tax Idiom, Proverb
tax
1. to rob
2. to take away something after you kick a sucka's ass
3. to dig into or estimate
tax-and-spend
Idiom(s): tax-and-spend
Theme: POLITICS
spending freely and taxing heavily. (Referring to a legislative body that repeatedly passes expensive new laws and keeps raising taxes to pay for the cost. Fixed order.)
• I hope that people do not elect another tax-and-spend Congress this time.
• The only thing worse than a tax-and-spend legislature is one that spends and runs up a worsening deficit.
death and taxes
Idiom(s): death and taxes
Theme: DAYDREAM
death, which is inevitable, and the payment of taxes, which is unavoidable. (A saying that emphasizes the rigor with which taxes are collected. Fixed order.)
• There is nothing as certain on this old planet as death and taxes.
• Max said he could get out of anything except death and taxes.
Tijuana taxi|Tijuana|taxi
., slang, citizen's band radio jargon A police car. I've got a Tijuana taxi in sight.
tax trap|tax|trap
n., informal Predicament in which taxpayers in middle-income brackets are required to pay steeply progressive rates of taxation as their earnings rise with inflation but their personal exemptions remain fixed, resulting in a loss of real disposable income. Everybody in my neighborhood has been caught in a tax trap.
death and taxes, certain as
death and taxes, certain as
Also, sure as death and taxes. Bound to occur, inevitable, as in His business is going to fail, certain as death and taxes. This phrase was invented by Benjamin Franklin in a letter (1789) and has been repeated ever since, the government's recurring need for revenue probably assuring its continued popularity.
tax with
tax with
Charge, accuse, as in He was taxed with betraying his fellows. [Mid-1600s]
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