English phrases

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goal scored against a player's own team

language-based puzzle in English

doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender

figure of speech dating from Roman antiquity

statement by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche

group of countries identified collectively as enemies by U.S. President George W. Bush during the 2000s

art without any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function

Aesop’s fable

motivational poster produced by the British government in 1939

Spanish military slogan

Deliberately complex contraption

social group in the United States

American English slur for poor white people, especially in the American South

phrase

phrase to describe the mechanism of natural selection

discussion that has continued to the point of nausea

message which signals that the game has ended

1983 speech by Ronald Reagan

behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead

sentence used to emphasize lexical ambiguity and the importance of punctuation

quote commonly attributed to Marie Antoinette

questions whose answers are considered basic in information-gathering

unofficial maritime code of conduct

latin phrase

common marking and a meme from World War II

Jewish phrase for congratulations

automated guideway transit system, generally serving relatively small areas such as airports, downtown districts or theme parks

magical phrase in the story of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"

English-language pangram

phrase indicating that a work does not have a general license and thus individual rights-grants must be applied for; in some jurisdictions at some times, serves as a required copyright notice

principle with broad application that is not intended to be strictly accurate or reliable for every situation

phrase

placeholder term in event planning

Common title given to a speech delivered by Winston Churchill

political rallying slogan and argument derived from second-wave feminism movements

popular adage communicating the idea that it is impossible to get something for nothing

idiom that refers to a policy of offering a combination of rewards and punishment to induce behavior

metaphor referring to an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit

type of logical fallacy

confrontation among two or more parties in which no participant can proceed or retreat without being exposed to danger

military tactic

catchphrase

phrase used on maps to indicate uncharted areas

refusal to communicate verbally with someone who desires the communication

remark by John Lennon

lifestyle of people in the United States

sentence coined by Noam Chomsky to describe proper syntax with improper semantics

maritime tradition

catchphrase

short-lived media publicity or celebrity of an individual or phenomenon

leaf of the fig tree, traditionally used in art to obscure nudity

feminist slogan

phrase used to describe bad science, generally attributed to Wolfgang Pauli

legal defence where one attempts to deliberately confuse the jury by making use of the red herring fallacy

word that appears meaningful but is vague

political slogan of the Black Lives Matter movement

distinction between concepts

nonsense phrase that contains the 12 most commonly used letters in the English language in order