JERRY-BUILT

jerry-built     badly or hastily built with materials of poor quality 

Photocopies from 20th December 2016



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THE DAILY GRIND

the daily grind  (someone's) everyday work routine; an activity that is tiring or boring and takes a lot of time

   I'm getting very tired of the daily grind.

   When my vacation was over, I had to go back to the daily grind.

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NO MATCH FOR HER

to be no match for someone/something to be not as good, strong, clever etc as someone you are competing against; to be easily defeated by someone; if one person or thing is no match for another, they are unable to compete successfully with the other person or thing:

Despite thorough preparation, England’s cricketers were no match for India.

He was no match for his opponent

I was no match for a man with such power

Hand-held guns proved no match for heavy armor