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  2. McJob - Wikipedia

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    Working poor; Zero-hour contract, some businesses participate in, whereby work is not guaranteed, but employees must be available for work in short notice, unlike contingent work (or casual contract), where employees must be given ample notice, and have the right to refuse guaranteed minimum hours of work.

  3. List of English-language expressions related to death

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    Dead Euphemistic: Croak [7] To die Slang: Crossed the Jordan Died Biblical/Revivalist The deceased has entered the Promised Land (i.e. Heaven) Curtains Death Theatrical The final curtain at a dramatic performance Dead as a dodo [2] Dead Informal The 'dodo', flightless bird from the island of Mauritius hunted to extinction Dead as a doornail [1]

  4. Karoshi - Wikipedia

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    A "No More Karoshi" protest in Tokyo, 2018 Deaths due to long working hours per 100,000 people in 2016 (15+) Average annual hours actually worked per worker in OECD countries from 1970 to 2020 Karoshi ( Japanese : 過労死 , Hepburn : Karōshi ) , which can be translated into "overwork death", is a Japanese term relating to occupation-related ...

  5. List of Latin phrases (M) - Wikipedia

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    The dead teach the living: Used to justify dissections of human cadavers in order to understand the cause of death. mortuum flagellas: you are flogging a dead (man) From Gerhard Gerhards' (1466–1536) [better known as Erasmus] collection of annotated Adagia (1508). Criticising one who will not be affected in any way by the criticism. mos maiorum

  6. Dead-end job - Wikipedia

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    Dead-end work is usually regarded as unskilled and the phrase usually applies to those working as shelf stackers, cleaners, call center agents, clerks, or in other menial jobs where the pay is low, and the working hours are long. Furthermore, positions not regarded as menial may nonetheless qualify as dead-end jobs and forms of underemployment ...

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    Today is both the day set aside to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and the second presidential inauguration of Donald Trump. You can cut the tension with a knife.

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  9. List of sundial mottos - Wikipedia

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    Hours fly, Flowers die. New days, New ways, Pass by. Love stays. [2] Hours fly, Flowers bloom and die. Old days, Old ways pass. Love stays. I only tell of sunny hours. I count only sunny hours. The clouds shall pass and the sun will shine on us once more. Let others tell of storms and showers, I tell of sunny morning hours.