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South Tibet	Used other than as an idiom: see south, Tibet. (the southern part of Tibet)(in particular, in the People's Republic of China) Those areas located south of the McMahon Line, which are now administered by the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and which were formerly part of the Tibetan cultural area.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
go south	To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
head south	Alternative form of go south; to decrease or become unfavorable; to take a turn for the worse.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
South Tibet	Those areas located south of the McMahon Line, which are now administered by the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, and which were formerly part of the Tibetan cultural area.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
a carpet-bagger	A candidate for election who has no roots or interest in the constituency he wishes to represent. The original meaning was a Unionist financier or adventurer who exploited the cheap labour in the American South after the Civil War. The carpet bags carried by these adventurers were made of carpet material.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
damn Yankee	A person from the northern United States (a Yankee) who moves to the South to reside there.	Rate it: (5.00 / 2 votes)
lay open	In Japan and South Korea, to publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
around the Horn	Following the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cat's claw	Any of several species of plant having parts resembling the claw of a cat.Acacia greggii, a tree species native to the southwestern United States and northern MexicoAcacia plumosa, a medicinal plant species native to BrazilCarpobrotus edulis, or uÃ±a de gato (Spanish: "cat's claw"), a plant species in the Aizoaceae familyDolichandra unguis-cati, or cat's claw creeper, a Central American climbing vine of the Bignoniaceae familyGrevillea alpina, a shrub species native to AustraliaMartynia annua, a plant species endemic to BrazilMimosa nuttallii (formerly Schrankia nuttalli), a plant native to the Midwestern United StatesUncaria guianensis, a plant species found in GuyanaUncaria rhynchophylla, a plant species used in traditional Chinese medicineUncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cat's claw	Uncaria tomentosa, a plant species found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
culpable homicide	Criminal negligence causing the unlawful death of a human being.(Can we verify this sense?) (Canada, law) Murder, manslaughter or infanticide.(Can we verify this sense?) (Scotland, law) Manslaughter.(Can we verify this sense?) (South Africa, law) The unlawful negligent killing of another human being.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
culpable homicide	(South Africa, law) The unlawful negligent killing of another human being.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
it's grim up north	A phrase suggesting that the standard of life in the north of England is poor compared to that in the south.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spectare in (vergere ad) orientem (solem), occidentem (solem), ad meridiem, in septentriones	to lie to the east, west, south, north.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
touch of the tar brush	Of South Asian or Afro-Caribbean in their background and/or in their appearance.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ventus se vertit in Africum	the wind is turning to the south-west.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)