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bring one's arse to an anchorTo sit down.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo defecate.Rate it:

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let go an anchor to the windward of the lawTo keep within the letter of the law.Rate it:

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a chip on your shoulderBeing angry about something that happened in the past; holding a grudge.Rate it:

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chip on one's shoulderA tendency to take offence quickly.Rate it:

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Cold ShoulderTo show unfriendly attitude to someone by ignoring or giving him her less importanceRate it:

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cold shoulderA deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub.Rate it:

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chip on one's shoulderA habitually combative attitude, usually because of a harboured grievance, sense of inferiority, or having something to prove.Rate it:

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chip on one's shoulderA form of challenge in the same spirit as a medieval knight throwing down his gauntlet.Rate it:

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Chip on Your ShoulderAlways ready to fight or get in some quarrel or having an aggressive and rude natureRate it:

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give somebody the cold shoulderTo snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly.Rate it:

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give someone the cold shoulderTo snub, resist or reject somebody; to regard somebody distantly.Rate it:

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hard shouldermortorway shopping areaRate it:

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put one's shoulder to the wheelTo work or exert oneself heavily or with full effort.Rate it:

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Put Your Shoulder to the WheelTo work really hard for something, making great effort to accomplish somethingRate it:

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set one's shoulder to the wheelTo start hard work; to begin to toil.Rate it:

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shoulder the burdento help with a task or difficulty; be sb's responsibilityRate it:

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shoulder to cry onSomeone offering emotional support to another in distress.Rate it:

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straight from the shoulderDone in a direct manner; blunt.Rate it:

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Straight from the ShoulderTo be telling something frankly and honestly, not lying about anything, to be candid or just with someoneRate it:

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bitter endThat part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor.Rate it:

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ad ancoram consistereto ride at anchor.Rate it:

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ad ancoras deligarito ride at anchor.Rate it:

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ancoram (ancoras) tollereto weigh anchor, sail.Rate it:

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ancoras iacereto drop anchor.Rate it:

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ancoras tollereto weigh anchor.Rate it:

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c'est sa planche de salutIt is his last hope, his sheet-anchor.Rate it:

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cold treatmentCold shoulder.Rate it:

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il lui a battu froidHe gave him the cold shoulder.Rate it:

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in ancoris esse, stare, consistereto ride at anchor.Rate it:

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mettez la main à l'œuvrePut your shoulder to the wheel.Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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moor upTo fix or secure in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the likeRate it:

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moor upTo cast anchor or become fastened.Rate it:

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navem (naves) solvereto weigh anchor, sail.Rate it:

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solvere (B. G. 4. 28)to weigh anchor, sail.Rate it:

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up and downVertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut.Rate it:

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起錨to raise anchor; to weigh anchorRate it:

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