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go the whole hogTo do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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ball hogA player who keeps the ball to themselves, rather than passing itRate it:

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high on the hogWell off; living comfortably or extravagantly.Rate it:

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hog heavenA state of contented bliss.Rate it:

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hungry as a hogVery hungryRate it:

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Live High Off the HogTo live in luxurious way, having many expensive things, to be affluentRate it:

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living high on the hogLiving richly, often above one's meansRate it:

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road hogaggressive driverRate it:

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road hogselfish driverRate it:

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as a wholeConsidered all togetherRate it:

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whole 'nother ball of waxAn entirely different matter altogether; a separate issue or sub-issue from the topic being discussed, usu. one that would take too long to explain properly; a matter to be dealt with at a later time.Rate it:

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whole ball of waxThe entire or overall plan, concept or action.Rate it:

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the whole nine yardsAll the way; with everything done completely or thoroughly.Rate it:

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the whole world and his dogEverybody; too many people; a huge crowd.Rate it:

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"a glass of water quenches your thirst, a whole sea drowns you."GlassRate it:

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on the wholegenerallyRate it:

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on the wholeFor the most part; apart from some insignificant details.Rate it:

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out of whole clothFabricated, fictitious.Rate it:

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the whole nine yardsAnd everything. Often used, like etc., to finish out a list.Rate it:

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the whole shooting matchEverything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.Rate it:

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whole ball of waxEverything of a similar or related nature; everything necessary for a particular purpose.Rate it:

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whole clothin full extent, wholesale, entirely, without changes or additionsRate it:

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whole clothSomething made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.Rate it:

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whole clothThe fictitious material from which complete fabrications, lies with no basis in truth, are made.Rate it:

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whole clothA newly made textile which has not yet been cut.Rate it:

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whole enchiladaAll of something or a group of related things taken in totality.Rate it:

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Whole Kit and CaboodleNothing left, ruined, everything is lostRate it:

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whole shebangA building or house and everything in it.Rate it:

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whole shebangEverything; the entire thing.Rate it:

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whole shooting matchEverything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.Rate it:

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a codpiece for the something or someonean exaggerated show of protecting the little bits while ignoring the whole.Rate it:

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anticonstituellementin french, this word is the biggest word in the whole history of french... it means: I Constantly think you are bugging me, back off or you will regret it.Rate it:

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debris fieldAny area, non-dependent of locale, space, or contour, that contains the debris of wreckage, impact, sinking, or other material that once constituted a complete object. Debris fields can be found at the site of air crashes, water vessel sinking, explosions of buildings, collapses, and other events that render a whole entity into components, pieces, or other non-whole items.Rate it:

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in all one's born daysEver; in one's whole life.Rate it:

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lionA large cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly to much of Europe. The term may apply to the species as a whole, to individuals, or to male individuals. It also applies to related species like mountain lions.Rate it:

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round upTo the smallest integer that is not less than it, or to some other greater value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.Rate it:

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bend somebody's earSorry to bend your ear with the whole story, but I think you ought to know.Rate it:

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round downTo the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.Rate it:

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rye seedCaraway seed, used whole as a flavoring in the best-known type of rye bread- often mistakenly assumed to be the rye itself.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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sunder outTo remove a piece of something from the whole; separate out.Rate it:

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à tout prendreOn the whole; Everything considered.Rate it:

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at largeIn general; as a whole.Rate it:

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au bout du compteUpon the whole; After all.Rate it:

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au vu et au su de tout le villageOpenly, before the whole village.Rate it:

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break offTo remove a piece from a whole by breaking or snapping.Rate it:

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buy upTo buy the whole of, the totality of something.Rate it:

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Carry the Weight of the World on Your ShouldersTo think yourself responsible to resolve the problems of whole worldRate it:

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chop upTo separate or divide something that was whole. To cut or chop into separate pieces. To convert a sampled audio file into short segments.Rate it:

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dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollereto pass the whole day in discussion.Rate it:

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