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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.'Guesstimate' has been around since the 1930s, so it's practically hoary with age...like me. Anyone who imagines he/she's being 'cutting-edge' - there's another one! - by using it is sadly deluded.
'Ballpark', in the sense of a rough approximation, first appeared in the early days of space exploration and so is now about half a century old.
I can see little point in getting annoyed about clich�s, 'cos they just ain't gonna go away! All part of the rich caravanserai of language.
joychow - i don't think you are quite grasping the question.
your list is a mix of common phrases, a shakespeare quote and a random sentence.
this thread is regarding strange slang phrases that spring up and are used in the work place - americanisms and things learnt from self help programmes etc
I assume you are not english, so i doubt your teacher would have taught you any of these.
heres what your list means, if it helps you with your studies...
e,g, "2 be or not 2 be, that is the question." - this is a shakespeare quote
short and sweet; last but not least (these two don't go together)
short and sweet means that something is not long and boring and takes up a lot of your time.
last but not least means that, although you (or thing) is the last on the list or queue or pile, that doesn't mean its the least important thing there.
It'll help with the development of us China. - I have no idea what this means, it is not a phrase or quote
black and blue - usually relates to someone being beaten up - refers to the colour of their bruises
cats and dogs - not a phrase on its own but is sometime used to describe heavy rainfall - it is not a literal reference to cats and dogs
good try though - hope i make sense to you
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