Miss
Miss verb - To fail to attend.
Work on
Work on verb - To exert effort in order to do, make, or perform something.
Both terms in one sentence
- Near the end of the game, Bolo saves Sequin Land Palace by unintentionally causing the Palace Disruptor Cannon to miss when he's hired to work on the Targeting Module, and accidentally installs the main circuit panel backwards, upside down, and inside out.
Source: Chekhov's Gag -
It also doesn't work on Rosalyn (the baby-sitter), or Miss Wormwood (the teacher), or... you know what?
Source: Moe -
Two nights later, they plan a stakeout (with Randall snooping around and seeing what's up, and getting Miss Finster to try and stop them).They find out that a former principal and his cronies are trying to work on a plan to end summer vacation for good, creating a permanent winter.
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