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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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As I stand on/at the ______ of a new chapter?
I believe you are mixing metaphors. The common phrasing "stand on the ..." ends with precipice. But that is for a situation that could become very bad very quickly. A precipice is a sharp cliff, where …
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"So you like ducks" what does this mean?
Appropriately, this site grew out of a site for computer programmers (of which I am not one, not even close).
It is a reference to rubber duck debugging
In software engineering, rubber duck debugging …
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Is there a phrase/idiom that refers to the irony of putting off a task or goal when it's eas...
If you want a turn of phrase, you could negate a phrase that means doing the task when it is the easiest or most likely to succeed.
He didn't make hay while the sun was shining. or He didn't strike w …
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