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now whatA request for advice or instruction on what should be done, when a situation has turned negative, particularly if a contingency has failed.Rate it:

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now whatA request, usually rhetorical, to know what, in a series of negative events, is the next negative event occurring.Rate it:

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now and againSometimes; occasionally; intermittently.Rate it:

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now and thenSometimes; occasionally; also said with the word every in front: every now and thenRate it:

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now we’re talkingSynonym of now you’re talking; that’s good news, that’s a good plan or idea; that’s what I wanted to hearRate it:

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now you're talkingA phrase indicating agreement with a previously stated suggestion to change a course of action.Rate it:

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you made your bed, now sleep in itA moralizing rejection said to someone looking for an easy out, especially of a situation they put themselves into.Rate it:

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speak now or forever hold your peaceSay something now, if you want to object, or don't ever say anything about it; most commonly said at weddings before the person performing the ceremony pronounces the couple man and wife.Rate it:

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he has carno now.He has been exposed to the caronda 19 virus.Rate it:

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i'm in a real pickle now!Personal Realization That One Is In A Dilemma; In An Awkward Circumstance Or A Baffling Interpersonal Relationship.Rate it:

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any time nowvery soonRate it:

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feets don't fail me nowwhen you really need to get somewhere, you don't want your feet to fail and not get you thereRate it:

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here and nowimmediatelyRate it:

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his knee was really hurt, but it's starting to get lined out now.He had a bad injury to his knee and it’s starting to heel now. The problem is getting “straightened up” now.Rate it:

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in the here and nowIn present practice rather than in theory; with the priority of palpably and actually existing.Rate it:

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now get this!A somewhat stern admonition to: understand this; listen UP!, Pay Attention!Rate it:

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now hear thisAn instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.Rate it:

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now or neverat this opportunity, or never at allRate it:

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now that you mention itAn expression said after someone says something that triggers another thought that you want to say next to continue the conversation on the same or a different subjectRate it:

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now that's a great questionWith few exceptions...Rate it:

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now you mention itThe Jungle Book - Rudyard Kipling.Rate it:

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now you're cookingA phrase, often given in response, meaning that the subject has switched to a more suitable or more efficient approach; short for: Now you're cooking with gas; this phrase can be used with anything, not just cooking.Rate it:

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read now'now' is a specific time and more to the pointRate it:

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so now!This seems to be an early equivalent of "So there!"Rate it:

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a purple patchBritish (Informal) a run of success or good fortune. "people expect him to score in every game now he's hit a purple patch."Rate it:

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blood is thicker than waterFamily relations and loyalties are stronger than relationships with people who are not family members.1866, Anthony Trollope, The Belton Estate, ch. 30,Blood is thicker than water, is it not? If cousins are not friends, who can be?circa 1915, Lucy Fitch Perkins, The Scotch Twins, ch. 5,The old clans are scattered now, but blood is thicker than water still, and you're welcome to the fireside of your kinsman!Rate it:

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fish or cut baitTo choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide; do something constructive, but don't just do nothingRate it:

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hic rhodus, hic salta(politics) Prove what you can do, here and now.Rate it:

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擇日不如撞日“to pick a date is not as good as to encounter a date”; as for to do something, it's better to do it now.Rate it:

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no more Mr. Nice GuyAn implied individual has ceased being pleasant, and will now resort to unpleasant means to get their way.Rate it:

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come byTo obtain; to get, now especially by chance or involuntarily.Rate it:

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cooking with gasNow doing something in an effective way.Rate it:

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dieFollowed by with. Now rare as indicating direct cause.Rate it:

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lickety-splitA mad rush; right now!; in this instant:Rate it:

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been there, done thatAn assertion that the speaker has personal experience or knowledge of a particular place or topic and is now bored.Rate it:

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Diamond in the RoughSomeone or something that has lost charm now, but has immense value and the prospective to be stunningRate it:

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Nothing New Under the SunEverything is almost the same as seen before, everything happening now has happened previouslyRate it:

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out of house and homeGlobal Checkup: How Healthy is Earth?, Science NOW.Rate it:

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better an egg today than a hen tomorrowIt is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.Rate it:

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or elseGo now, or else you'll have to stay all night.Rate it:

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shit or get off the potTo choose between taking action now, or foregoing the opportunity until a later date.Rate it:

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South TibetUsed other than as an idiom: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet)(in particular, in the People's Republic of China) Those areas located south of the McMahon Line, which are now administered by the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and which were formerly part of the Tibetan cultural area.Rate it:

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to no availEffect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions).Rate it:

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what's goodwhat is your problem. Example: And now back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. Miley, what's good?Rate it:

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à chacun son tourEvery dog has his day; Now it is my turn.Rate it:

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à vous la balleIt is now your turn to act.Rate it:

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ad annuma year from now.Rate it:

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after allIn the end; anyway; referring to something that was believed to be the case, but has now been shown not to be.Rate it:

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ah! vous m'en direz tant!1. Well, that alters the case! 2. Ah! now I understand, why did you not say so at first? 3. There’s no going against such a reason as that.Rate it:

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allons!Come, now!Rate it:

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