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"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Originally posted by Helen Thomas:
Here are some odd expressions that I can use in the right context but have no idea what they originally meant.
(... ones I don't know either...)
blue moon - has the moon ever been blue ?
by and large -
long in the tooth
Originally posted by Frank Silbermann:
"By and large" reminds me of the ridiculous software engineering phrases from the 1980s
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Originally posted by Helen Thomas:
blue moon - has the moon ever been blue ?
pipe dream
fifth column - OK I didn't know this one and the rest
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors
Books: Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java, Agile Java, Modern C++ Programming with TDD, Essential Java Style, Agile in a Flash. Contributor, Clean Code.
Books: Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java, Agile Java, Modern C++ Programming with TDD, Essential Java Style, Agile in a Flash. Contributor, Clean Code.
Books: Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java, Agile Java, Modern C++ Programming with TDD, Essential Java Style, Agile in a Flash. Contributor, Clean Code.
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Originally posted by Jeff Langr:
eighty-six:
Common lunch counter shorthand
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein
Books: Pragmatic Unit Testing in Java, Agile Java, Modern C++ Programming with TDD, Essential Java Style, Agile in a Flash. Contributor, Clean Code.
I've heard it takes forever to grow a woman from the ground
Originally posted by Joseph George:
The Real Mccoy comes from a steam train part (don't ask me which one) invented by a feller named Mccoy. A part in high demand, various people began to imatate it. However, none of them worked as well as the original, so buyers would check to make sure they were getting the "Real Mccoy".
Le Cafe Mouse - Helen's musings on the web - Java Skills and Thrills
"God who creates and is nature is very difficult to understand, but he is not arbitrary or malicious." OR "God does not play dice." - Einstein