treatment mall n.— «Mary Nell Clark, managing director of University Legal Services, said she learned that the trouble occurred in what is known as the treatment mall, a common area where patients are bought for classes and other...
who laid the rail adv. phr. in the forms from or to or until or for or since who laid the rail: with all possible speed, force, or action; completely, thoroughly, excessively, endlessly, limitlessly; quickly; forever, always, since time immemorial...
zombie debt n.— «In the past few years a number of collection companies have cropped up specializing in what are called “zombie debts.” The companies buy old debt that is no longer enforceable. They then call the borrowers and...
san man n.— «You can go your whole life without ever having to call a fireman, and if you’re lucky you’ll never have to call a cop, but you want to see a sanitation worker every day. If every san man in the world packs up his...
leave (something) on the table v. phr.— «(Fear of concussions) was a factor in retiring, but not the overriding factor.…I always wanted to leave something on the table. And when I retired, I always wanted to remember what I left on...
mug it v. phr.— «La Russa knew it would have haunted him the rest of his life if the Cardinals, in his colorful euphemism, “mugged it.” “It was just concern we were going to be part of history in the worst kind of...