictionary of Idioms and Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins offer the suggestion that it is related to religious restrictions on activities on Sunday. … The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms says:
a month of Sundays a very long, seemingly endless period of time
This expression may be a reference to the traditionally slow passage of Sundays as a result …
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Is it possible to use “Go Galt” beyond political or business context?
To answer the question directly: no, not really. It is inherently politically-loaded, because the phrase comes from one of Any Rand's ideological novels.
In the article you quote, it is being used sa …
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