Idiom: Back-of-the-envelope calculation
Idiom Definitions for 'Back-of-the-envelope calculation'
A back of the envelope calculation is a figure that was arrived at quickly or by using estimation--as if someone had grabbed the first scrap of paper they found and made a quick guess.
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- Category: General
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Idioms similar to 'Back-of-the-envelope calculation'
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- On my back
- Put or get someone's back up
- Behind someone's back
- Watch your back
- Back number
- By the back door
- Like the back of your hand
- Back to the wall
- Make a rod for your own back
- Back burner
- Fed up to the back teeth
- Get the monkey off your back
- Back to square one
- Back foot
- Take a back seat
- Get back on the horse that bucked you
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