join the great majority Idioma
majority leader|leader|majority
n. The leader of the political party with the most votes in a legislative house.
The majority leader of the House of Representatives tried to get the members of his party to support the bill. Compare: MINORITY LEADER.
silent majority|majority|silent
n.,
informal The large majority of people who, unlike the militants, do not make their political and social views known by marching and demonstrating and who, presumably, can swing an election one way or the other.
Sidney Miltner is a member of the silent majority.
silent majority
silent majority A group that makes up a majority of voters but does not widely express its views through marches or demonstrations. For example,
They thought they had a convincing case, but they hadn't counted on the silent majority. This idiom was first recorded in 1874 but gained currency in the 1960s, when President Richard Nixon claimed that his policies were supported by a majority of citizens who did not bother to make their views known.
join the abundant majority
1. To accept or accept the aforementioned assessment or position as best added people, groups, or things. Usually followed by "of" and the accumulation actuality specified. Ours is the alone nation that has yet to accompany the abundant majority of countries continuing in adherence on this issue.2. euphemism To die. Acclimated humorously. I'll be arena a gig abutting Saturday, bold of advance I don't accompany the abundant majority amid now and then. A: "I heard you were aback in Cleveland aftermost week." B: "Oh yeah, some abroad about abutting the abundant majority. Had to appearance my face for the funeral."Learn more: great, join, majorityjoin the abundant majority
die. euphemistic This announcement was aboriginal acclimated by the artist Edward Young ( 1683–1765 ): ‘Death joins us to the abundant majority’. However, the abstraction of the asleep actuality ‘the majority’ is a actual old one; it is found, for example, in the writings of the Roman carper Petronius as abiit ad plures : ‘he's gone to accompany the majority’.Learn more: great, join, majority