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all cats are gray in the dark	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
gray area	A part that is not clear or certain; something that is open to interpretation.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
all cats are gray at night	Variant of all cats are grey in the dark.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gray out	To make gray or lighter in color to indicate that it is disabled or unavailable.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
they ranged from fuzz-cheeked boys to gray-haired, balding gansers...	from "A Crown of Swords," book 7 in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series of novels (Tor books 1996). This quote is found on page 64.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mother hen	A female chicken who bears eggs or chicks.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
better an egg today than a hen tomorrow	It is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.	Rate it: (1.80 / 5 votes)
hen's teeth	Plural form of hen's tooth.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hen's teeth	Anything very rare or impossible to obtain is said to be like finding hen’s teeth.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hen's tooth	Anything not naturally occuring.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mad As a Wet Hen	Seething, umbrageous, choleric, fuming	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mother hen	An outspoken and overprotective woman dealing with others' affairs.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Scare as Hen's Teeth	Something scarce and not found in abundance, a rare thing or non-existent	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace	Even if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
in black and white	Having it displayed using shades of gray/gray rather than colour/color .	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
black-and-white	Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black-and-white	Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
femme qui parle comme homme et geline qui chante comme coq ne sont bonnes à tenir	A whistling woman and a crowing hen Are good for neither cocks nor men.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fox guarding the henhouse meaning	A for should not be trusted to guard a hen house because they are hen hunters and will eat them when given the chance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grey out	Alternative spelling of gray out	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hens' teeth	Alternative form of hen's teeth.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
in black and white	Using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rouge le soir et blanc le matin, c'est la journée du pèlerin	Red at night is the shepherd’s delight, Red in the morning, the shepherd’s warning. Evening red and morning gray Are two sure signs of a fine day.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
snow on the mountaintop	Gray or white hair on one's head, especially as an indication of aging.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
snow on the rooftop	Gray or white hair on one's head, especially as an indication of aging.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)