lost-and-found badge
lost-and-found badge
An identification tag worn by armed forces members on a chain around their necks. I kept my lost-and-found badge from the First Gulf War to remind me how tough life can really get. The bodies in the unmarked graves were buried with their lost-and-found badges, so military personnel were able to identify them and repatriate their remains home.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
lost-and-found badge
n. a military identification tag; a military dog tag. (From the Persian Gulf War.) My father still keeps his lost-and-found badge from the Korean War.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- worn
- turn in (one's) badge
- darkest hour is just before the dawn
- it's always darkest (just) before the dawn
- It's always darkest just before the dawn
- risk (one's) neck
- risk neck
- risk your neck
- make a note of
- make a note of (something)