(law, idiomatic) The combination of two violent crimes: assault (the threat of violence) and battery (physical violence). This legal distinction exists only in jurisdictions that distinguish assault as threatened violence rather than actual violence.

(idiomatic) In a difficult and inescapable position. / (idiomatic) Having the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.

Opportunities will not wait; action should be undertaken without delay.

Rough, coarse and lacking finesse, performed with little skill.

To apply the slash and burn technique.

A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop.

(informal) Normal, average, typical, unexceptional, or nondescript.

(idiomatic, colloquial, usually sarcastic, dismissive) Indicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action, and does not wish to participate.

A pair of gears, consisting of a circular pinion that engages with the teeth of a flat bar, that converts rotational into linear motion; used in the steering mechanism of cars, and in some railways.

(archaic, pathology) malaria