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This tag is for questions about expressions. Expressions are words or phrases used to convey an idea, or else a particular term used conventionally to express something. Consider phrase-requests and expression-requests if you are looking for an expression, phrase-meaning if you are unsure about the usage of a given phrase.
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A more vernacular way of saying "adopt an alternative approach"?
How about this:
Perhaps I should try something different?
Perhaps I should look at it a different way?
Saying "go the other way round" would not be incorrect, but it doesn't mean quite the same thin …
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What Does "easy on the" Mean in Food Preparation?
It would mean you wanted less than normally comes with the sandwich.
'go easy' definition from Cambridge Dictionaries Online
I can't offer detailed evidence to support this, but I think it's quite …
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Gaining a skill after some amount of time (while not actively practicing the skill)
You could say that you learned it by osmosis:
an ability to learn and understand things gradually without much effort
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Irish folk song: Hunt the Hare, and played some funny rigs
Hunt the Hare is the title of a traditional Irish jig. That's probably why it is capitalized. Reference: https://thesession.org/tunes/4426
You're right about rig, it's an archaic word for a trick or …
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Meaning of "delight the heart of a wheelbarrow"
To offer a more prosaic answer :-), heart of a wheelbarrow is basically a slang or colourful way of saying hard-hearted or humourless. It's quite a common phrase in Ireland - Kavanagh didn't invent it …
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