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three guys in a garage

idiom

A small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.


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  1. 01

    count to three

    Synonym of count to ten.

  2. 02

    me three

    Used to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too." Can be continued as "me four," "me five," and so on.

  3. 03

    nice guys finish last

    People who are decent, friendly, and agreeable tend to be unsuccessful because they are outmaneuvered or overwhelmed by others who are not so decent, friendly, or agreeable.

  4. 04

    Three Musketeers

    A group of three people who are very closely associated; a trio.

  5. 05

    three score and ten

    Seventy, being the number of years in a full lifetime of traditionally-expected duration.

  6. 06

    three sheets to the wind

    Unsteady from drink.

  7. 07

    three skips of a louse

    The worth of some trifling or insignificant matter; a whit or jot of value.

  8. 08

    three squares

    Three square meals, understood as a complete, satisfying, and nourishing regimen of food taken over the course of a day.

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