C.L NOTES 141-160 Flashcards
- What does pro forma, mean?
Doing something “pro forma” means satisfying only the minimum requirements of a task and doing it in a perfunctory (short) way.
- What does it mean in Latin?
From Latin meaning, “by form”.
- What does quid pro quo mean?
A fair exchange; the phrase is most frequently used in diplomacy.
- What does it mean in Latin?
From Latin, meaning “that which was to be demonstrated”.
- What does it mean to play Russian Roulette?
To gamble foolishly on a risky or potentially ruinous business; the expression refers to a deadly game in which a particular loads a revolver with one bullet, spins the cylinder, and fires at his own head.
- What is an example of to play Russian Roulette?
If you drink and drive, you are playing Russian Roulette with your life and lives of others.
- What does it mean to sail under false colors?
To behave deceptively; the “colors” of a ships are its identifying flags.
- What’s an example of false colors?
It turned out that the door-to-door salesman was sailing under false colors and was actually a swindler.
- What does second wind mean?
A new surge of energy after a period of mental or physical exhaustion.
- What does second wind refer to?
To the fact that a person’s metabolism changes to a more efficient mode during prolonged exercise.
- What is Semper Fidelis?
Latin for “always faithful”.
- What does it mean in the U.S coast guard?
Semper Paratus, on the other hand is the motto of the United States Coast Guard: “always prepared”.
- What dies sink or swim mean?
A sink-or-swim situation is one in which we must save ourselves by own means or else fail.
- What is the image?
The image is that of a person thrown into the water without a life preserver; he or she must swim or drown.
- What does sit the fence mean?
To remain neutral, go refuse to take sides in a dispute; often used in a derogatory way about someone who is then to lack the courage to decide.
- What kind of way is it used in?
Derogatory way
- What does sitting duck mean?
A very easy target.
- What does sitting duck come from?
The term comes from hunting where it is much easier to hit ducks when they are siting on the water than when they are in flight.
- What does skeleton in the closet, mean?
A potentially embarrassing secret.
- What is an example of skeleton in the closet?
“Before nominating the new judge the committee asked him if he had any skeleton in the closet”.
- What does skin of one’s teeth mean?
To do something “by the skin of one’s teeth” is to just manage to get it accomplished.
- What is an example of skin’s in one teegh?
“I never really thought we’d get the magazine to the printer by the deadline, but we made it by the skin if our teeth.
- What does star-crossed lovers mean?
Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail.
- What does STAR-crossed mean?
(Frustrated by the stars), because those who believe in Astrology claim that the stars control human destiny.
