| Idiom | Meaning | Example |
| tranny |
transmission of a car or truck
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When you buy a used car, check the condition of the tranny, eh.
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| trash |
wreck, ruin, ratch
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That puppy trashed one of my slippers - chewed it to pieces!
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| trash the place |
wreck a room or building, a bull in a china shop
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If you invite the Casey boys, they'll trash the place.
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| trendy |
fashionable, at the beginning of a trend
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That's a trendy coat she's wearing. I've seen it in fashion magazines.
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| trial and error |
learn by correcting errors, hit and miss
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We learned to make pizza by trial and error. We gradually improved.
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| trial balloon |
proposed program, planned policy, pilot project
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If you want to know public opinion, send up a trial balloon and
listen to what they say.
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| trial run |
doing the steps to see if your procedure is correct, try it out
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Let's do a trial run to see if we know how to make espresso coffee.
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| trickle-down economics |
a system that depends on government spending to help the economy
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Private enterprise is better than trickle-down economics because profit motivates people.
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| tricks of the trade |
(See the tricks of the trade)
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| tried and true |
tested and proven, reliable, true blue
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When Sven chops wood, he uses a Sandvik axe. It's tried and true.
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