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hunt where the ducks are	To seek opportunities or results in situations or places where they are most likely to be found.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
proverbs hunt in pairs	Alternative form of proverbs run in pairs.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
dog in the hunt	This is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
dog in the hunt	Something to gain depending on the outcome; a position for which to campaign or cheer..	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dog in the hunt	Literally, ownership of one of several canines participating in the group pursuit of game or fowl.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hunt and peck	Form of typing employed by novices in which they search for and strike each and every key one by one on a keyboard, normally using only their index fingers --considered slow and inefficient	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hunt down	To hunt something and capture or kill it.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hunt down	To find with difficulty.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hunt out	To track down; to find after searching for a while	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
run with the hare and hunt with the hounds	To support both sides of an argument.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
snipe hunt	A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
that dog won't hunt	That idea will not work; that is an inadequate explanation or proposition.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
that old dog won't hunt	Synonym of that dog won't hunt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds	You can't have it both ways.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wild-Goose Chase	A useless hunt, a worthless chase, a futile search	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
manger à tous les râteliers	to run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, to support both sides of an argument	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
track down	To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.	Rate it: (3.80 / 5 votes)
ménager la chèvre et le chou	To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
move in on	To come closer to, as if to catch or hunt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nager entre deux eaux	(lit.) To swim under water; (fig.) To run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
that cock won't fight	Synonym of that dog won't hunt	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turkey shoot	A hunt or hunting competition, using rifles or shotguns, in which wild turkeys are the prey; a marksmanship contest in which a turkey is the prize.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)