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This expression means a person takes after one of their parents
"Chip off the old Block"
This typically refers to a child having the same personality traits or work ethic as a parent, rather than necessarily sharing the same physical build or appearance.
Baltic Avenue, Park Place, St. James Place, Atlantic Avenue, and Boardwalk are all street names in this city.
Atlantic City
If you have ever played classic Monopoly, you are familiar with the names of some Atlantic City streets.
Even before she performed the final concert with the Supremes in 1970, she was recording her first solo album
Diana Ross
She and Mary Wilson, fellow former Supreme, had a spat on stage at the Motown reunion years after the Supremes had disbanded. It ended with Ross shoving Wilson, and Smokey Robinson took the stage to defuse the situation.
The popular saying "a month of Sundays" is flawed because you can have a maximum of only this number of Sundays a month.
Five
Months have only four or five of each day, depending on what day of the week the first of the month falls.
Born December 1, 1935, this actor-director was once married to Mia Farrow and is often quoted saying, "Eighty percent of life is showing up"
Woody Allen
Two of his romantic partners started in his most memorable romantic comedies: Diane Keaton in Annie Hall and Mia Farrow in Manhattan
You do this when you complete an item off your to-do list.
Cross it off (or tick it off)
It's helpful to prioritize tasks before creating a to-do list, and it's beneficial to maintain both a long-term and a short-term task list.
Juan Valdez's coffee hails from Colombia, whose capital city is this
Bogota
The fictional character Juan Valdez was created in 1959 as the spokesman for the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia. The federation paid $1.5 million for product placement in the film Bruce Almighty, and the Juan Valdez character also made an appearance in the movie too.
He left his band of five family members in 1979 and struck out on his own with two consecutive hit albums, off the wall and thriller, right out of the gate
Michael Jackson
The Jackson 5, as the family band was known, consisted of Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon, and Michael.
This bell rings inside the giant grandfather-style clock that is one of the dominating features of the London skyline.
Big Ben
The clock's proper name is the Great Clock of the Elizabeth Tower
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17th, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, known by this name
Pope Francis
he lived in a two-room apartment rather than the lavish papal suite. No Pope had done this in more than a century
Ready made clothes are also called this
Off the Rack
Men's custom suits are available in three categories: standard, premium, and luxury. In 2004, the minimum prices for men's custom suits were $699 standard, $1,200 for premium, and $1,400 for luxury.
This capital city of a Pacific Rim country has the largest population in the world
Tokyo Japan
It's population exceeds 37 million. Delhi, India is in the No. 2 spot, with more than 34 million. There is no North American city in the top 20.
in 1971, This Beatle started a band known as Wings
Paul McCartney
His wife Linda played the keyboard. The band disbanded in 1981. It's most popular album is Band on the Run, which features two Top 10 singles, including the title song.
This refers to a calendar that businesses or governments use when their calendars do not start on January 1.
Fiscal year
For example, the U.S government's calendar year runs from October 1 through September 30 of the following year.
Born December 1, 1913, she will always be remembered for her told as Peter Pan, for which she won a Tony Award.
Mary Martin
She also played the role of Nellie Forbush in South Pacific
Take this to exit the interstate highway system
Off-ramp
Before the interstate was inaugurated, it could take more than two months to travel by car from coast to coast.
One of the world's most expensive places to live, this lavish European city is located on the Mediterranean Sea.
Monaco
Monaco is both a city and a state, known as a city-state.
This popular duo, consisting of Paul and Art, who each went on to successful solo careers.
Simon and Garfunkel
They have since performed reunion tours together. "The Sound of Silence," released on 1965, is the time that catapulted their duo.
When someone at a speech or presentation holds up their arm and taps their watch so the speaker can see it, it means this
Your time is up
If there is no watch, it still means the same thing. Organizers use two signals -- one to indicate time is short, and one to indicate time is up
On Christmas Night 1776, George Washington crossed this river with his bedraggled army to make a surprise attack on the Hessians
Delaware River
The attack was successful because the Hessians were not in fighting condition after their Christmas Feasts, and they didn't expect an attack from Patriot forces in the early hours of the morning on the day after Christmas
Pharmaceuticals prescribed for a purpose other than those officially approved are referred to as this
Off-label
An example of off-label medication is gabapentin, an anti-seizure medication that is sometimes prescribed to treat nerve pain and hot flashes, among other ailments.
This European city is infamous for it's red-light district.
Amsterdam
De Wallen, Amsterdam's oldest neighborhood, is the best-known modern red-light district
A member of many bands, including Genesis before launching his successful solo careers, his tune "In the Air Tonight" is among his many contributions to the music world.
Phil Collins
The highly decorated musician has won an Oscar, a Grammy, two BMI awards, three ASCAP awards and two Golden Globes
This is the official name of the prevalent calendar in use today, particularly in the West.
Gregorian Calendar
in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII introduced the calendar because the Julian calendar made it difficult to calculate when Easter should fall.
This remarkable event took place on the battlefield in Belgium during WW1 on December 24, 1914
Christmas Truce
The soldiers, not the officers, enacted the Truce. After that, Holiday truces were mostly forbidden