C.L NOTES 141-160

Question 1

141. What does pro forma, mean?

Answer 1

Doing something “pro forma” means satisfying only the minimum requirements of a task and doing it in a perfunctory (short) way.

Question 2

141. What does it mean in Latin?

Answer 2

From Latin meaning, “by form”.

Question 3

142. What does quid pro quo mean?

Answer 3

A fair exchange; the phrase is most frequently used in diplomacy.

Question 4

143. What does it mean in Latin?

Answer 4

From Latin, meaning “that which was to be demonstrated”.

Question 5

143. What does it mean to play Russian Roulette?

Answer 5

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.

Question 6

143. What is an example of to play Russian Roulette?

Answer 6

If you drink and drive, you are playing Russian Roulette with your life and lives of others.

Question 7

144. What does it mean to sail under false colors?

Answer 7

To behave deceptively; the “colors” of a ships are its identifying flags.

Question 8

144. What’s an example of false colors?

Answer 8

It turned out that the door-to-door salesman was sailing under false colors and was actually a swindler.

Question 9

145. What does second wind mean?

Answer 9

A new surge of energy after a period of mental or physical exhaustion.

Question 10

145. What does second wind refer to?

Answer 10

To the fact that a person’s metabolism changes to a more efficient mode during prolonged exercise.

Question 11

146. What is Semper Fidelis?

Answer 11

Latin for “always faithful”.

Question 12

146. What does it mean in the U.S coast guard?

Answer 12

Semper Paratus, on the other hand is the motto of the United States Coast Guard: “always prepared”.

Question 13

147. What dies sink or swim mean?

Answer 13

A sink-or-swim situation is one in which we must save ourselves by own means or else fail.

Question 14

147. What is the image?

Answer 14

The image is that of a person thrown into the water without a life preserver; he or she must swim or drown.

Question 15

148. What does sit the fence mean?

Answer 15

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.

Question 16

148. What kind of way is it used in?

Answer 16

Derogatory way

Question 17

149. What does sitting duck mean?

Answer 17

A very easy target.

Question 18

149. What does sitting duck come from?

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

159. What does skeleton in the closet, mean?

Answer 19

A potentially embarrassing secret.

Question 20

150. What is an example of skeleton in the closet?

Answer 20

“Before nominating the new judge the committee asked him if he had any skeleton in the closet”.

Question 21

151. What does skin of one’s teeth mean?

Answer 21

To do something “by the skin of one’s teeth” is to just manage to get it accomplished.

Question 22

151. What is an example of skin’s in one teegh?

Answer 22

“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.

Question 23

152. What does star-crossed lovers mean?

Answer 23

Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail.

Question 24

152. What does STAR-crossed mean?

Answer 24

(Frustrated by the stars), because those who believe in Astrology claim that the stars control human destiny.

Question 25

153. What does Status quo mean?

Answer 25

The existing order of things: present customs, practices, and power relations.

Question 26

153. What does Status quo mean in Latin?

Answer 26

From Latin meaning “the state in which”.

Question 27

154. What does strain at gnat and swallow a camel?

Answer 27

To take exception to a minor fault while overlooking a much larger one.

Question 28

154. What is an example of strain at a gnat and swallow a camel?

Answer 28

“The Editorial implied that the challenger was unqualified because she has lived in the state did only five years, but it overlooked the major financial scandal involving the Incumbent governor. The editor was straining at a gnat and swallowing a camel.

Question 29

155. What does Summa cum laude?

Answer 29

To graduate from college “summa cum laude” is to receive one’s degree with the highest possible distinction.

Question 30

155. What does summa cum laude mean, in Latin?

Answer 30

The Latin phrase means”with highest praise”.

Question 31

156. What does to take the bull by the horns, mean?

Answer 31

Take the initiative confronting a difficult position.

Question 32

156. What is an example?

Answer 32

“You’ll never decide what you wang in life by simply thinking about it; you’ve got to take the bull by the horns and try out a few possibilities.

Question 33

157. What does throw the book at someone, mean?

Answer 33

T make as many changes as possible against an offender.

Question 34

157. What is an example?

Answer 34

“You may think you’ve gotten off lightly in the past, Mugsy, but this time we’re going to throw the book at you!”

Question 35

158. What is thumbs up (or down) mean?

Answer 35

Expression of approval and disapproval respectively.

Question 36

158. What is an example?

Answer 36

“The two cities disagreed, about the movie; on gave it thumbs up, the other thumbs down.”

Question 37

159. What does N.O.W mean?

Answer 37

National Organization for Women, founded in 1966, seeks to it an end to discrimination against women in all sectors of society.

Question 38

159. What does NOW favor?

Answer 38

It favors liberalization, abortion laws, engages in litigation, and works actively in politics to bring about equal treatment for women.

Question 39

160. What are the FBI & CIA?

Answer 39

Federal Bureau Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency are charged with protecting the security of the United States.

Question 40

160. What is the difference?

Answer 40

The difference is that the FBI is limited to investigating security threats that take place within the U.S borders.