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i'm a lone wolf	A meek and humble warrior who hunts down the enemy, and at his own peril by not drawing the sword from it's sheath. This allows opportunity for the enemy to relent "both hands up." But once the sword is drawn from it's sheath, probation is over and swift judgement is at hand.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Cry Wolf	To send out a wrong signal of any threat or impending danger, a false alarm	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
wolf down	Quickly and without regard for table manners.	Rate it: (4.00 / 3 votes)
Keep the Wolf from the Door	To avoid circumstances leading to poverty and starvation	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
man is a wolf to man	Humans prey upon one another.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
wolf in sheep's clothing	Something harmful or problematic disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
cry wolf	To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
have the wolf by the ear	To be in a difficult situation - a dangerous situation from which one cannot disengage, but in which one cannot safely remain.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the wolf from the door	To delay sexual ejaculation.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
keep the wolf from the door	To ward off poverty or hunger.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
lone wolf	An independent person; someone who has an 'independent' streak.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
sell wolf tickets	To make empty threats or promises; to bluff.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing	A person who is dangerous but pretends to be harmless, an enemy who is disguising as a friend	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
wolf in sheep's clothing	Grammar school stories told of the Wily wolf wearing a sheepskin costume as he stealthily circles the grazing sheep seeking to snatch a helpless little lamb in his sharp-toothed and drooling vicious jaws!	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get	(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."	Rate it: (2.26 / 16 votes)
entre chien et loup	between a dog and a wolf.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
近朱者赤，近墨者黑	Different environments provide different influences; who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)