Do They Make Swiss Cheese in a Spray Can

more holes than a Swiss cheese

adj.

Vocabulary

a phrase to qualify something that has a lot of faults and problems. If an argument or a story has more holes than the distinctive gaps in the said Swiss cheese, it's definitely got a lot of issues.

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looney	n.	A currency coin worth $1.00 in Canada. Bigger than a quarter but smaller than a tooney.	looney also can mean strange or weird. ex.He had always been a little bit looney.
you catch more flies with honey	id.	the carrot is more effective than the stick
bite off more than one can chew	id.	to attempt or take on a task that is way to big and beyond one's capability	I wonder if that craftsman will be able to fulfil the three commitments he took on at the same time; in my opinion he bites off more than he can chew!
Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys	n.	The French	[Slang];[Pej.];[UK]
you catch more flies with honey	exp.	The actual say is: "You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar" This means that it is easier to persuade people if you use polite arguments and flattery than if you are confrontational.
action speaks louder than words	exp.	when you act it has more impact that when you speak only
sex up	v.	make more exciting
dominant	adj.	a person with more power or authority than others	Eg.: Your father is one of the dominant man in his section because he is boss.
sober up	exp.	to become more serious
there is more room on the outside than on the inside	q.	This expression means it is better to let one's emotions out, rather than bottled up inside. It is also often said when someone has gas.	this is just something my grandmother would say in cajun french
be stuffed to the gills	v.	be satiated/sated ; you might say 'I'm stuffed to the gills' to refuse more food meaning that you can't possibly eat any more or as a way of complimenting someone's cooking because it suggests that the food was so good that you ate more than you meant to.	Jennifer: More potatoes? Adele: Oh, no thank you, Jen! I'm stuffed to the gills. What a delicious meal!
tops	adv.	maximum; no more (or later) than; at the most	E.g.: You have to be back at 11 o'clock tops; The show lasted one hour tops
Wirk	v.	A culture of internet only jobs has coined the phrase Wirk. Wirk simply means Internet Work. Internet work is defined by job opportunities that did not exist before the rise of the internet and furthermore the work is likely to be carried out over the internet and payment received for work undertaken via the internet. Wirk describes both full time and part time internet work. Because of the nature of Wirk and the ability for anyone that has internet connection to earn money from Wirk, it is currently more likely to be a part time occupation than full time. Paid Online Questionnaires, Content Writing, Search Marketing are all examples of Wirk.	This is a term rising in popularity
! innovoisie	n.	(in neomarxist thought) the third main exploitive social class: The bourgeoisie of innovation. The members of the innovoisie have usually human innovating capital. They receive (as individuals) copyrights or patent rights and consume more than the world GDP. (neologism 1996 Yanick Toutain)
be ahead of the game	id.	be more successful than others in a competitive situation or do things in advance in order to succeed in a competition.	That basketball team was ahead of the game that is why they won!
Your guess is as good as mine	exp.	used to tell someone that you do not know any more about a subject than they do	Ex: Jill: 'How long should we bake this pie?' Jane: 'Your guess is as good as mine'.

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determiner

a the comparative of → much → many
more joy than you know, more pork sausages

b (as pronoun; functioning as sing or pl)
he has more than she has, even more are dying every day

a additional; further
no more bananas

b (as pronoun; functioning as sing or pl)
I can't take any more, more than expected

3 ♦ more of to a greater extent or degree
we see more of Sue these days, more of a nuisance than it should be
adv

4 used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs
a more believable story, more quickly

5 the comparative of → much
people listen to the radio more now

6 additionally; again
I'll look at it once more

a as an estimate; approximately

b to an unspecified extent or degree
the party was ruined, more or less

8 ♦ more so to a greater extent or degree

9 ♦ neither more nor less than simply

10 ♦ think more of to have a higher opinion of

11 ♦ what is more moreover
(Old English mara; compare Old Saxon, Old High German mero, Gothic maiza. See also most)
See at most

any more , (esp. U.S.) anymore
adv any longer; still; now or from now on; nowadays
he does not work here any more

Glen More
n another name for the → Great Glen

More
n

1 Hannah. 1745--1833, English writer, noted for her religious tracts, esp. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain

2 Sir Thomas. 1478--1535, English statesman, humanist, and Roman Catholic Saint; Lord Chancellor to Henry VIII (1529--32). His opposition to the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon and his refusal to recognize the Act of Supremacy resulted in his execution on a charge of treason. In Utopia (1516) he set forth his concept of the ideal state. Feast day: June 22 or July 6

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