well received. This is plain propaganda
disguised as a think-piece.think-tankn. a place where great minds are
assembled to try to think up solutions to
problems or to envision the future. She
spent a few months in a California think-
tank, then came back to teach. What
sort of solutions are coming out of the
think-tanks of the nation?
thin-skinnedmod. sensitive to criticism.
(Compare this with thick-skinned.)
Don’t be so thin-skinned. You can’t expect
everyone to like you. He’s a thin-skinned
guy. I’m too thin-skinned to be a bill
collector.
third degreen. a session of questioning,
usually by the police. Bart got the third
degree, but—being the thoroughbred he
is—he was a clam. They gave Ziggy the
third degree, but he refused to say any-
thing.
third wheeln. an extra person; a person
who gets in the way. (Such a person is as
useful as a third wheel on a bicycle. See
also spare tire.) I feel like such a third
wheel around here. Well, let’s face it. We
don’t need you. You are a third wheel.
thirst-aid stationn. a place to purchase
liquor. (From first-aid station.) Let’s
stop at the next thirst-aid station and get
a snort. Wally stopped by the thirst-aid
station for a quick snort.
thirsty souln. a drunkard; a person in
need of a drink. Yes, I’d call Bill a
thirsty soul—he always seems thirsty for
booze. There was a long line of thirsty
souls waiting for the liquor joint to open.
This is it! 1. exclam. This is exactly what I
have been looking for!; I have found it!
This is it! I got it right this time. This
is it! The world’s best pizza! 2. exclam.
This is the crucial moment! Okay, this
is it, the last chance! Get ready, this is
it! Jump now!
This is where I came in.sent. This all
seems very familiar. Okay, that’s
enough. This is where I came in. This
is where I came in. It’s the same thing all
over again.
thoroughbredn. an underworld person
who is trustworthy and loyal to the
underworld. (Underworld.) Bart is an
A-1 thoroughbred. The thoroughbred
clammed up during the third degree.
thou[TaU] n. one thousand. I managed
to get a couple of thou from the bank, but
I need a little more than that. It only
costs four thou. I could borrow it from my
uncle.
threadsn. clothing. When’d you get new
threads, man? Good-looking threads on
Wa l ly, hu h?
athree-alarm fire and afive-alarm fire
n.someone or something very exciting.
These guys are a three-alarm fire. Really
exciting and eager. Work was a night-
mare today. A five-alarm fire with crisis
after crisis.
three bricks shy of a loadmod. stupid;
dense; shortchanged on intelligence. I
would never say she was dense. Just three
bricks shy of a load. Why do you act like
you’re three bricks shy of a load?
three fingersn. a measurement of liquor
in a glass. (See also two fingers.) I’ll
take three fingers. It’s been a hard day.
Your wife told me not to give you three fin-
gers anymore.
three point twoGo to three-two.
three sheets in the wind and three
sheets (to the wind); two sheets to
the windmod. alcohol intoxicated and
unsteady. (Sheets are the ropes used to
manage a ship’s sails. It is assumed that
if these ropes were blowing in the wind,
the ship would be unmanageable.) He
was three sheets to the wind and didn’t pay
attention to my warning. By midnight,
he was three sheets.
three sheets (to the wind)Go to three
sheets in the wind.
three squaresn. three square meals a day.
I was glad to get back home to three
squares. If I could limit myself to three
squares, I could lose some weight.
three-two and three point twon. a weak
beer containing 3.2 percent alcohol.
Three-two is just no good for serious sous-think-tank