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s'il pleut à la Saint-Médard, il pleut quarante jours plus tard, à moins que Saint-Barnabé ne lui coupe l'herbe sous le piedDicton prédisant que s’il pleut le 8 juin, il repleuvra 40 jours après, sauf s’il fait très beau le 11 juin.Rate it:

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patience of a saintA great deal of patience.Rate it:

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à chaque saint sa chandelleHonour to whom honour is due; Every lawyer must have his fee.Rate it:

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à la Saint-Glinglinwhen pigs flyRate it:

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au nom du Père et du Fils et du Saint-EspritFormule par laquelle les chrétiens se réfèrent à la Trinité.Rate it:

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c'est saint roch et son chien que ces deux personnes-làThese two persons are inseparable.Rate it:

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c'est un saint qu'on ne chôme pointHe is in no great repute.Rate it:

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chacun prêche pour son saintEvery one has an eye to his own interest.Rate it:

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faire la saint-lundiTo do no work on Monday. Rate it:

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je ne sais à quel saint me vouerI do not know which way to turn.Rate it:

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québec, c'est saint-malo à s'y méprendre (max o'rell)You could easily mistake Quebec for St. Malo.Rate it:

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Saint JeanApellido.Rate it:

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Saint PierreApellido.Rate it:

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tout le saint-frusquin (fam.)The whole jolly lot (referring to money or clothes).Rate it:

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come in from the coldIn espionage parlance, for an undercover spy to return to the spy agency office or protection.Rate it:

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saintedSimple past tense and past participle of saint.Rate it:

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step downTo resign from office.Rate it:

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vote outTo expel the holder of an office or other position through an act of voting.Rate it:

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vote inTo collectively approve a nominee into an office or position as a result of voting.Rate it:

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hang out one's shingleTo open an office or business, especially in a profession.Rate it:

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sign inIn order to get into the office after hours, you'll have to sign in at the security desk.Rate it:

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(de or ex) provincia decedere or simply decedere (vid. sect. II. 4, note Cf. especially...)to leave a province (at the termination of one's term of office).Rate it:

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10 Downing StreetThe title or office of the Prime Minister.Rate it:

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11 Downing StreetThe title or office of the Chancellor of the Exchequer.Rate it:

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abdicare se magistratu (Div. 2. 35)to resign one's post (before the expiry of the term of office).Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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abrogare alicui munus (Verr. 2. 57)to remove a person from his office.Rate it:

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ad honores ascendereto rise, mount to the honours of office.Rate it:

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alicui or in alicuius locum succedereto succeed a person in an office.Rate it:

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amplissimos honorum gradus assequi, adipiscito reach the highest grade of office.Rate it:

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back in harnessTo be restored to one's employment or office. Often said of someone returning to work after recovering from illness.Rate it:

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back officeThe IT and infrastructure support services for a company, separate from the public face of the business.Rate it:

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bon matinFormule de politesse amicale ou formelle utilisée pour saluer une personne le matin. Note : Cet usage est critiqué par l’Office québécois de la langue française.Rate it:

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box-office bombA motion picture that generates relatively low revenue at the box office, especially that which is less than the budget for the motion picture.Rate it:

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business girlA young woman employed in business or office work.Rate it:

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continuare alicui magistratumto prolong some one's office for another year.Rate it:

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continuare magistratum (Sall. Iug. 37. 2)to continue one's office for another year.Rate it:

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copy typistoffice workerRate it:

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count outTo prevent the accession of to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes.Rate it:

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crown jewelsThe jewelry that accompany the office of rulership in a monarchy. I.e., crown, scepter, signet ring, etc.Rate it:

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de potestate decedereto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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deponere magistratumto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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fire drillAn organised practice to prepare occupants of an office, school or other public building for evacuation in the event of a fire.Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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get inTo be elected to some office.Rate it:

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Hang Out Your ShingleTo establish your own personal office and put a sign board over the entranceRate it:

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homo novusa parvenu (a man no member of whose family has held curule office).Rate it:

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i approve this messagea phrase said by candidates for federal office to show their consent to comply with the elective law passed in 2002; now becoming used for other offices too, not just federal officesRate it:

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in aetatem alicuius, in annum incidereto happen during a person's life, year of office.Rate it:

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in imperio esseto hold a high office (such as conferred imperium, i.e. consulatus, dictatura, praetura).Rate it:

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