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What does the expression 'lame duck' mean?
The term lame duck refers to somebody weak. For example, when an elected official's successor has already been elected, but has not taken office. It is also occasionally used to disparage a politician who will not serve again, such as a US president near the end of his second term.A lame duck session is a session of an officials whose successors have already been elected (but not inaugurated).The original use of the term lame duck referred to brokers who defaulted on their debts. The term is still used in this financial context in Europe.The term lame duck usually is very commonly heard at the end of the second term of a US President (since he can't get re-elected for the third time in a row). As the name suggests, a lame duck cannot make strong decisions.Actually the term lame duck means that they are able to make stronger decisons that are not based on being reelected.If you're playing howrse, please see the Related Question.
What does it mean if a horse is a lame duck?
A lame duck horse is one that has difficulty moving due to pain or injury in its legs or feet. This term is typically used to describe a horse that is experiencing lameness and may require medical attention or rest to heal.
Does Andrew become president?
yes does become in 1824. he is mean a 'man's man'
What does it mean when someone assumes presidency?
They become president!
What does answercom is lame mean?
it is bad
What does the name Dwayne mean?
lame.
What does the name Ruble mean?
Lame
What does the name fermin mean?
LAME
When did Benjamin Franklin become president of Pennsylvaina?
He Never was president P.S. dont you mean governor
What does the expression lame duck mean horses?
"Lame duck" refers to a horse that is injured or disabled in one or more legs, causing it to move awkwardly or with difficulty. This term is also used in politics to refer to an elected official who is still in office but has limited power because their successor has been elected.
What dose the name Claude Mean?
lame
What is lame duck mean in horses?
A lame horse is a horse that is disabled in its feet or legs. A "lame duck" refers to a weak, ineffective, or powerless person (particularly a politician whose successor has already been elected but not inaugurated). There is a multiple choice question on the site "howrse" that asks what a lame duck horse is, and offers the following choices: * Designates someone that is lazy * Comes from the fact that the soldiers aimed at the horse's flank in calvalry times * Comes from the fact that horses suffering from emphysema, in the age of cavalry, were considered as "good for nothing" * Designates the raising of the horse's flanks whose breathing is obstructed by emphysema Apparently the answer is (d), Designates the raising of the horse's flanks whose breathing is obstructed by emphysema. However no other reference to this usage of the term seems to exist anywhere on the internet. The game Howrse is an English translation of the popular French game Equideo, and this may be a mistranslation.
