reinvent the wheel

to needlessly duplicate the basics of a method

If we have the technology to clean up the atmosphere, why do we always try to reinvent the wheel?

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dead ringer

1. a person or thing that looks exactly like anther person or thing

2. an exact duplicate

That bear is a dead ringer of the one that was found in the pool.

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1. a convict serving a life sentence in prison

2. someone who goes joins the military and stays for the sake of having a job

Some lifer was trying to sue the prison for negligence because of an itch.

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1. a cloth or rag used to clean up semen

2. a foolish, contemptible person

Don't try to guilt trip me you jizz-rag.

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make sure the crotch of your pants is zipped up (from examine your zipper)

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1. an instance of touching a body part in a sexual way

2. to touch a body part in a sexual way

They started to feel eachother up just before Mom walked in on them.

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a distant but related person or thing (from a term for a unsophisticated relative who lives in and/or is accustomed to a rural area)

The errant belief that many people go insane during the full moon may be a country cousin of the werewolf myth.

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