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the enemy of your enemy is your friendTwo parties who have an enemy in common should join forces against it.Rate it:

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my enemy's enemy is my friendAlternative form of the enemy of my enemy is my friend.Rate it:

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the enemy of my enemy is my friendAlthough I dislike and/or disagree with you, for the time being we should work together against a common threat.Rate it:

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public enemy number oneA person who ranks highest on the federal government's prioritized list of wanted criminal fugitives.Rate it:

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no plan survives contact with the enemyIt is a reality of conflict that, after a plan against an enemy is begun, there will always be unexpected elements resulting from opposition that require improvisation and deviation from the original plan.Rate it:

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be one's own worst enemyTo cause problems for one's self, act contrary to one's own interest, self-sabotage.Rate it:

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enemy combatantUsed other than as an idiom: see enemy, combatant.Rate it:

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enemy combatantAny person in an armed conflict who may be properly detained under the laws and customs of war.Rate it:

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let the perfect be the enemy of the goodTo insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.Rate it:

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public enemy number oneA person, organization, or other object considered to be particularly menacing, harmful, or loathsome.Rate it:

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i'm a lone wolfA 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:

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pedem referreto retire (without turning one's back on the enemy).Rate it:

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boots on the groundThis smacks of a military jargon. Troops deployed to confront enemy. Modern warfare can be conducted from helicopters, drones, bombers with remote directed missiles, rockets and missiles from ships.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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cannon fodderMilitary personnel who are regarded as expendable when attacking the enemy.Rate it:

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collateral damageA damage to things that are incidental to the intended target. It is frequently used as a military term where non-combatants are accidentally or unintentionally killed or wounded and/or non-combatant property damaged as result of the attack on legitimate enemy targets.Rate it:

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dimittere e manibus hostesto let the enemy escape.Rate it:

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Quaker gunA nonfunctional imitation of a gun or of a piece of artillery, typically made of wood and usually intended to deceive enemy forces into overestimating one's available firepower.Rate it:

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fire awayTo begin shooting at an enemy.Rate it:

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pin down1) Hold Under Submission, (Wrestling: 2) Restrain enemy attack, return fire, and movement:Rate it:

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two can play that gameThe tactics and/or strategies of an enemy can be used against him.Rate it:

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under fireSubjected to enemy attack.Rate it:

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acies hostium impelliturthe enemy's line is repulsed.Rate it:

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adversis hostibus occurrereto attack the enemy in the front.Rate it:

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aggredi hostemto attack the enemy.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in Soviet Russia, Y Xs youThe Russian reversal, a joke in which the subject and the statement are reversed, usually to reference the propaganda of an enemy that is the exact opposite of the interlocutor. It is usually told in broken English, without articles.Rate it:

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aversos hostes aggredito attack the enemy in the rear.Rate it:

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caedere et fundere hostemto utterly rout the enemy.Rate it:

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circumvenire hostem aversum or a tergo (B. G. 2. 26)to surround the enemy from the rear.Rate it:

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cladem hostibus afferre, inferreto inflict a defeat on the enemy.Rate it:

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dragon's denA place to do battle, but the enemy is formidable. Only enter if prepared.Rate it:

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effugere, elābi e manibus hostiumto escape from the hands of the enemy.Rate it:

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eripere aliquem e manibus hostiumto rescue some one from the hands of the enemy.Rate it:

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fugam hostium reprimere (B. G. 3. 14)to bring the flying enemy to a stand.Rate it:

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fugare hostemto put the enemy to flight.Rate it:

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fundere et fugare hostemto utterly rout the enemy.Rate it:

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fundere hostium copiasto rout the enemy's forces.Rate it:

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gradum inferre in hostemto march on the enemy.Rate it:

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hostem e manibus non dimittereto not let the enemy escape.Rate it:

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hostes (fusos) persequito follow up and harass the enemy when in flight.Rate it:

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hostes a tergo adoririto attack the enemy in the rear.Rate it:

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hostes ad internecionem caedere, delere (Liv. 9. 26)to absolutely annihilate the enemy.Rate it:

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hostes assequi, consequito overtake the enemy.Rate it:

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hostes insequi, prosequito pursue the enemy.Rate it:

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hostes, exercitum delere, concīdereto annihilate, cut up the enemy, an army.Rate it:

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hostium copias occidione occīdere (Liv. 2. 51)to absolutely annihilate the enemy.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas de petit ennemiEvery enemy is to be feared.Rate it:

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in fugam dare, conicere hostemto put the enemy to flight.Rate it:

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in latus hostium incurrereto fall upon the enemy's flank.Rate it:

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inimicitias cum aliquo suscipereto make a person one's enemy.Rate it:

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