lame ducks

English - Turkish

Definition of lame ducks in English Turkish dictionary
lame duck: kongre üyesi
lame duck: sakat kimse
lame duck: kongre üyesi
lame duck: işe yaramaz kimse
lame duck: (deyim) emekli olmak üzere olan yönetici
lame duck: {i} iflas etmek üzere şirket
lame duck: {i} aciz kimse
lame duck: {i} sakat
lame duck: {i} borcunu ödemeyen borsacı
lame duck: {i} topal

English - English

Definition of lame ducks in English English dictionary: plural form of lame duck
lame duck: A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled
lame duck: An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office
Congressman Jones was a lame duck and did not vote on many issues that were important to his constituents.
lame duck: 1) an ineffectual person whose powers are limited 2) an unproductive or disabled business enterprise
lame duck: If you refer to a politician or a government as a lame duck, you mean that they have little real power, for example because their period of office is coming to an end. a lame duck government
lame duck: {i} ineffectual person, one who has no power to bring about change (often used about a politician who is nearing the end of his final term in office); (Slang) unsuccessful business, ineffectual business
lame duck: an elected official still in office but not slated to continue
lame duck: Elected official serving out a term of office after being defeated for reelection before the inauguration of the successor
lame duck: Law Layover Leave to Sit Legislative Day Legislative Session Legislative Veto Line Item Veto Loan Guarantees Lobby Majority Leader Majority Whip Mandatory Spending Manual Marking Up A Bill Markup Measure Minority Leader Minority Whip Morning Business Morning Hour Motion Motion to Proceed to Consider "Must Pass" Bill Nomination Nongermane Amendment
lame duck: (A ), in Stock Exchange parlance, means a member of the Stock Exchange who waddles off on settlement day without settling his account All such defaulters are black-boarded and struck off the list Sometimes it is used for one who cannot pay his debts, one who trades without money “Pitt gambled and lost: But who must answer for the cost? Not he, indeed! A duck confounded lame Not unattended wadding ” Peter Pindar: Proh Impudentiam Lame King A Grecian oracle had told Sparta to “Beware of a lame king ” Agesilaos was lame, and during his reign Sparta lost her supremacy
lame duck: So called because it resembles limping Traveling sideways, the leading foot (or trailing) is on demi pointe and the other foot is flat making the hips unlevel Looks like you're stepping over something as you step sideways Used for traveling hip drops or hip lifts or traveling hip sway
lame duck: disapproval If you describe someone or something as a lame duck, you are critical of them because they are not successful and need to be helped a lot. lame-duck industries
lame duck: A member of the stock exchange who cannot meet his obligations Also, a company in financial difficulties