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l'épée (or, la lame) use le fourreauThe mind is too active for the body.Rate it:

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la lame use le fourreauSe dit des personnes chez qui l’excessive activité de l’esprit nuit à la santé du corps.Rate it:

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those who can't use their head must use their backif you do not think, you will take the consequencesRate it:

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coucher dans son fourreauTo go to sleep without undressing; To turn in all standing (nav.).Rate it:

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lame jokeAn attempt at humor which is perceived to have been used previously to the point of being cliche, or was never funny to begin with.Rate it:

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c'est une fine mouche (or, lame)He is a cunning fellow, a sly dog. Rate it:

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lame brainA slow person; someone who is slow to understand a task.Rate it:

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Lame DuckAbout to retire, in the last days of his or her jobRate it:

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that's lamethat's bad; not as good as it could be or has been; not as good as is typical of othersRate it:

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use a sledgehammer to crack a nutTo use significantly excessive force to carry out an action; to do something overzealouslyRate it:

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"how can i believe someone who doesn't use 100% of their brain?"BrainRate it:

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"how can i say i'm right if i don't use 100% of my brain?"BrainRate it:

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"if the human being doesn't use 100% of his brain, how can he be right in the things he does and speBrainRate it:

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"if you don't use 100% of your brain, how are you right in what you do or say?"BrainRate it:

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"since i don't use 100% of my brain, i can't say i'm right in what i do or say."BrainRate it:

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as much use as a chocolate fireguardUseless; pointless.Rate it:

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as much use as a chocolate teapotThoroughly useless.Rate it:

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can I use your phoneIndicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.Rate it:

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cela est usé jusqu'à la corde(lit.) That is worn threadbare; (fig.) That is thoroughly hackneyed.Rate it:

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ill usemaltreatRate it:

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it's no useUsed to indicate that the specified action cannot succeed or offers no advantage if successfulRate it:

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put to useto use; to utilise; to applyRate it:

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sermo latinus (opp. sermo parum latinus) (cf. sect. VII. 2., note For the use of adverbs...)good Latin.Rate it:

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there's no useUsed to indicate that the specified action cannot succeed or offers no advantage if successfulRate it:

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there's no use crying over spilt milkAlternative form of don't cry over spilt milk.Rate it:

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tout s'use à la longueEverything wears out in time.Rate it:

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use it or lose itHuman abilities require repetitive usage or practice lest one become, rusty. out of tune, uncoordinated:Rate it:

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use it or lose itProperty and privileges will be lost if they are not utilized.Rate it:

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use it or lose itSkills or knowledge that are seldom applied are likely to be lost with time.Rate it:

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use one's coconutUse one's head; think.Rate it:

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use one's headTo headbutt.Rate it:

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use one's headTo think carefully, especially as an alternative to being guided by one's emotions.Rate it:

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use one's nogginTo think, especially in a careful or clever manner.Rate it:

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use upto take or occupyRate it:

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use upto consume, deplete or exhaustRate it:

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use your noodleUse your brains and work it out yourselfRate it:

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what's the useUsed to indicate that a specified or implied action cannot succeed or offers no advantage if successfulRate it:

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catch as catch canTo use any available means or methods.Rate it:

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chase one's tailTo busily try to perform many tasks or to repeatedly revise one's plans, especially with inefficient use of one's time and limited results.Rate it:

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eat one's own dog foodTo use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.Rate it:

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fight tooth and nailTo use every means possible to overcome a difficult opposition.Rate it:

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google itUse the Google search engine to obtain information on something or somebody on the World Wide WebRate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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hell in a hand basketto go to one's doom, to deteriorate quickly, to proceed on a course to disaster. The phrase go to hell in a handbasket is an American phrase which came into general use during the American Civil War, though its popularity has spread into other countries.Rate it:

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in silicoalluding to the mass use of silicon for semiconductor computer chips, is an expression used to mean "performed on computer or via computer simulation."Rate it:

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lay asideTo reserve for future use; to save as a backup.Rate it:

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rise from the ashesTo make a comeback after a long hiatus. To come back into common use or practice. To come back into popularity. To come back to being a thing of today.Rate it:

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salt awayTo save or preserve (especially money) for future use.Rate it:

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Scrape the Bottle of the BarrelTo make use of something from leftover and off cuts. To be left to choose from scrap or residueRate it:

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scrape the bottom of the barrelTo use the least desirable parts of something.Rate it:

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