(idiomatic) To be completely attentive to what another person is saying.

Usually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.

(finance) A significant default on a financial instrument or some other financial occurrence, such as bankruptcy, restructuring, repudiation, or moratorium, or failure to pay some other obligation, such as taxes.

(cosmology, astronomy) An occurrence which causes the end of the universe or which destroys the planet earth; a global cataclysm.

plural of evening star

During the evening of today.

(duration) Continuously since a specified time or event.

Continuously since a specified time or event.

Continuously since.

With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminately.