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Hutchinson encyclopedia article about tight as a tick. tight as a tick. Information about tight as a tick in the Hutchinson encyclopedia. ... tight as a tick; tight as Dick's hatband; tight as Midas's fist; Tight Ass Pants; Tight binding; Tight binding; Tight binding (biology); Tight Binding (disambiguation);
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Definition of tight as a tick in the Idioms Dictionary. tight as a tick phrase. What does tight as a tick expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary. ... 1. very tight. (Fig. on the image of a tick swollen tight with blood or of a tick stuck tightly in someone's skin. *Also: as ~.) This lid is screwed on...
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The first presidential battle in the South. A new poll shows it's tight as a tick in South Carolina between Clinton and Obama. ... Couric's other turn of phrase, "tight as a tick," might actually have a more distinct CBS provenance, since it's widely attributed to her predecessor Dan Rather (known for his colorful Texanisms):
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While people in the media love a horse race because that keeps up reader interest, the reality is that this is not "tight as a tick", as the headline implies. Stop turning no-news polls into news!
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In Reply to: Re: As Tight as a Tick posted by RRC on August 26, 2009 at 14:41: ... : : : As Tight as a Tick... I'm not seeing the origins of this saying. I'm under the impression this came from U.S. The 'South' to be precise. It means to tighten the 'ticking' on a bed before sleeping in it. The 'ticking' being the strap...
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By Lisa Anderson ... COLUMBIA, S.C.--An hour after the polls closed, ... The latest exit polls from the Associated Press showed that among moderates, who represented about a quarter of the vote, McCain was beating Huckabee two-to-one. The majority of the South Carolina electorate was conservative but Huckabee had only a narrow...
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Posted: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:11 AM by Domenico Montanaro; ... INDIANA (May 6): Going for the knockout blow, Obama is spending the next two days in Indiana; he doesn't head to North Carolina again until Monday. ... A couple of new polls are out today in Indiana -- both essentially showing the race a dead heat.
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Tight As A Tick at Amazon; Save on new & used Mystery Books Qualified orders over $25 ship free; ... mod. alcohol intoxicated. (An elaboration of tight.) : The host got tight as a tick and fell in the pool. ... Search another word or see as tight as a tick on Thesaurus | Reference...
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July 14, 2008 by chrisgraham ... Barack Obama holds a three-point advantage on John McCain in Gallup’s daily tracking poll in the race for the White House, and a narrower one-point lead in the Rasmussen Reports daily track. ... Obama is up 46 percent-to-43 percent in the Gallup numbers. The lead is 47 percent-to-46 percent...
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"Tight As A Tick" (drunk from drinking a lot of alcohol...) GoEnglish.com teaches the meanings and uses of English idioms, idiomatic phrases and expressions such as tight as a tick. ... Tight As A Tick ( drunk from drinking a lot of alcohol ... )
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