When you are lazy and don't do a job well, you...

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Title:	When you are lazy and don't do a job well, you...
Answer:	cut corners

Hints:	1. First word: You can do this with scissors. 2. Second word: A circle is round; it has no ...

Equivalents:	1. Take a shortcut.

Explanation:	This expression could come from the idea of making a shortcut, rather than walking all the way around a field you can 'cut the corner' and not spend so much energy. Generally using less energy means not doing a job as well.
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Average Rating		3.7
# of votes		39
# of Garbage Votes		5
# of Garbage Votes by native speakers		0

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Total found: 39 !
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Noemi

Rating: 5

August 6, 2011

Payam G.

Rating: 4

July 27, 2011

Instead of "cut corners", in Persian (Farsi, Dari, Hazaragi) we say "سمبل کردن"

juan

Rating: 5

June 9, 2011

Buena expresion, no la conocia
Instead of "cut corners", in Spanish we say "Atajar"

Bahar

Rating: 3

June 7, 2011

Instead of "cut corners", in Turkish we say "kestirmeden gitmek"

Guest

Rating: 5

April 28, 2011

It's a very funny way to learn English Expressions.
Instead of "cut corners", in Portuguese we say "fazer as coisas nas coxas"

Miguel

Rating: 0

February 23, 2011

Instead of "cut corners", in Spanish we say "Flojo"

Rating: 4

February 17, 2011

Carine

Rating: 4

December 5, 2010

Instead of "cut corners", in French we say "Ne pas y aller par quatre chemins."

Guest

Rating: 5

November 20, 2010

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