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71_to_80.json
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{
"1": {
"meaning": "a tiny portion of something",
"examples": ["I don’t want a jot or tittle of the cake, I want the whole thing."],
"title": "jot or tittle"
},
"2": {
"meaning": "an unofficial court set up by a group of people",
"examples": ["Is this a staff meeting or a kangaroo court?"],
"title": "Kangaroo court"
},
"3": {
"meaning": "try every possible course of action in order to achieve something",
"examples": ["He left no stone unturned in his search for his natural mother."],
"title": "leave no stone unturned"
},
"4": {
"meaning": "very little space, cramped quarters",
"examples": ["There's not enough room to swing a cat in this tent."],
"title": "no room to swing a cat"
},
"5": {
"meaning": "read or work late into the night",
"examples": ["I've got to get this report finished by tomorrow so I guess I'll be burning the midnight oil tonight."],
"title": "burn the midnight oil"
},
"6": {
"meaning": "a small, poor country with a weak or dishonest government",
"examples": ["People fear that the country will become a banana republic if the economy doesn't pick up."],
"title": "banana republic"
},
"7": {
"meaning": "to do things in the wrong order",
"examples": ["If you're starting to write code without thinking out the logic, you're putting the cart before the horse."],
"title": "put the cart before the horse"
},
"8": {
"meaning": "a twofold blow or setback",
"examples": ["Increasing taxes and falling prices of grains is a double whammy for poor farmers."],
"title": "double whammy"
},
"9": {
"meaning": "loss of something that required only a small amount of effort to acquire in the first place",
"examples": ["I lost 10k at the casino last night, but that's life - easy come, easy go."],
"title": "easy come, easy go"
},
"10": {
"meaning": "a charitable or helpful person",
"examples": ["An anonymous good Samaritan rescued a child from the river yesterday, but left the area before he could be thanked."],
"title": "good Samaritan"
}
}