141-160 Flashcards
(40 cards)
Pro forma means what?141
Satisfying only minimum requirements
What is the language origin of pro forma?141
Latin
What is Russian roulette?143
Gamble foolishly on a risky or potential ruinous.
Quid pro quo means what?142
A fair exchange.
Quid pro quo is what language origin? 142
Latin
Russian roulette is what?143
Risky
Sail under false colors means what?144
To behave deceptively
Sail under false colors is a what?144
Figure of speech
Second wind is what? 145
A new surge of energy
Second winds can come when? 145
After a persons physical or mental exhaustion
Semper Fidelis is Latin for what? 146
Always faithful
Semper Fidelis is the motto of what? 146
United States Marine Corps.
Sink or swim is what? 147
A situation by which we save ourselves by our own means, or fail
What will happen in a sink or swim situation?147
You fail, or succeed
Sit on the fence is to what?148
Be neutral about a situation
You sit on the fence in what? 148
A dispute
A sitting duck is a what? 149
An easy target
Sitting ducks comes from where?149
Hitting ducks easier, when they are still (sitting)
Skeleton in the closet is a what? 150
A potential embarrassing secret
Skeleton in the closet is a what? 150
Figure of speech
Skin if one’s teeth means? 151
Barely making it.
By the skin of one’s teeth is a what? 151
Idiom
Star-crossed lovers, are lovers who what? 152
Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail
Star-crossed lovers mean what, in Latin? 152
Frustrated by the stars