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  • The Chopping Block — Infobox Television show name = The Chopping Block caption = genre = Reality creator = developer = presenter = Matt Moran Catriona Rowntree (season 1) starring = voices = narrated = theme music composer = opentheme = endtheme = country =… …   Wikipedia

  • on the chopping block — In serious danger of being abolished or discarded • • • Main Entry: ↑chop * * * likely to be abolished or drastically reduced * * * on the chopping block informal : likely to be fired, removed, etc. There were several government programs on the… …   Useful english dictionary

  • on the chopping block — A person who s on the chopping block is in danger of losing their job or getting into serious trouble.  A project that s on the chopping block is likely to be terminated …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • on the chopping block — mod. in serious and threatening straits. □ Our whole future is on the chopping block. □ Until this is resolved, our necks are on the chopping block …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Chopping Block — For the Australian reality television series, see The Chopping Block. Chopping Block Author(s) Lee Adam Herold Website http://www.choppingblock.org/ Launch date July 25, 2000 …   Wikipedia

  • chopping block — noun a steady wooden block on which food can be cut or diced or wood can be split (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑block • Substance Meronyms: ↑wood * * * noun, pl ⋯ blocks [count] US : a hard wooden block on which things (such as meat, wood, or… …   Useful english dictionary

  • chopping block — noun Date: 1600 1. a wooden block on which material (as meat, wood, or vegetables) is cut, split, or diced 2. a situation in which someone or something is threatened with elimination < government programs on the chopping block > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Chopping block — Chopping Chop ping, n. Act of cutting by strokes. [1913 Webster] {Chopping block}, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. {Chopping knife}, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; usually with a handle… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chopping block — a thick, often large block of wood on which meat, vegetables, etc., are placed for cutting, trimming, chopping, and the like. [1695 1705] * * * …   Universalium

  • chopping block — chop′ping block n. coo a block of wood on which meat, vegetables, and the like are trimmed, chopped, etc • Etymology: 1695–1705 …   From formal English to slang

  • The Acharnians — The tipsy god: sculpture by Michelangelo. The Dramatis Personae in ancient comedy depends on interpretation of textual evidence.[1] This list is based on Alan Sommerstein s translation.[2] …   Wikipedia

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