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5/21/2025- Idiom of yesterday 'Close, but no cigar'
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3The TV analog image was sci fi and not proven fact yet was taught and mislead generations and the _______ 5G WIFI now paves the way
4Hump Day Idiom: Beyond the ____. This idiom means actions or behaviors that are unacceptable or outside the bounds of decency, originating from the idea of a boundary or fence (____)
7The ___ protecting the hen house, White House, Court House and Your House
8What do the acronyms K.A.O.S. and C.O.N.T.R.O.L. stand for? THIS. Smart producer Leonard Stern says he and his cohorts just thought the two words sounded good as names of spy organizations
9Used as an acknowledgement during a discussion, after a good or clever point made at one's expense by another person
12Touché is a witty, some say (clever) remark to use if someone has won a point against you and you don't want to show your
13What do the ________ K.A.O.S. and C.O.N.T.R.O.L. stand for, on the old Get Smart series?
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1"Her ____ comments to my friends were really beyond the pale."
2On August 5, 1997, President Bill Clinton signed the bipartisan _______ Budget Act of 1997, which eliminated the national budget deficit..
5Used in a discussion to say to someone that has made a clever, good point like "Check" after a move that indicates and makes you look and appear to have ____
6We the People…” The three branches of... is incapable, as an institution, of policing itself
10He said "I hate ordering food delivery because it takes too long." She said, "we only ordered because you were too THIS to cook." He said, "Touché. I'll wait patiently then"
11"After he's had a few____ his behaviour is often beyond the pale."
 
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