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Q quotient

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Q quotient (plural Q quotients)
1. (idiomatic) The attractiveness, and in turn the marketability of a celebrity.


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Quack like a duck

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quack like a duck
1. (simile) To appear to be exactly what one is.
? If it quacks like a duck, it's a duck.


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Quake in one's boots

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quake in one's boots
1. (idiomatic) To be very frightened, scared, or nervous.
? The thought of climbing that high had him quaking in his boots.


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Quaker gun

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Quaker gun (plural Quaker guns)
1. (chiefly US, idiomatic, military, weaponry) A nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.


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Quaking in one's boots

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When someone is extremely scared, it is said that they arequaking in their boots.


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When he saw the crocodiles in the water, he started quaking in his boots.




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Quarter of

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quarter of (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) fifteen minutes before the next hour


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Quarter past

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quarter past (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) Fifteen minutes past any hour.
? I will meet you at quarter past nine. Don't be late.


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Quarter-pounder

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quarter-pounder (plural quarter-pounders)
1. A burger weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.
2. Used other than as an idiom: see quarter,‎ pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.


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Queen bee

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queen bee (plural queen bees)
1. A reproductive female (especially the only one) in a colony of bees.
2. (idiomatic, colloquial) The most important or dominant woman in an organisation or situation.


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Queen of beasts

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queen of beasts (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) The lioness.


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Queer as a clockwork orange

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queer as a clockwork orange
1. (simile) Strange, odd, unusual.
2. (simile) Unusually camp, unusually homosexual.


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Queer bashing

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queer bashing (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic, slang) prejudice or violence against homosexuals.


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Queer fish

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queer fish (plural queer fish)
1. (dated, UK) An odd or eccentric person.


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Queer someone's pitch

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queer one's pitch
1. (chiefly UK, idiomatic) To make a task more difficult for the speaker.


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Queer street

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Queer Street (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic, UK) Hard times; a difficult circumstance, especially financially.
2. (idiomatic, boxing) A stunned condition.


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Question mark

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question mark (plural question marks)
1. The punctuation mark “?”, used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.
2. (idiomatic) doubt or uncertainty
? There’s a question mark over whether or not he’ll be fit for the next game.


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Quiche-eater

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quiche-eater (plural quiche-eaters)
1. (idiomatic) A man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtue
2. (computing, idiomatic, humorous) In computer programming circles, a person far removed from practice and concerned only with academic matters, unwilling to "get their hands dirty".


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Quick as a dog can lick a dish

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If you do something surprisingly fast, you do it as quick as a dog can lick a dish.


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He packed his bag as quick as a dog can lick a dish.




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Quick as a flash

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(as) quick as a flash (not comparable)
1. (simile) Extremely quick
quick as a flash (not comparable)
1. (simile) Extremely quickly


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Quick as a dog can lick a dish

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If you do something surprisingly fast, you do it as quick as a dog can lick a dish.


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He packed his bag as quick as a dog can lick a dish.




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Quick buck

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quick buck (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic, informal) a large sum of money earned easily and quickly


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Quick off the mark

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If someone is quick off the mark, they are quick to react to an event or take advantage of an opportunity.
quick off the mark (comparative quicker off the mark, superlative quickest off the mark)
1. (idiomatic) fast to act or react.


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You've got to be quick off the mark when stores announce special offers.




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Quick on the draw

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quick on the draw (comparative quicker on the draw, superlative quickest on the draw)
1. (idiomatic) Characterized by rapid response, as to a verbal remark or to a new situation; quick to act.


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Quick on the uptake

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quick on the uptake
1. (idiomatic) able to readily understand things; intelligent


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Quick temper

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Someone who has a quick temper gets angry very easily.


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He makes me nervous - he's got such a quick temper.




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Quick-and-dirty

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quick-and-dirty (comparative quicker-and-dirtier, superlative quickest-and-dirtiest)
1. (idiomatic) Done or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.
? I can do a quick-and-dirty market analysis in time for the meeting tomorrow.
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Quick-fire

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quick-fire (comparative more quick-fire, superlative most quick-fire)
1. (idiomatic) Having one thing coming rapidly after another.
? The politician was unnerved by the journalist's quick-fire questioning.


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Quick/slow on the uptake

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Someone who is quick or slow on the uptake is quick or slow to understand what is meant.


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Please explain the problem in simple words - I'm a bit slow on the uptake!




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Quiet as a mouse

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When someone is as quiet as a mouse, they make no noise at all.
(as) quiet as a mouse
1. (simile) Very quiet, so as to not be heard


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The burglar was a quiet as a mouse as he moved around the house.




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Quiet as a mouse

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When someone is as quiet as a mouse, they make no noise at all.


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The burglar was a quiet as a mouse as he moved around the house.




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Quite a bit

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quite a bit
1. (idiomatic) considerably


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Quote unquote

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Emphasizes the following, or sometimes preceding, word or phrase for irony, as used almost exclusively in spoken language.


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Maybe you should ask your quote unquote friend what happened to the money.
quote... unquote.





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Qwerty syndrome

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qwerty syndrome (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) The condition of favoring entrenched and inferior technologies or practices over superior technologies or practices.


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