little red dot
n.— «There are things which happened in a country like this where they investigate for months and are still not quite sure what took place. That’s the reality. So that’s the way Southeast Asia is and we are in Southeast Asia and it’s our job to be the little red dot which everybody knows is something special.» —“DPM Lee says proper reporting of bird flu cases difficult in big countries” in Jakarta, Indonesia Channel NewsAsia Jan. 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Imagine telling someone how to get to your home, but without using the name of your street, or any other street within ten miles. Could you do it? We take street names for granted, but these words are useful for far more, like applying for a job or...
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