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does someone look like	Used if the interlocutor seems to believe something inaccurate about; this question serves to free someone of a misconception.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
every rose has it's thorns	everything, even if it seems perfect, has faults	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
keep hope alive	Even if something seems to become more and more unlikely, do not stop believing in it.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
second nature	A mindset, skill, or type of behavior so ingrained through habit or practice that it seems natural, automatic, or without a basis in conscious thought.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
concrete jungle	An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.	Rate it: (3.67 / 3 votes)
proverbs run in pairs	Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
bad hair day	A day when one's hair seems unmanageable.	Rate it: (3.33 / 3 votes)
drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators	(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.	Rate it: (3.00 / 2 votes)
throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick	Try the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isn	Rate it: (3.00 / 4 votes)
a hundred and ten percent	The exertion of more than seems possible, hence 110%, not 100%, the usual maximum amount possible.	Rate it: (2.33 / 3 votes)
All that Glitters is Not Gold	A thing or a person that seems attractive at very first glance but actually worth nothing	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
hope against hope	To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
bad hair day	A day when several things seems to be unmanageable or go wrong.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
before someone's time	At a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
bid fair	seems probable	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Blessing in Disguise	An event or opportunity that seems to be blessing in the beginning, but later turns out to be a problem	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brainiac	Someone who seems to know facts and trivia about everything.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cela me fait cet effet	That seems so to me.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
clitlicker	Someone who flatters others, especially women, in a manner that seems obsequious and submissive.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
end of the world	Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
false alarm	A person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
god works in mysterious ways	Expressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent.Expressing that a seemingly unfortunate or unfavourable situation or change may be beneficial later or in the long run.Person A: It seems that I'm about to be fired from my job.Person B: Well, God works in mysterious ways - maybe it'll be the kick you need to apply to university...	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hullabaloo	something that seems to be of great importance or a big deal that is perhaps unnecessary.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ISTM	Initialism of It seems to me.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Jump on the Bandwagon	To show interest to do something because it is popular and everyone seems to be doing it	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Let the Chips Fall Where They May	To do what seems right, just and proper to you without caring much about the consequences	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
real persimmons	THIS SEEMS TO BE THE EQUIVALENT OF "The real McCoy."	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
res spectat ad vim (arma)	there seems a prospect of armed violence; things look like violence.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shine out or shines out	something shines out if is or has a quality that seems impressive or is very noticeable (but not excessive or negative as in glaring)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
singin' the blues	An individual who seems to dwell too much on the negative aspects of daily life and times:	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
so now!	This seems to be an early equivalent of "So there!"	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
time flies	Time seems to pass quickly. Time flies when you're having fun.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
time flies when you're having fun	Time seems to pass quicker when one is enjoying oneself.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
tip of the iceberg	Only the beginning; just a small indication of a larger possibility; a problem is much bigger than it seems.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)