cheat sheet

cheat sheet

1. A piece of paper or other document containing information about or the solutions to questions of a test or exam, which may be used for cheating, studying, or by someone grading said exam. Jim was caught using a cheat sheet during his test and failed the course as a result. My friend gave me a great cheat sheet to use while studying for my final exam.
2. Any document on which complex or difficult information is summarized so as to allow for easy reference and/or understanding. I made a cheat sheet of everyday Japanese phrases so I would know how to say at least a few things while in Tokyo next week!
See also: cheat, sheet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • crib sheet
  • crib note
  • pay the price
  • pay the price, to
  • pay the price/penalty
  • penalty
  • pay the penalty
  • plain and simple
  • pure and simple
  • you're a numbskull
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The lecture portion covered coagulation and anti-coagulants, labeling and transport, how to use the cheat sheets and laboratory guide, our catalog of tests, and how much blood to draw.
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Antonio explained that his company's exclusive "Employment Law Marketing Cheat Sheet" is a direct and easy-to-understand blueprint.
According to the Cheat Sheet, one of the advantages of the "broader" Internet of Things is its capability to connect a range of devices to suit particular needs of users.
German legend Jens Lehmann stopped spot-kicks from Roberto Ayala and Esteban Cambiasso using a 'cheat sheet' about Argentine penalty-takers and how they usually took their kicks.
Numerous other applications, such as one called the Catholic Cheat Sheet, give you on-the-go access to scripture and prayers.
Appendices include a summary of the commands in iMovie's menus, troubleshooting rules, list of keyboard shortcuts, and visual cheat sheet to iMovie's features.
The solution was a cheat sheet with correct speeds, procedures, and techniques ready for each airplane.
The "cheat sheet" which helped Germany keeper Jens Lehmann save penalties against Argentina in the World Cup has been sold at auction forpounds 650,000.
This study investigated the relationship between scores achieved by students in an undergraduate course and active engagement during testing, whether using a cheat sheet or engaging in a form of cooperative testing.
The testing conditions studied were: independent, cheat sheet, homogenous grouping with cheat sheet, and heterogeneous group without cheat sheet.
Moderators present questions from a prescribed "cheat sheet" supplied by a pharmaceutical firm to a panel of physicians.
Consider this article, and the next, your cheat sheet on what the OIG will be looking for this year and beyond.
Appendices include a glossary of "techie" terms, a bibliography, a list of HTML-equivalent characters, a PERL-command HTML cheat sheet, and a list of hexadecimal color codes.
Both titles feature an Appendix, an Index, a bonus CD, as well as the standard punch-out "Cheat Sheet", in the beginning, so typical and well received in the "Dummies" series.