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• buy a lemon —    If buy something, especially a car, that is defective, unsatisfactory, constantly gives trouble or stops running after a short time, you buy a lemon.     The car I bought was a real lemon. It broke down two weeks later …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• Lemon (automobile) — A lemon is a car, often new, that is found to be defective only after it has been bought. Any vehicle with numerous, severe issues can be termed a lemon , and, by extension, any product with flaws too great or severe to serve its purpose can be… …   Wikipedia

• Lemon Jelly — Infobox musical artist Name = Lemon Jelly |250px Img capt = Nick Franglen (left) and Fred Deakin, in a promotional image designed by Airside. Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = London, England Instrument =… …   Wikipedia

• lemon */*/ — UK [ˈlemən] / US noun Word forms lemon : singular lemon plural lemons 1) [countable/uncountable] fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice. It grows on a lemon tree. Lemons are citrus fruits Add the juice of half a lemon. 2) [uncountable] a… …   English dictionary

• lemon — lem|on [ lemən ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount fruit with a hard yellow skin and sour juice. It grows on a lemon tree. Lemons are citrus fruits: Add the juice of half a lemon. 2. ) uncount a bright yellow color 3. ) count INFORMAL something that… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Liz Lemon — Infobox character caption= A promotional photograph of Tina Fey as Liz Lemon name = Liz Lemon first = Pilot gender = Female age = 37cite episode |title=Cougars |series=30 Rock |serieslink=30 Rock |network=NBC |airdate=2007 11 29 |season=2 |number …   Wikipedia

• Blind Lemon Jefferson — The only known photograph of Jefferson. Background information Birth name Lemon Henry Jefferson …   Wikipedia

• We Buy a Hammer for Daddy — Infobox Album Name = We Buy a Hammer for Daddy Type = Album Artist = The Lemon Kittens Released = 1980 Recorded = Genre = Experimental rock Length = 35:08 Label = United Dairies Producer = Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4.5|5… …   Wikipedia

• The Lemon Kittens — are a post punk band formed in Reading, Berkshire, England in the late 1970s by Karl Blake and Gary Thatcher. The cast of the band revolved quite frequently, notably counting among its membership musicians such as Danielle Dax and Mark Perry of… …   Wikipedia

• on your guard — careful, cautious    Be on your guard when you buy a used car don t buy a lemon …   English idioms

• Stephen Gaskin — is a counterculture hippie icon best known for his presence in the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco in the 1960s and for co founding The Farm , a famous spiritual intentional community in Summertown, Tennessee. Meunier, Rachel (1994).… …   Wikipedia