nulla poena sine lege Idiom, Proverb

put yourself through college

earn money to pay for your college education You need a good summer job to put yourself through college.

the old college try

a good effort, trying hard like a college student Let's give it the old college try, boys. We can win this boat race!

work one's way through college

Idiom(s): work one's way through college

Theme: WORK

to hold a job that pays part of one's college expenses.
• Tom couldn't get a loan, so he had to work his way through college.
• I worked my way through college, and that made college seem more valuable to me.

Legend in your own lunchtime

Somebody who becomes a legend in their own lifetime acquires fame, but often only to a select or specialist audience, while they are still alive.

College Boards|Board|College

n. A set of examinations given to test a student's readiness and ability for college. John got a high score on his College Boards. College Boards test both what a student has learned and his ability to learn.

cow college|college|cow

n., slang 1. An agricultural college; a school where farming is studied. A new, bigger kind of apple is being grown at the cow college. 2. A new or rural college not thought to be as good as older or city colleges. John wanted to go to a big college in New York City, not to a cow college.

old college try|college|old|old college|try

n. phr. An attempt to win a favor from another by mentioning the fact that one had gone to the same college or university as the party from whom the favor is requested. Since he needed a job, he decided to use the old college try when he contacted Jerry, but it didn't work.
Compare: OLD BOY NETWORK.

cow college

cow college
An agricultural college; any small, relatively unknown rural college. For example, He's never published a paper, but he might do all right in some cow college. This term uses cow in the somewhat pejorative sense of “provincial.” [c. 1910]

old college try, the

old college try, the
One's best effort, as in Come on, if we give it the old college try we just might be able to cut down this tree. This slangy expression, originally a cheer to urge a team on, dates from the 1930s when college football films were very popular.

underprivileged

underprivileged
the underprivileged
those who are underprivileged

nulla poena sine lege

From Latin, literally, "no amends after law," a acknowledged assumption that a being cannot be punished for an activity if that activity is not banned by law. The company's attorneys auspiciously argued that their tax practices, about acid to the government, were not especially banned by absolute laws, and accordingly the case adjoin them should be befuddled out on the assumption of nulla poena sine lege.Learn more: nulla, sine

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