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clemency
Meaning:
Mercy; lenience; mercy, mercifulness, leniency, lenience, mildness, indulgence, forbearance
Usage:
Despite his calls for clemency, it is not clear how he plans to keep his promise
In weal and woe
Meaning:
This expression refers to the good and bad times; the joys and sorrows; prosperity or misfortune
Usage:
We all get our share of weal and woe in life
globe-trotter
Meaning:
A person who travels widely; a person who frequently travels to different places around the world; world traveler; cosmopolitan
Usage:
Your uncle the globetrotter might be famous in your family for giving lengthy slideshows of photos from his travels
Curtain lecture:
Meaning:
A private lecture by a wife to her husband; a reproof given by a wife to her husband in private; an instance of a wife reprimanding her husband in private
Usage:
The angry wife was taking notes for a curtain lecture as she was infuriated by her husband’s delay in reaching the venue
A square peg in a round hole
Meaning:
A person who does not fit in or is not comfortable with others or in a particular situation; someone who is unsuited for a certain task, position, situation
Usage:
It took him 5 days to realize that he was a square peg in a round hole at the new corporate firm
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