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sober as a judgeCompletely sober.Rate it:

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sober upTo become sober.Rate it:

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clean and soberIn recovery from alcohol and substance abuse.Rate it:

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wanton kittens make sober catsPeople who are unruly and reckless in youth may nevertheless turn out to be responsible adults.Rate it:

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from the East German judgeUsed for comedic effect with an imaginary score in a competition because of the reputation of East German judges for giving low scores to non-East Germans.Rate it:

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judge, jury and executionerSomeone with the roles of judge, jury and executioner; someone with full power to judge and punish others unilaterally.Rate it:

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activist judgeA judge or justice who makes rulings based on personal political views or considerations rather than on the law, or who issues rulings intended to have political effects.Rate it:

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tell it to the judgeI do not believe what you said.Rate it:

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touch judgerugby officialRate it:

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you can't judge a book by its coverIt is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.Rate it:

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clothes don't make the manAn aphorism meaning that you cannot judge a person solely by his appearance. Usually pertains to men.Rate it:

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come upTo appear before a judge or court.Rate it:

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(3) agereto be energetic in the conduct of the case; to plead before the judge.Rate it:

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à ce qu'il me paraîtAs far as I can judge, see.Rate it:

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à ce que je voisAs far as I can judge.Rate it:

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aequum iudicem se alicui praebereto judge some one equitably.Rate it:

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babysitter testAn informal method for assessing the maturity, reliability, or probity of a person, inviting one to judge whether one would entrust this person with the care of one's own children.Rate it:

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beat yourself upTo overly judge and berate yourself for a mistake, bad judgement or act.Rate it:

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causam dicereto defend oneself before the judge (of the accused).Rate it:

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coniecturam alicuius rei facere or capere ex aliqua reto infer by comparison, judge one thing by another.Rate it:

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cut it closeTo judge or finish something close to its limit.Rate it:

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cuver son vinTo sleep oneself sober.Rate it:

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de se (ex se de aliis) coniecturam facereto judge others by oneself.Rate it:

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dry outTo sober up; to cease to be drunk.Rate it:

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dynamite chargeInstructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.Rate it:

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in the interest of justicethe reason of case dismissal used when the judge decides that justice will be best served when the case is dismissedRate it:

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iudex incorruptusan impartial judge.Rate it:

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iudicium exercere (vid. sect. V. 7, note The first...)to administer justice; to judge (used of criminal cases before the praetor).Rate it:

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je me suis mis le juge à dosI have made an enemy of the judge.Rate it:

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juger sur l'étiquette du sacTo judge by appearances, by the exterior.Rate it:

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le juge les a renvoyés dos à dosThe judge nonsuited them both.Rate it:

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make an example ofHe made an example of the drunken sailor with twenty lashes, to show that he must have a sober crew.Rate it:

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ne jugez pas sur la mineDo not judge by appearances.Rate it:

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on ne connaît pas le vin aux cerclesYou can’t judge cigars by the picture on the box.Rate it:

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per curiamAn opinion delivered by an entire court rather than a single judge.Rate it:

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quaesītorthe examining judge.Rate it:

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qui a bu n'a point de secretsWhen wine sinks, words swim; In vino veritas; Drink washes off the daub, and discovers the man; What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.Rate it:

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sententiam dicereto give an opinion (also used of a judge, cf. sect. VI. 4).Rate it:

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sententiam ferre, dicere (Off. 3. 16. 66)to give sentence (of the judge, cf. sect. VI. 4, note Not...).Rate it:

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vous y connaissez-vous en vins?Are you a judge of wine?Rate it:

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yellow pressNewspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.Rate it:

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you can't tell a book by its coverAlternative form of you can't judge a book by its cover.Rate it:

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