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rough and readyCrude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough.Rate it:

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be camera readyMaintain your photo equipment, prepare for instant accessibility, carry film of various speeds.Rate it:

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at the readyReady; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.Rate it:

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get readyprepare oneselfRate it:

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get ready to roll!Prepare to Move Out!, Get it in Gear and Fast!Rate it:

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my body is readyUsed to express preparation for and excitement over something, especially sex.Rate it:

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ready upto prepare for use, to get readyRate it:

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ready, set, goon your mark, get set, goRate it:

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ready, steady, goready, set, goRate it:

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rough around the edgesIn need of refinement; unsophisticated.Rate it:

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rough trotA series of difficult circumstances.Rate it:

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diamond in the roughA person whose goodness or other positive qualities are hidden by a harsh or unremarkable surface appearance.Rate it:

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rough upTo manhandle or beat up.Rate it:

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sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.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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rough upTo make rough, to roughen.Rate it:

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diamond in the roughAn uncut diamond.Rate it:

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hit a rough patchWhen things are going smoothly for a time, and then a tough time begins.Rate it:

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rough outto produce (a plan, diagram etc.) in roughRate it:

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rough sleddingA difficult period of time.Rate it:

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rough sleeperA homeless person.Rate it:

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taking the rough with the smoothDéfinition manquante ou à compléter. …Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I'm here to X A and Y B, and I'm all out of ASaid before doing something, usually with a determined, resolute tone.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something than to do it for them.Rate it:

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give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeIt is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them.Rate it:

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Adam and Eve not Adam and SteveImplying that only heterosexual relations are normal.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X and Y and Z, oh my!Expresses awe at three things.Rate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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a boon and a baneSomething that is both a benefit and an affliction.Rate it:

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above and beyond the call of dutyExtremely heroic, more heroic that what is expected.Rate it:

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airs and gracesTo act in a pretentious or pompous manner; to put on airs and graces, derogatory term for one acting above their social status.Rate it:

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all work and no play makes jack a dull boyToo much focus on one's career is often viewed unfavorably.Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy.Rate it:

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and all thisUsed at the end of a statement to insinuate that there is more information that can be inferred from the preceding.Rate it:

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and so onIndicates that a list continues in a similar manner.Rate it:

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and then someUsed to confirm preceding utterance, while implying that what was said or asked is an understatement.Rate it:

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Banbury story of a cock and a bullA roundabout, nonsensical story.Rate it:

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between a rock and a hard placeHaving the choice between two unpleasant or distasteful options; in a predicament or quandary.Rate it:

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bind and grindMonotony and tediousness of everyday routine. Be it work or home related.Rate it:

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bits and bobsA random assortment of things; small remaining pieces and things.Rate it:

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black and whiteA police patrol car.Rate it:

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black and whiteA type of giant cookie with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.Rate it:

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bright and earlyearly in the morningRate it:

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bright-eyed and bushy-tailedneatly attired, well dressed.Rate it:

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by leaps and boundsRapidly. Said of making progress.Rate it:

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by/in leaps and boundsvery quickly, in large amountsRate it:

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bygones be bygones, and fair play for time to comeLet all past wrongs be forgotten, with a resumption of cordial relations.Rate it:

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chalk and cheeseSaid of things that are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:

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check and balanceProvide mutual oversight and limitation by independent organizations in order to prevent abuses of power.Rate it:

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come and goTo repeatedly appear and disappear (said especially of a feeling or pain)Rate it:

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damned if one does and damned if one doesn'tA dilemma where either choice results in a negative outcome.Rate it:

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