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1The Long, Long Trailer — Infobox Film name = The Long, Long Trailer director = Vincente Minnelli producer = Pandro S. Berman writer = Clinton Twiss (novel) Albert Hackett Frances Goodrich (screenplay) starring = Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Marjorie Main Keenan Wynn music =… …
2long\ shot — noun 1. A bet or other risk taken though not likely to succeed. The horse was a long shot, but it came in and paid well. Jones was a long shot for mayor. The business long shot that succeeds often pays extremely well. 2. See: by a long shot •• an …
3long shot — a bet or other risk taken though not likely to succeed It was a long shot that he would get the job so he was very happy when he did get it …
4long shot — something with an uncertain outcome, shot in the dark; bet with a low chance of winning; photograph taken from a long distance away …
5long shot — noun Date: 1867 1. a venture involving great risk but promising a great reward if successful; also a venture unlikely to succeed 2. an entry (as in a horse race) given little chance of winning 3. a bet in which the chances of winning are slight… …
6a\ long\ shot — noun 1. A bet or other risk taken though not likely to succeed. The horse was a long shot, but it came in and paid well. Jones was a long shot for mayor. The business long shot that succeeds often pays extremely well. 2. See: by a long shot •• an …
7Shot heard round the world — The Shot heard round the world is a well known phrase that has come to represent several historical incidentals throughout world history. The line is originally from the opening stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson s Concord Hymn (1837), and referred to …
8bet — [n] game of chance; money gambled action, ante, betting, chance, down on, hazard, long shot, lot, lottery, odds, odds on, parlay, play, pledge, plunge, pot, raffle, random shot, risk, shot, shot in the dark*, speculation, stake, sweepstakes,… …
9The Colbert Report — logo Genre Comedy, Satire, News parody …
10The Greed of Man — (Traditional Chinese: 大時代, Great Era ) was a Drama Series that was broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong during 1993. It is extremely controversial for its depiction of violence and is well remembered for its effects of the stock market in general, known …
