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...ns. Thus when the prodigal son returns, the father "kills the fatted calf" to show that the celebration is out of the ordinary. In modern usage, "killing the fatted calf" can simply mean to celebrate in an exuberant manner. ...

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'''Body part''', '''Body Parts''', or '''Bodyparts''' may also refer to: * [[:Category:Body parts of individual people]] ...

A '''sacrificial lamb''' is a [[metaphor]]ical reference to a person or animal [[sacrifice]]d for the common good. The term is derived ...The [[political party]] thus appoints the person as a sort of "sacrifice" to the stronger opponent. ...

...remise will be erroneously accepted as the truth. This concept is related to [[communal reinforcement]] or the fallacy of ''[[argumentum ad populum]]'' ...a live tiger in a crowded market was absurd, yet when repeated by numerous people, it seemed real. ...

...werful title or office, yet ''[[de facto]]'' (in reality) exercises little to no actual power. This usually means that they are [[head of state]], but no ...tutional monarchies]] and [[parliamentary republic]]s are often considered to be figureheads. Commonly cited ones include the [[Monarchy of the United Ki ...

...]] processes that shift as much [[decision-making]] authority as practical to the organization's lowest geographic or social level of organization.<ref>{ ...l organizations that are run by all members, or by whichever member wishes to do something.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://next-nexus.info/writing/politics/g ...

...ger, William H. "Parsing God: Conversations about the Meaning of Words and Metaphors in Nineteenth-Century Southern Africa." ''Journal of African History'', vol ...rts that before the [[spread of Christianity]] to the [[Zulu people|Zulu]] people, Unkulunkulu was not a [[Creator deity|Supreme Being]] like that of the [[G ...

...symptoms associated with [[falling in love]]: "Love-struck&nbsp;... means to be hit by love&nbsp;... you are hit in your heart by the emotion of love".< ==Metaphors== ...

...s'''", or "'''blaming the doom monger'''") is a [[metaphor]]ic phrase used to describe the act of blaming the [[Porter (carrier)|bearer]] of bad news, de ...}}</ref> For example, in [[war]], a messenger would be sent from one camp to another. If the message was unfitting, the receiver might blame the messeng ...

...whose picture is used on [[poster]]s or other media as part of a campaign to raise money or enlist volunteers for a cause or organization. Such campaign ...http://pdf.oac.cdlib.org/pdf/ucsf/spcoll/bobbicampbell.xml.pdf Finding Aid to the Bobbi Campbell Diary, 1983-1984], Online Archive of California, Collect ...

...n|resolve disputes]] and view the option of going to war as [[pacifism|one to be avoided]] by any means unless absolutely necessary. The terms are derive ...law|cowardice]]); and [[liberal hawk]], referring to a person who adheres to passive [[liberalism]] in domestic politics while simultaneously having a [ ...

...emian, existential, communitarian, fairly depressed" worldview espoused by people with money and good clothes.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Price of Illusion: A ...nish '' Izquierda Caviar'' and the Danish ''Kystbanesocialist'', referring to well-off coastal neighborhoods north of Copenhagen. Other similar terms in ...

...'chicken hawk''' is [[slang]] used in American and British [[gay]] culture to denote older males who prefer younger males for partners, who may less ofte ...ual slur|slur]] against people in that community. The label can be applied to a man who seeks partners with the look of someone young, regardless of thei ...

...logy 30e}}</ref> to describe [[Socrates]]' acting as an uncomfortable goad to the [[Ancient Greece|Athenian]] political scene, like a spur or biting fly ...injure me" because his role was comparable to that of a gadfly: "to sting people and whip them into a fury, all in the service of truth".<ref name=kaye>{{ci ...

...often becomes mixed with the sense of [[cultural identity]] among certain people and a love of certain aspects of such a place. ...en destroyed in modernity but argues that "more and more people are trying to reinvent them." ...

...d the flag effect]], as wag the dog actions tend to both distract and seek to bolster support through these actions. ...utters confused catch phrases known at that time as Dundrearyisms (similar to modern day [[Yogi Berra#"Yogi-isms"|Yogi-isms]] of [[Yogi Berra]]): ...

{{Short description|Figure of speech referring to a superficial means of appeasement}} ...onymic]] phrase referring to superficial [[appeasement]]. It is attributed to [[Juvenal]] (''Satires'', Satire X), a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] poet active i ...

...els of [[morality]]. Conservatives have a [[strict father model]] in which people are made good through self-discipline and hard work, everyone is taken care ...st few chapters, he argues that "liberal" morals and politics are superior to "conservative" morals and politics. ...