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rain cats and dogsTo rain very heavily.Rate it:

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raining cats and dogsRaining very heavily; excessive downpourRate it:

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Let Sleeping Dogs LieNot to invite trouble, to be calm and avoid stirring any possible troubleRate it:

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rained cats and dogspouredRate it:

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if you lie with dogs you will get fleasIt is important whom to choose as one's closest acquanitances.Rate it:

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call off the dogsTo ease up on after inflicting great punishment.Rate it:

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it is raining cats and dogsThe cats and dogs are the rainRate it:

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barking dogs never biteAlternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.Rate it:

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barking dogs seldom bitePeople who make big threats never usually carry them out.Rate it:

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call off the dogsDuring a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.Rate it:

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dogsWith the, a greyhound racing event.Rate it:

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dogsPlural form of dog.Rate it:

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dogsFeet.Rate it:

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dogs barkFeet hurt.Rate it:

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go to the dogsTo decline or deteriorate.Rate it:

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Go to the DogsTo badly destroy or ruin yourself in appearance and healthRate it:

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going to the dogsIn such a poor state that it should be left to the dogs.Rate it:

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gone to the dogsTo have fallen into disrepair or ruin; to have been stagnant or depreciated.Rate it:

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let sleeping dogs lieTo leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.Rate it:

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rain dogs and catsTo rain very heavily.Rate it:

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Sell like Hot DogsTo sell something quickly and in great quantity, something immediately sold or vendedRate it:

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the dogs bark, but the caravan goes onLife goes on, even if some will try to stop or talk against progress.Rate it:

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throw to the dogsTo remove or cast out someone or something out of one's protection, such as into the streets.Rate it:

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throw to the dogsTo give up on something valuable.Rate it:

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throw to the dogsTo throw away useless.Rate it:

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two dogs fight for a bone, but a third runs away with itWhen two sides contend, it's always the third party that benefits.Rate it:

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she would rip a dog off a gut wagonA gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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barking-up the wrong tree:{Coon Hunters Remark:} Coon Dogs Chase Raccoon up Trees. They Bark at the Tree so Hunter Can 'Shoot' Coon out of the Tree:Rate it:

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alere equos, canesto keep horses, dogs.Rate it:

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dog in a mangerone who denies others what he cannot consume himself: hay in a manger (cattle feeder) cannot be eaten by cows if a (barking) dog is in it - though dogs don't eat hayRate it:

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dog racismPaying large sum of money for "pedigree dogs", attaching great importance to the breed of a pet.Rate it:

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faire le beau(of dogs) To beg.Rate it:

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go to the bow-wowsTo go to the dogs, to decline or deteriorate.Rate it:

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morte la bête, mort le veninDead dogs cannot bite; Dead men tell no tales.Rate it:

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ne réveillons pas le chat qui dortLet sleeping dogs lie.Rate it:

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pitAn enclosed area into which gamecocks, dogs, and other animals are brought to fight, or where dogs are trained to kill rats.Rate it:

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pleuvoir des cordesto rain heavily; to rain cats and dogsRate it:

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pleuvoir des hallebardesTo rain cats, dogs, and pitchforks.Rate it:

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