PTA Idiom

captain of industry

a top corporation officer The president of our company was a captain of industry and after he retired he was appointed to many government boards.

PTA

Parent-Teacher Association We got home late last night after attending our son's PTA meeting.

captain geech

a very bad band; a looser band;"That bands like captain geech"

captain of team nasty

the "leader" of a group of unattractive males/females."I saw you brought home captain of team nasty last night"

Captain Sav-a-hoe

a Captain Sav-a-hoe (save a whore) is a man who pays for everything to an unreasonable extent; as Jermar Givens put it;"If you're paying for all the kid's clothing, but they ain't even your kids--you're a captain"

quick on the uptake quick

Idiom(s): quick on the uptake quick

Theme: INTELLIGENCE

to understand (something).
• Just because I'm not quick on the uptake, it doesn't mean I'm stupid.
• Mary understands jokes before anyone else because she's so quick on the uptake.

slow on the uptake

Idiom(s): slow on the draw AND slow on the uptake

Theme: THOUGHT

slow to figure something out; slow-thinking.
• Holly didn't get the joke because she's sort of slow on the draw.
• Bill—who's slow on the uptake—didn't get the joke until it was explained to him.

Constant occupation prevents temptation.

When you work you avoid temptation.

Blind acceptance

If people accept thing blindly, they accept them without questioning them at all.

quick on the uptake|quick|uptake

adj. phr. Smart; intelligent. Eleanor is very witty and quick on the uptake.

heptarchy

heptarchy
the Heptarchy
1) Obsolete the supposed confederacy of seven Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
2) the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England before the 9th cent.

on the uptake

on the uptake
In understanding or comprehension. This term is most often put as quick on the uptake, for readily understanding something, and slow on the uptake, for being slow to comprehend. For example, Shirley will have no trouble learning that new computer program—she's very quick on the uptake. It alludes to absorbing (“taking up”) information. [Early 1800s]

quick on the uptake

quick on the uptake
see on the uptake.

uptake

uptake
see on the uptake.