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ashes to ashes, dust to dust	you are made of dust and return to ashes and dust after passing away.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kick the dust	To die	Rate it: (5.00 / 3 votes)
dust off	To use something after a long time without it.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
dust bunny	A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc. that tends to accumulate indoors in areas that are not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.	Rate it: (2.75 / 4 votes)
gather dust	to remain unused for a long period of time	Rate it: (1.50 / 2 votes)
beat the dust	Don't know. Just heard it in passing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bite the dust	To quit, or fail or lose any chances of success	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bite the dust	die	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bust the dust	To clean dust off something, such as with a vacuum cleaner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
catch dust	To be rarely used.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
collect dust	To remain untouched and unused for a long period of time.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dust mouse	A dust bunny.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dust off	To remove dust from something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dust off a batter	for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dust settle	Indicates a wait for a heated, angry atmosphere to calm down.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dust settles	A heated, angry atmosphere calms down.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dust up	To dust; to clean by dusting.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dust up	To attack or renounce.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
eat someone's dust	To get one to be on a losing end.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
eat someone's dust	To be outrun.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
like gold dust	If things or people are like gold dust, they are difficult to get because a lot of people want them.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
not see someone for dust	Not to see someone at all; implies hasty departure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again	don't quit. keep trying	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
turn to dust	to die	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
when the dust settles	after an active or heated period.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
blue moon	The moon tinted towards blue as it appears in the sky, caused by dust or smoke in the atmosphere.	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
petite pluie abat grand vent	A little rain lays much dust; Often quite a trifle calms a torrent of wrath.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
bite i gresset	To bite the dust, to die.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dusty miller	A formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire du train (pop.)	To kick up a dust.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mordre la poussière	to bite the dust	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis	A lung disease caused by inhaling very fine silica dust	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shake out	To agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
slut's wool	Accumulated dust, fluff, hair, etc., that tends to occur indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
verba dare alicui (Att. 15. 16)	to deceive a person, throw dust in his eyes.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)