All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy

by ave_scientia October 21, 2020

Work Hard Play Hard

A person who’s incredibly dedicated to their career and often has more then one job yet never turns down a good time. Their schedule is so crammed with work and social events that they have to pull out a 20lb planner to pencil you in.

Work hard play hard. Alishia. On top of her game, educated, has a full-time career, dedicated mother, plans every detail of her life. She’s so busy that when you text her she will forget to text you back but will call you in a rush on speaker phone on her way to next event or as she’s working on something. (There will always be another person she’s speaking to at the same time) However, when it’s time to go out she will pregame in the car with fireball shots, drop it like it’s hot when her song comes on, and she’s a social butterfly loved by everyone she meets.

by JMarron October 2, 2021

play it by ear

When you do not have a plan, or instructions. When someone is not going to follow a direction or plan, they are just going to figure it out as they go alone. The saying derives from a musician being asked "Do you know how to play the song....." . Although the musician has no music sheets or formal note instructions, since he/she has heard the song before he/she says "No, But I can play it by ear"

I child sitting at a piano figuring out them self how to play marry had a little lamb with no instruction is an example of "play it by ear"

The term now is used for all sorts of reasons, if your not sure how to do something, or what you are doing, but are happy to just figure it out as you go along.

What are you doing tonight? "I'm going to play it by ear"

by Know Stuff August 5, 2016

makin' a play

To pull off a drug deal.

Jamaal - "Yo Willis, I'm makin' a play right now with Carmello. I'll hit you back."

Willis - "1."

by john himself August 6, 2007

play hooky

To miss school, work, or other duties without permission or an excuse.

Plenty of people play hooky from work to go see a movie on opening day.

by H.e.s.s.i. December 30, 2011

plata o plomo

Silver or lead. Give me your money or get shot. Also used by the Cartel to extort important people into accepting bribes.

Silver = something valuable
Lead = bullets

“¡Plata o plomo!” - give me your money or get shot
“¿Plata o plomo?” - take the bribe or take a bullet

by kadoodles April 27, 2019

Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

You say this dark/macabre humor phrase to lighten things up when both people have been discussing sad topics. You laugh a little bit because it is so bad to say and then you move on to talking about lighter subject things again. It is a segue (pronounced seg-way) / (a conversational bridge)from sad subjects back to lighter ones.

I find it very useful, although some people have not heard it before and they get confused and don't know what you are talking about, so you have to explain it to them. Then they laugh and you both move on to lighter subjects.

Wow, that's too bad that your friend's sister's hairdresser's brother got in a car accident and lost his pinky toe. (both people feel sad and there is silence and conversation is halted) and so another person says , "But other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how did you like the play!" Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln? And that is a shocking and awful thing to say, but it makes people laugh because it is so shocking and awful. Do not say this though if something is really really sad, because it will not lighten things up and it will make people mad and hurt their feelings.

by QUEENBEETV March 8, 2017