factor Идиома

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On the factory floor

On the factory floor means the place where things are actually produced.

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X factor

The dangers for people in the military that civilians do not face, for which they receive payment, are known as the X factor.

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factor

factor
factor in (or into)
to include as a factor

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factor in

factor in
Figure in, include as a basic element. For example, In preparing the schedule we factored in vacation and sick days. This term comes from mathematics. [Mid-1900s]

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sleaze factor

sleaze factor
The element in a political party, administration, or other organization that is corrupt, controversial, or tainted by scandal. For example, I can't see myself making a campaign contribution to them—there's too much of a sleaze factor. This slangy expression derives from the adjective sleazy, which means “vulgar” or “tawdry.” The idiom was first used in politics in the 1980s.