10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUNCH ABOVE ONE'S WEIGHT»
Discover the use of
punch above one's weight in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
punch above one's weight and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
2. drive (cattle) by proddingthem withastick, puncherAm. cowboy. punch/ beatsb.
to the punchAm. do smth. before others. punch/ punch above one's weight Br. try
todo smth. above one's abilities. punch/ punch holes inan argument/idea,etc.
... ropes throw in the towel come out swinging going down swinging in one's
corner down/out for the count sucker punch hitting below the belt punch drunk
pull one's punches in the arena keep your guard up punch above one's weight
subpar, ...
... ropes throw in the towel come out swinging going down swinging in one's
corner down/out for the count sucker punch hitting below the belt punch drunk
pull one's punches in the arena keep your guard up punch above one's weight
subpar, ...
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International Crisis Management: The Approach of European States
126 The desire to punch above one's weight requires vision, alertness, a quick
wit, capabilities and the willingness to accepta high(er) risk level. Italso requires
an efficient government machine. This enables Britain toexertmore influence ...
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opponent in a heavier weight class ( 4£H ) !H«««!l8fl<»«» France punches above
its weight because it leads the bloc of French- speaking countries in the United ...
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500 Common Chinese Proverbs and Colloquial Expressions: An ...
... the implied meaning of this proverb would be 'to seek to secure something
requiring a higher social position or greater abilities.' Its functional translation is '
to be out of one's league' or 'to (want/try to) punch above one's weight.' Example
1: ...
Liwei Jiao, Benjamin Stone, 2014
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The Actors in Europe's Foreign Policy
Eventhough political poweris not simply superstructural to economic,thereis a
limit towhich one cancontinue, inDouglas Hurd's famous(if embarrassing) phrase,
to 'punch above one's weight'. Theworld ofthelate 1950s, in which 'summit ...
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Keeping a Sharp Eye: A Century of Cartoons on South Africa's ...
Does the desire to 'punch above one's weight' explain SouthAfrica's controversial
arms deal? wet: ACTUALLY some 'to MODERNISE?! Stidy, 20 November 1998
Playing with fire Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 ...
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Regime Change: From Democratic Peace Theories to Forcible ...
... anything positive in the point made by the Kremlin; it was clearly an awkward
attempt to punch above one's weight. Then, Putin did not attend the May 2012 G-
8 meeting in the United States, sent Prime Minister Medvedev in his stead, and ...
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Unfinished Business: India in the World Economy
This book is a collection of Professor Deepak Lal's papers and talks on issues related to Indian economic policy. It focuses on various economic, political and cultural aspects of India's continuing integration with the world economy.
