long grass
1long-grass — /ˈlɒŋ gras/ (say long grahs) adjective Colloquial of, relating to, or living in the long grass around Darwin: a long grass man; the long grass people. See long grass (defs 2 and 3) …
2long grass — /ˈlɒŋ gras/ (say long grahs) noun 1. any of various species of high growing grasses. 2. the, areas of grassland or bushland in and around Darwin, typically long spear grass. –phrase 3. live in the long grass, to set up a camp as a homeless person …
3Long Grass Plantation — is located along what was the Roanoke River basin but in the 1950s became the Buggs Island Lake/John H. Kerr Reservoir in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Built circa 1800 by George Tarry on land belonging to his father, Samuel Tarry (said land… …
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5In the Long Grass — Studio album by The Boomtown Rats Released May, 1984 Genre Rock Label …
6kick something into the long grass — If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored …
7kick something into the long grass touch — kick sth into the long ˈgrass/into ˈtouch idiom (BrE) to reject, remove or stop dealing with a problem • He tends to deal with disputes by kicking them into the long grass. Main entry: ↑kickidiom …
8kick something into the long grass — If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
9kick something into the long grass — to react to a difficult problem by doing something to make sure that people will forget about it rather than trying to solve it The decision to kick the proposals into the long grass could come back to haunt all three party leaders …
10Kick something into the long grass — If an issue or problem is kicked into the long grass, it is pushed aside and hidden in the hope that it will be forgotten or ignored …
