If it's crunch time,

If it's crunch time,

  • it's time to make an decision that may be unpleasant.

    Votes: 4 80.0%
  • you have nothing to worry about.

    Votes: 1 20.0%

  • Total voters
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Tdol

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Which is more correct?
 

jutfrank

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Huh? Neither, right? They both have the opposite meaning if anything.
 
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Which is more correct?
Neither in that use, but depends on context. From Google:
: a critical moment or period (as near the end of a game) when decisive action is needed.
 

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I wouldn't choose either one. To me "It's crunch time" means it's time to make a decision which can't be put off until later.
 

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Why am I getting a message that only staff can post new threads in this area? I am not posting a new thread but responding to an existing one. (Do I need to be reminded that I am not a moderator?)
 

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Why am I getting a message that only staff can post new threads in this area? I am not posting a new thread but responding to an existing one. (Do I need to be reminded that I am not a moderator?)

@Red5
 

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That reminder comes up for everyone. It's to make sure that users don't think that this is a section in which they can ask questions about idioms. It's a reference section in which admins/moderators post idioms and their meanings, or (like this thread), a quiz question about an idiom.
 

Tdol

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My bad- I was trying to see what the software was like for a poll late at night and chucked something in. Sorry.
 
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