Ramble along about nothing
Talk nonsense in a discursive, aimless way
Example
She has no Intellectual Depth as seen in her speeches. If you know anything, keep rambling along about nothing.
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Ramble along about nothing
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Infighting
Infighting
hidden conflict or competitiveness within an organization
Examples
Infighting between departments grew even worse.
Now stop the infighting and be a party.
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Leave nothing on the field
Leave nothing on the field
A common adage in baseball that you get to play it all (pitch, hit, field) and leave nothing on the field
Example
The two candidates ‘leave nothing on the field’ in the final weekend before Election Day.
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At the back of the queue
At the back of the queue
Coming after all others in order; almost having no opportunity of getting any job, money, benefit, fair treatment, etc
Examples
We are going to see increasing divides between people who have a home of their own and those who are, to coin a phrase, at the back of a queue – a lengthening queue – to ever get on the housing ladder.
They will also be at the back of a very long queue of 2.7 million unemployed people.
Do we simply accept our place at the back of the queue for funding, bracing ourselves for leaner times?”
And let’s be honest, under this government, the working people are at the back of the queue, aren’t they?
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Spot on
Spot on
completely accurate or correct
Examples
Your reviews are spot on.Absolute spot on, very interesting programme, particularly the view of a working farmer.
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Paint a ( kind of) picture for
Paint a ( kind of )picture for
To give an elaborate or detailed description of something that portrays it in a specific way
Examples
The board meeting painted a pretty grim picture for the company’s future.
A massive jobs miss doesn’t paint a positive picture for the backbone of America’s economy, according to the CEO of the top “non-woke” job board.
The statistics do not paint an optimistic picture.
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Move the needle on
Move the needle on
make a significant impact or change on
Example
What’s required to move the needle on job creation, according to the hiring expert, is deregulation on corporations and small businesses.
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Run for office
Run for office
to campaign to be elected to an office
Examples
If celebrities want political influence then they should run for office.
Running for office is a great way to make a difference in your life.
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Like a kid in the/a candy store
Like a kid in the/a candy store
feeling extremely excited or happy, as if one were a child who has been given free rein in a store full of candy
Examples
He was thrilled to be on this stage almost like a kid in the candy store.
When she saw all the desserts at the buffet, she was like a kid in a candy store.
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Fingernail on blackboard; fingernails on blackboard
Fingernail on blackboard; fingernails on blackboard
Very awful or unpleasant
Example
I didn’t have to listen to that “fingernail on blackboard” voice of the headmaster clarifying the issue.
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