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indict a ham sandwich

idiom

Of a grand jury: to charge a person with a crime, despite a perceived lack of evidence.


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  1. 01

    air sandwich

    A strategy that has high-level direction and low-level operations, but little in the middle.

  2. 02

    bite of the reality sandwich

    A wake-up call, a reality check.

  3. 03

    ham it up

    To deliberately exaggerate one's emotions or movements, or to overact or act hammily.

  4. 04

    shit sandwich

    Something highly undesirable that is rendered more acceptable or palatable by the addition of more tolerable or agreeable components.

  5. 05

    soup sandwich

    Someone or something that is disorganized, incompetent, fundamentally flawed or unfinished.

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