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federal case	Any over-exaggerated ordeal.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Make a Federal Case Out of Something	To give something more importance than it deserves	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
you can bank on it	To be so sure of something that one can trust.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
bank on	To be sure of something. To depend on it.	Rate it: (4.00 / 4 votes)
take it to the bank	Said to emphasize that something is known for sure.	Rate it: (3.33 / 3 votes)
bank night	An event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
bank up	To make a mound to guard against something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bank up	To press a mound of something against something else.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
break the bank	To win more money than is available to be paid.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
break the bank	To buy something that costs to much.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
break the bank	To exhaust one's financial resources.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cry all the way to the bank	To be happy due to the receipt of money, although expressing sorrow about the cause of such receipt.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
laugh all the way to the bank	To be happy due to the receipt of money.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
laughing all the way to the bank	A person who has achieved success on a monetary scale when others doubted him.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Swiss bank account	Any place considered safe or secure to put things in.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Swiss bank account	Used other than as an idiom: see Swiss, bank account.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
take to the bank	To utterly trust, believe, or rely on.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
public enemy number one	A person who ranks highest on the federal government's prioritized list of wanted criminal fugitives.	Rate it: (2.50 / 2 votes)
measure twice and cut once	(literally, carpentry) One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.1872, "Dressmaking," Hall's Journal of Health, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 280:Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb "Measure twice, and cut once."(figuratively, by extension) Plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action.2008, Hilary Johnson, "Mergers rattle bank relations," Financial Week, 9 Nov. (retrieved 9 Nov. 2008):Mr. Paz noted that since the onset of the credit crisis, eBay, like other companies, hasn	Rate it: (2.00 / 4 votes)
argentariam dissolvere (Caecin. 4. 11)	to close one's bank, give up banking.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
dip into	To spend some of one's savings	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
drop the writ	To call a federal or provincial election.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Estado de México	Uno de los 31 estados de México, localizado hacia el centro del país. Colinda al norte con el estado de Hidalgo, al este con los estados de Tlaxcala y Puebla, al oeste con Michoacán y al sur con Morelos, Guerrero y el Distrito Federal. su capital es la ciudad de Toluca y su gentilicio es mexiquense.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Estados Unidos Mexicanos	País ubicado en América del Norte, que colinda con el sur de los Estados Unidos, Belice y el norte de Guatemala. Se divide en 31 estados y un Distrito Federal.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
faire sauter la banque	To break the bank (gambling).	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gongoozle	To leisurely watch the passage of boats, from the bank of a canal, lock or bridge.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
i approve this message	a 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 offices	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
it's not what you know but who you know	For success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you know	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
licence to print money	The authority to print money, usually given to a central bank exclusively as the issuer of currency.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
marco alemán	Antigua moneda oficial de la República Federal de Alemania desde 1948 hasta la reunificación en 1990 y la moneda oficial de Alemania desde entonces hasta la introducción del euro en 1999.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nest egg	A savings; a reserve of money.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nummus iactatur (Off. 3. 20. 80)	the bank-rate varies.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tighten one's belt	To be more frugal. To make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
va banque	hit the bank	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)