classes

Related to classes: Social classes

class (someone or something) with (someone or something)

To group someone or something with similar people or things. I studied hard, so don't class me with the kids who don't care. Please class these bedsheets with others that are the same size.
See also: class

gut class

slang An academic course that is not at all demanding or challenging. I padded out the semester with a few gut classes so I could take on some extra shifts at the restaurant. I thought Physics 101 would be a real challenge, but it turned out to be a bit of a gut class.
See also: class, gut

the chattering classes

Educated individuals known for frequently discussing and commenting on current events, such as politics, perhaps in the media. The term is often derogatory. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. I wouldn't know what the chattering classes are on about—I pay no attention to all the talking heads.
See also: chatter, classes
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

the chattering classes

articulate and educated people considered as a social group given to the expression of liberal opinions about society and culture. derogatory
See also: chatter, classes
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • class (someone or something) with (someone or something)
  • class with
  • cut class
  • speak with a plum in (one's) mouth
  • in a class by (oneself)
  • affiliate (someone or something) with (someone or something)
  • affiliate with
  • OK yah
  • frog slicing
  • class
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"People who would not have thought about walking into a yoga class previously are now taking classes and reaping the benefits.
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But by the sixth and seventh sessions, both undergraduate classes caught up, or at least began to rate the sessions similarly.
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Nearly 60 students since classes began in May have registered for the courses."
NYARM opens new school for managers
Classes were held at a centrally located state-of-the-art community center that provided free childcare services.
Design and implementation of an Osteoporosis Prevention Program using the Health Belief Model
* Migrating data to different classes of storage as requirements evolve, e.g., ILM.
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When the counselor registered Tiffany for classes for the following year, she made certain to enroll her in AP classes where she would not be in the minority and receive some support from other students of color.
Counseling African American adolescents: the impact of race, culture, and middle class status
White collar: The American middle classes. NY: Oxford University Press.
The culture of race, class, and poverty: the emergence of a cultural discourse in early cold war social work (1946-1963)
1.305-5(d), Example 10, in which there are two classes of stock, A and B.
Ruling sheds light on preferred-stock definition.
By 1990, Escalante's math enrichment program involved over 400 students in classes ranging from beginning algebra to advanced calculus.
Stand and deliver revisited: the untold story behind the famous rise--and shameful fall--of Jaime Escalante, America's master math teacher