Tuesday 22 September 2015

Dry run

dry run
noun
informal
  1. a rehearsal of a performance or procedure before the real one. 
    "The president went through a dry run of his speech."

Saturday 12 September 2015

throw sb's hat in the ring

to announce that somebody intend to compete for something, esp. a political position

e.g. Research shows that women are typically less keen to compete than men. To throw their hat into the ring, women need to know that the selection process is trustworthy and not open to bias or homophily.

Friday 4 September 2015

high-flier

high-flier: a person who is or has the potential to be very successful, especially academically or in business.

agnostic 不可知论

A type of religion. An agnostic is someone who doesn’t believe it’s possible to know for sure that a god exists. It’s possible to be both—an...