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Something that consumes a great deal of time, usually with little benefit; a waste of time.
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Sink or Swim (video game) — Sink or Swim Developer(s) Zeppelin Games Publisher(s) Zeppelin Premier … Wikipedia
sink or swim — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you don t work hard to succeed. * /When Joe was fourteen, his parents died, and he was left by himself to sink or swim./ * /Tom s new job was … Dictionary of American idioms
sink or swim — {v. phr.} To succeed or fail by your own efforts, without help or interference from anyone else; fail if you don t work hard to succeed. * /When Joe was fourteen, his parents died, and he was left by himself to sink or swim./ * /Tom s new job was … Dictionary of American idioms
sink\ in — • sink in • soak in v informal To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt. Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too. When Frank heard that war had started, it didn t sink in for a … Словарь американских идиом
Sink — This article is about a sanitary fitting for washing ones hands, or for washing dishes. For other uses, see Sink (disambiguation). A typical sink/basin in a bathroom … Wikipedia
Sink the Bismarck! — Infobox Film name = Sink the Bismarck! | | image size = | caption = Original theatrical poster, showing Kenneth More and Dana Wynter. | producer = John Brabourne director = Lewis Gilbert writer = Edmund H. North starring = Kenneth More Carl… … Wikipedia
sink — 1 past tense sank, or sunk verb 1 IN WATER a) (I) to go down below the surface of water, mud etc: The Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. | If you put it in water, will it float or sink? | The heavy guns sank up to their barrels in the mud. b) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Sink (Floater album) — Infobox Album Name = Sink Type = EP Artist = Floater Released = September 1994 Recorded = Genre = Rock Length = 64:18 Label = Elemental Producer = Reviews = Last album = Sink (Demo Tape) 1994 This album = Sink Next album = Glyph 1995 Sink is an… … Wikipedia
sink in — or[soak in] {v.}, {informal} To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt. * /Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too./ * /When Frank heard that war had started, it didn t sink in… … Dictionary of American idioms
sink in — or[soak in] {v.}, {informal} To be completely understood; be fully realized or felt. * /Everybody laughed at the joke but Joe; it took a moment for it to sink in before he laughed too./ * /When Frank heard that war had started, it didn t sink in… … Dictionary of American idioms
