American business jargon. 2014.
the Trenches — (also without cap) the protective ditches dug for the infantry on the Western Front in World War I, or the Western Front itself • • • Main Entry: ↑trench * * * the trenches : a place or situation in which people do very difficult work These… … Useful english dictionary
in the trenches — ► working in the most active and difficult parts of a job or business: »The boss understands the difficulties we face here in the trenches. »He s a salesman with 30 years of in the trenches experience. Main Entry: ↑trenches … Financial and business terms
A Smile from the Trenches — Datos generales Origen Grand Junction, Colorado … Wikipedia Español
Christmas in the Trenches (song) — Christmas in the Trenches is a melancholy ballad from John McCutcheon s 1984 Album Winter Solstice . It tells the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between the British and German lines on the Western Front during the Great War from the… … Wikipedia
Christmas in the Trenches — is a ballad from John McCutcheon s 1984 Album Winter Solstice. It tells the story of the 1914 Christmas Truce between the British and German lines on the Western Front during the Great War from the perspective of a fictional British soldier.… … Wikipedia
Suicide in the Trenches — is a poem by Siegfried Sassoon, written during his First World War military service and published in his 1918 collection: Counter Attack and Other Poems .The PoemI knew a simple soldier boy Who grinned at life in empty joy, Slept soundly through… … Wikipedia
Tail of the trenches — Tail Tail, n. [AS. t[ae]gel, t[ae]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [root]59.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. [1913 Webster] Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To open the trenches — Trench Trench, n. [OE. trenche, F. tranch[ e]e. See {Trench}, v. t.] 1. A long, narrow cut in the earth; a ditch; as, a trench for draining land. Mortimer. [1913 Webster] 2. An alley; a narrow path or walk cut through woods, shrubbery, or the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
The Heroes of Desert Storm — is a 1991 film that told the story of Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm from the point of view of several participants. CharactersThe film features occasional opinions from servicepeople and other real life people. Those… … Wikipedia
trenches — ● in the trenches Cf. in the trenches … Financial and business terms
