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a picture is worth a thousand wordsAlternative form of a picture paints a thousand words.Rate it:

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a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single stepeven the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting pointRate it:

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die a thousand deathsTo suffer repeatedly; to suffer extreme embarrassment or anxiety.Rate it:

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let a thousand flowers bloomDon't interfere with promising developments in their early stages.Rate it:

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a picture paints a thousand wordsA visualisation is a better description than a verbal description.Rate it:

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one thousandUsed in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.Rate it:

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bat a thousandTo achieve perfection.Rate it:

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bat a thousandTo achieve success at each attempt.Rate it:

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bat a thousandTo reach first base on every at-bat.Rate it:

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die a thousand deathsTo die many times over.Rate it:

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over nine thousandoff the charts; through the roofRate it:

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knocked for a sixto be defeated; outwitted; outfoxed; beatenRate it:

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six shooterrevolverRate it:

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six ways to sundaythoroughly, completely, in every way imaginableRate it:

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hit someone for sixBe affected in a devastating way by some unexpected news.Rate it:

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six of one, half a dozen of the otherThe two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent; it doesn't matter which one we choose.Rate it:

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six and two threesTwo equivalent choices or situations.Rate it:

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deep sixTo discard, cancel, halt; to completely put an end to something.Rate it:

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deep-sixTo get rid of something unwanted.Rate it:

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deep-sixTo throw something overboard from a ship.Rate it:

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faire ses quinze (or, trente-six) toursTo do a hundred useless things.Rate it:

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fides (vid. sect. IX. 10, note fides has six...) conciditcredit is going down.Rate it:

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hit someone for sixTo hit another person very hard.Rate it:

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j'en ai pour six mois à m'ennuyerI am looking forward to (or, in for) six months’ boredom.Rate it:

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six degrees of separationpeople are all connected by, at most, six degrees of separation.Rate it:

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six feet underBuried six feet underground; not alive; dead.Rate it:

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six jeunes m'abusentSi je ne m’abuse.Rate it:

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Six of One and a Half of the OtherSomething that is equal, nothing to choose or select between,Rate it:

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six of one, half dozen of anotherIt makes no difference, they're still the same This expression is sometimes said a little differently, but is all the same no matter how it is said. Sometimes people say "half dozen" and sometimes "half a dozen " Also, sometimes the expression is "six of one, half dozen of THE other" and sometimes it is said, "six of one, half a dozen of ANother."Rate it:

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six of the bestSix strokes with a cane, a traditional school punishment.Rate it:

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tirer une gueule de six pieds de longBouder, faire la tête.Rate it:

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bonnet blanc, blanc bonnettomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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c'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnetIt is six of one and half-a-dozen of the other.Rate it:

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Jacke wie Hosesix of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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blanc bonnet, bonnet blanctomayto, tomahto; same difference; six of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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half a dozensixRate it:

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lionThe arms of the University of the West Indies are Barry wavy of six Argent and Azure an open Book proper bound Gules garnished Or on a Chief of the third a Lion passant guardant Erminois. Crest: A Pelican proper. . See talk page.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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companyIt took six companies to put out the fire.Rate it:

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du pareil au mêmesame difference, six of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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merci mille foisthank you a thousand timesRate it:

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se non è zuppa è pan bagnatosix of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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sexcenties, millies dixiI have said it a thousand times.Rate it:

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三九四零五二A phrase used to memorise the six tones in CantoneseRate it:

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分粉訓墳憤份A phrase used to memorise the six tones in CantoneseRate it:

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詩史試時市事A phrase used to memorise the six tones in CantoneseRate it:

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