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This tag is for questions seeking an idiom that fits a certain meaning. If you are asking more generally about a suitable phrase to use in a particular context, see the "phrase-request" tag. If you are seeking only a single word, see the "single-word-requests" tag.
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What is the phrase or idiom for older people who still can function properly
Although he is 90 this year, he still has all his faculties: he can still walk, eat on his own.
faculty
[fak-uh l-tee]
noun, plural fac·ul·ties.
an ability, natural or acquired, for a particu …
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Looking for a synonym for "experienced worker"
Whilst not directly an answer to the question itself, the quote in which you are stating doesn't, in my humble opinion, necessarily mean indicate someone highly experienced.
New hire, just means the …
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English equivalent for the Persian idiom "send someone out in pursuit of black chickpeas"
There is always the slightly comedic
can you go to the store and ask for a long weight
Generally used more as a trick on the young and / or naive workers, not knowing that a long weight doesn't exi …
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Idiom for something that is the best "available" solution
Least worst
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/least-worst
So it's the least worst option.
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English equivalent to the Arabic idiom 'soak it and drink its water'?
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it
Not exactly a match as it's often used as a counter argument, but has the same feeling.
that terror list is a load of made up rubbish! Stick that in your pip …
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Is there any proverb or idiom that conveys "the world is bound to no man"?
The only common usage I know of is
time makes fools of us all
Time makes fools of us all. Our only comfort is that greater shall come after us.
Essentially, it's saying, with enough time passed, …
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