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91Sow's ear effect — The sow s ear effect is a term used in economics to describe when a country is unable to raise its productivity or per capita gross domestic product relative to other countries of similar development despite adjustments in macroeconomic policy,… …
92sow thistle — daržinė pienė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Astrinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Sonchus oleraceus), paplitęs šiaurės Afrikoje, Europoje ir Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Sonchus oleraceus angl. annual sow thistle; common sow thistle; hare s… …
93sow one's wild oats — verb live promiscuously and self indulgently • Syn: ↑sow one s oats • Hypernyms: ↑gratify, ↑pander, ↑indulge • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * sow one s w …
94sow dry and set wet — Seed put into wet soil will rot before it germinates: 1580 T. TUSSER Husbandry (rev. ed.) xxxv. 38v By sowing in wet, Is little to get. 1660 S. RIDERS Riders: 1660 British Merlin [observation on Apr.] In gardning never this rule forget To sowe… …
95sow bread — Cyclamen Cyc la*men (s?k l? m?n), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kykla minos, kyklami s.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is… …
96Sow thistle — Thistle This tle, n. [OE. thistil, AS. [thorn]istel; akin to D. & G. distel, OHG. distila, distil, Icel. [thorn]istill, Sw. tistel, Dan. tidsel; of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) Any one of several prickly composite plants, especially those of the… …
97sow the good seed — plant the choice seeds, sow the best seeds …
98sow the seeds — When people sow the seeds, they start something that will have a much greater impact in the future. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
99sow wild oats — A person, usually a man, who sows their wild oats goes through a period of carefree pleasure seeking while they are young. He was advised to sow his wild oats before he got married …
100sow your wild oats — to behave wildly or irresponsibly With extravagance or with promiscuous seminal distribution, like the persistent weed Avena fatua: We all sow our wild oats at some time or another. (Sharpe, 1974) …
