| 词汇 | it-s chess not checkers |
| 词源 | It’s chess, not checkers. It’s complicated, with no easy answer to a question, chess being a much more difficult game than checkers. This relatively recent phrase is an Americanism that has been used by government officials answering the questions of reporters at press conferences. |
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