hotlining
n.— «Sen. Daniel Akaka, the Democratic chairman of the Veterans Affairs Committee, stopped Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison late Thursday from bypassing the committee process and pushing her bill straight to a vote, a procedure known as hotlining.» —“Democrat slows Hutchison’s veterans debt relief bill” by Suzanne Gamboa Dallas Morning News (Texas) Feb. 15, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
In English, to wait until the cows come home, means you’ll wait a long time. In French, it’s attendre la semaine des quatre jeudis, literally, to “wait for a week of Thursdays.” This is part of a complete episode.
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