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ce qui est simple est faux, ce qui est compliqué est inutilisableProverbe résumant la difficulté d’une tâche : si on fait les choses au plus simple, on oublie probablement beaucoup de cas particuliers ; si on essaie de prévoir tous les cas, le résultat devient tellement complexe que plus personne ne peut comprendre comment cela fonctionne.Rate it:

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pourquoi faire compliqué quand on peut faire simpleQuestion rhétorique mettant en évidence l’existence d’une alternative plus simple.Rate it:

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ce qui est simple est fauxForme abrégée du proverbe ce qui est simple est faux, ce qui est compliqué est inutilisable.Rate it:

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a simple vistaSin especial atención o esmeroRate it:

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a simple vistaSin ayuda de aparatos o técnicas específicasRate it:

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c'est simple comme bonjourIt is as easy as kiss your hand.Rate it:

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cláusula simpleClase de oración que solamente tiene un núcleo o una sola forma personal del verbo.Rate it:

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futuro simpleTiempo verbal que indica de manera absoluta que algo existirá o sucederá con posterioridad al momento en que se habla. En español, indica también una conjetura o probabilidad en el presente. Puede también tener valor de imperativo. Y puede expresar incredulidad o sorpresa. Se llama simple porque no emplea verbo auxiliar.Rate it:

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oración simpleClase de oración que solamente tiene un núcleo o una sola forma personal del verbo.Rate it:

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pourquoi faire simple quand on peut faire compliquéRenversement de la question « pourquoi faire compliqué quand on peut faire simple ? » qui met en évidence l’existence d’une alternative plus simple.Rate it:

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pretérito perfecto simpleTiempo verbal que expresa una acción del pasado ya terminada.Rate it:

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pure and simplePlain and unadorned.Rate it:

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simple as kiss your handVery easy.Rate it:

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simple EnglishUsed other than as an idiom: see simple, English.Rate it:

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simple EnglishControlled language originally developed for aerospace industry maintenance manualsRate it:

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simple EnglishConstructed language created by Charles Kay Ogden which only contains a small number of wordsRate it:

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simple promesaLa promesa que no se confirma con voto o juramento.Rate it:

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too young, too simple, sometimes naiveFoolish or imprudent, caused by a lack of social experiences.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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are you feeling betterAsked to find out whether someone has recovered to some degree from past illness or unwellness.Rate it:

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blow pastTo easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.Rate it:

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Bob's your uncle"No problem", "the solution is simple", "there you have it", you have what you want, all will be well; indicates a desirable conclusion has been reached.Rate it:

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brush pastTo go by quickly, making slight contact.Rate 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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flutter in the dovecoteI further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.Rate it:

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forgive and forgetAbsolve completely for a past wrongdoing; pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution.Rate it:

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in layman's termsExplaining something in simple words.Rate it:

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no frillsBasic or simple; providing only what is necessary, without anything extra or fancy.Rate it:

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over the hillOld, past the prime of life.Rate it:

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see past the end of one's noseTo have insight into underlying facts or consequences; to possess common sense or a vision for the future.Rate it:

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simplify to amplifyMake something more simple to give it more focusRate it:

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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time out of mindThe distant past beyond anyone's memory.Rate it:

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water under the bridgeSomething in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.Rate it:

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worm has turnedpast tense of worm turnsRate it:

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zoom pastTo pass very quickly.Rate it:

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balls upThird-person singular simple present indicative form of ball up.Rate it:

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cakes and aleThe simple material pleasures of life.Rate it:

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four score and seven years agoAs an opener, a sometimes sarcastic indicator to indicate a past event being mentioned is particularly important.Rate it:

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look backTo reminisce about a past time.Rate it:

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take backTo cause to remember some past event or time.Rate it:

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borne outPast participle of bear out.Rate it:

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Catch You LaterTo say farewell to someone for a short time-period or just a simple good byeRate it:

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days of yorethe past; bygone days (nostalgic)Rate it:

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go byTo pass, to go past, without much interaction.Rate it:

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history repeats itselfThings that have happened in the past will happen again.Rate it:

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piece of cakeA job, task or other activity that is easy or simple to do.Rate it:

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employ a steam engine to crack a nutto do a simple task in an overcomplicated manner.Rate it:

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pass byTo proceed past something.Rate it:

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of lateIn the recent past; recently; lately.Rate it:

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