Nay sayer; naysayer; nay-sayer
A person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views
Examples
To be fair, the naysayers have a point.
What’s great about him is he doesn’t let all the noise get in his head and moves along regardless of all the nay sayers.
As thick as a block of lard
Extremely foolish; idiotic
Example
The Bloke is as thick as a block of lard. Even my 4yo niece realises that we can’t do anything when we’re responsible for less than 1% of the 14% of the 0.04% of global co2 emissions.
No brainer; no-brainer
Something that requires or involves little or no mental effort
Example
—Yes it’s a no brainer…just had to wake them up.
—One thing you can count on is they’re not awake to reality. They’re only thing they’re awake to is being woke.
The bulls keep running
Stock markets keep up the trend of being bullish or a bull market
Example
Making money in the markets every day now. I hope the bulls keep running.
Waffle
To speak or write equivocally; speak or write, especially at great length, without saying anything important or useful
Examples
He waffled on an important issue.
Waffle, waffle, waffle. So many in high places not face their incompetence.
Cling to one’s coattail(s); hold on one’s coattail(s); ride on one’s coattail(s)
To benefit from someone else’s success; to use someone else’s success as a means to achieve one’s own.
Examples
He had scaled the ordeals in life by clinging to the coattails of his steadfast faith in God.
He is a Great Patriot and a genius in many fields. I hope you don’t dampen his entrepreneurship by clinging to his coattails.
Turbocharge
Make something grow or increase faster or to make something much more powerful
Examples
What are the key factors that will turbocharge your career?
She added on X following her video message that the new policies are likely to turbocharge the US economy more powerfully.
Slob
A lazy, untidy or rude person; an ordinary person
Example
—The former boss is just a slob.
— He is the best slob we’ve got which makes him head and shoulders above this new boss.
Spitting image
Someone who looks very much like someone else
Examples
He really looks a spitting image these days.
She was the spitting image of her mother.
Snarl
To growl viciously
To speak harshly and sharply, as in anger, impatience, jealousy, etc.
Examples
He is snarling so much now.
The snob is snarling again. Get the plumbs out of your mouth.
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