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get this show on the roadTo begin or launch; to get going.Rate it:

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it's a long road that has no turningencouragement when things are not going well. Just as a long road eventually has a turning, problems also eventually have a solution, even though one might have to wait.Rate it:

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road movieA film in which much of the action takes place during a journey, especially one involving overland travel.Rate it:

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the road to hell is paved with good intentionswell-intended acts can lead to disasterRate it:

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yellow brick roadA proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.Rate it:

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Get This Show on the RoadGet something moving, step ahead and keep goingRate it:

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middle of the roadHaving a centrist attitude or philosophy; not extreme, especially politically.Rate it:

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the rubber meets the roadUsed other than as an idiom: see rubber, meet, road.Rate it:

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hit the road!, hit the bricks!hit the road!, hit the bricks!Rate it:

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at the end of the roadNo longer living. Dead.Rate it:

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at the end of the roadNo longer in the competition. Voted off. Eliminated.Rate it:

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bump in the roadA very small town.Rate it:

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bump in the roadA setback or obstacle, especially one which is relatively minor.Rate it:

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down the roadFurther along, in terms of time or progress.Rate it:

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down the road, not across the streetAlong the radial artery rather than across the wrist from side to side.Rate it:

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go down that roadTo settle a way of doing something; do decide to do something in a particular way.Rate it:

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go down the roadA way of doing something; to do something in a particular way.Rate it:

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high roadA main road or highway.Rate it:

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high roadA course of action which is honorable, dignified, or respectable.Rate it:

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hit the roadTo leave a place; to go away.Rate it:

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Hit the RoadTo begin to travel, to leave or set out for somethingRate it:

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hit the roadTo begin traveling in an automobile or other road vehicle.Rate it:

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kick the can down the roadTo postpone a decision or action.Rate it:

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low roadA course of action which is undignified, wrongful, or otherwise unseemly.Rate it:

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middle of the roadOf a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.Rate it:

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pave the road to hellTo lead to a disaster by acting with good intentions.Rate it:

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road appleHorse manure, especially when deposited on a road.Rate it:

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road hogselfish driverRate it:

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road hogaggressive driverRate it:

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road to damascusA road to Damascus moment, or change, is an important point in someone's life where a great change, or reversal, of ideas or beliefs occurs.Rate it:

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road to damascusThat was my Road to Damascus moment. They played one hit after another and this is the song I remember most clearly.Rate it:

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the rubber hits the roadAlternative form of the rubber meets the roadRate it:

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the rubber meets the roadA place or circumstance at which the implementation of a plan or intent is to be achieved.Rate it:

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main thingYour special friendRate it:

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à qui se lève matin dieu prête la mainIt is the early bird that catches the worm.Rate it:

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heave to and splice the main brace'Heave to and splice the main brace!' An old salt's invitation to shipmates in a shore side pub to drink-up and be merry!Rate it:

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heave to and splice the main braceMarlinspike Era sailors expression: relative to his upcoming Liberty Ashore and His Activity; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He Proclaimed.Rate it:

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à la mainin one's handRate it:

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à la mainby hand, manuallyRate it:

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à sa portée (or, à portée de sa main)Within his reach.Rate it:

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avoir la main heureuseTo be lucky at cards (or, at other things).Rate it:

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avoir la main rompue à quelque choseTo be well versed at something.Rate it:

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avoir la main verteto have a green thumb, to have green fingers, to be green-fingered.Rate it:

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avoir le cœur sur la mainTo be open-hearted, frank.Rate it:

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avoir le cœur sur la mainto be open-handed, to be generousRate it:

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avoir toujours la bourse à la mainTo have always one’s hand in one’s pocket.Rate it:

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avoir un poil dans la mainTo be very lazy (so that hair grows on the palm of the hand).Rate it:

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bon cavalier monte à toute mainIl faut prendre des risques pour réussir.Rate it:

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c'est un homme que j'ai dans la mainHe is a man I hold in the hollow of my hand, i.e. I can make him do what I like.Rate it:

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changer de mainto change handsRate it:

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