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not worth a tinker's dam	This means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
water over the dam	An event or set of events which has already happened and cannot be changed.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
Water over the Dam	Events that are unchangeable, past events	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
au grand dam de	to the great displeasure of	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
everything feels so dam right	I’m too high to feel the fire tonight	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tinker’s dam	Insignificant; something of little value; a worthless amount; the smallest degree	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
damn Yankee	A person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside there.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
glipe	In Northern Ireland a 'glipe' means 'idiot'	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
cat's claw	Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
white man	A Caucasian man; a European.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
26+6=1	The 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland and the 6 counties of Northern Ireland together make a single United Ireland.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Appendix:Harry Potter/Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus	The motto of the fictional European school Hogwarts.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
backwater	The water held back by a dam or other obstruction	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black beetle	The European species Feronia nigrita.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
black beetle	A common name for many species of beetle that are black in color, including:The African black beetle, Hetronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.The European species Feronia nigrita.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
box seat	A seat among a group of seats in an enclosure, as at a theater or stadium.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Brussels	The European Union.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cat's claw	Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern MexicoAcacia plumosa, a medicinal plant species native to BrazilCarpobrotus edulis, or uÃ±a de gato (Spanish: "cat's claw"), a plant species in the Aizoaceae familyDolichandra unguis-cati, or cat's claw creeper, a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae familyGrevillea alpina, a shrub species native to AustraliaMartynia annua, a plant species endemic to BrazilMimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United StatesUncaria guianensis, a plant species found in GuyanaUncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicineUncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cook	A fish, the European striped wrasse, Labrus mixtus.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Europe	A political entity; the European Union.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
festive board	European reference to softwood-trenchers; {Early tableware was a wide softwood plank carved with shallow indentations for various food servings: When filled with appetizing, sumptuous portions it was referred, Festive Board	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
final solution	The planned and attempted mass murder of the European Jews by the Nazis; the Holocaust.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fly the coop	To escape from a pen or similar enclosure.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
kiss and cry	The publicly viewable enclosure in which figure skaters sit immediately after a performance, while they await and receive the judging results.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
nightcap	A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas. Nightcaps were common in northern Europe before central heating was available, when homes were cold at night.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
third country	A country outside the European Union.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
three-ring circus	A large circus in which three separate performances, each within its own circular enclosure, are staged simultaneously before a single audience.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)