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long run for a short slide

long run for a short slide noun: a large expenditure of effort for a modest benefit.

Noun

long run for a short slide

  1. A large expenditure of effort for a modest benefit.
    • “We don't give them or go to them unless asked by good friends, and as far as being a source of news,“ added the journalist, “I've never gotten one good story from a dinner party in my life. In that respect they're a long run for a short slide."1973, The Washingtonian, volume 8, page 98
    • For a small burn, with plenty of the patient's own skin available, allograft application is a long run for a short slide.2004, Arnold Arem, In Our Hands: A Hand Surgeon's Tales of the Body's Most ..., page 204

Questions about long run for a short slide

What does long run for a short slide mean?
Long run for a short slide means a large expenditure of effort for a modest benefit.
What part of speech is long run for a short slide?
Long run for a short slide is a noun.

Words near long run for a short slide in the dictionary

  1. long room
  2. long rooms
  3. long row to hoe
  4. long rows to hoe
  5. long run
  6. long run for a short slide
  7. long runs
  8. long s
  9. long s's
  10. Long Sault
  11. long scale

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