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twenty-twenty hindsightPerfect understanding of events only after they have happened.Rate it:

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twenty-twenty hindsightPerfect understanding of events only after they have happenedRate it:

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hours on endA happening without breakRate it:

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at all hoursLate into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.Rate it:

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bankers' hoursThe period between 10am and 3pm.Rate it:

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bankers' hoursAny easy job, especially one with a short working day.Rate it:

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wee small hoursHe worked into the wee small hours to get everything perfect for the opening day.Rate it:

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wee small hoursThe very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep.Rate it:

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twenty-five cent wordAn uncommon word, often used in place of a more common one with the intent to appear sophisticated.Rate it:

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I am twenty years oldAlternative form of I'm twenty years oldRate it:

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twenty totwenty minutes before the next hourRate it:

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free, white, and twenty-onebeholden to no one; master of one's own destiny.Rate it:

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I'm twenty years oldIndicates that the speaker is aged twenty.Rate it:

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that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffeeAlternative form of that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffeeRate it:

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twent-twenty visionnormal eyesight, a perceptive view of the futureRate it:

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twenty to the dozenvery fast, fluently (i.e. "to say twenty words to another's dozen")Rate it:

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twenty winksa very short sleep, half as long as forty winks.Rate it:

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beauty sleepSleep before midnight, on the belief that early sleep hours conduce to health and beauty.Rate it:

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four sheets to the windExtremely drunkRate 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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avoir une brioche au fourhave a bun in the ovenRate it:

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vous viendrez cuire à mon fourSome day you will need my assistance.Rate it:

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slop bowlOne of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.Rate it:

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blue moonThe third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.Rate it:

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abhinc (ante) viginti annos or viginti his annistwenty years ago.Rate it:

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four-leaf cloverA bringer of good luckRate it:

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passer à pleines voiles à travers les mailles de la justiceTo drive a coach-and-four through an Act of Parliament.Rate it:

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red rideranother name for "War", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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at the end of the dayA colloquial expression of the twentieth/twenty first century referring as to a summary of events, degree of financial or business success, reference as to having a nice day, achieving preset goals, positive results.Rate it:

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bawdy basketThe twenty-third rank of canters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obscene books to sell, but live mostly by stealing.Rate it:

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catch of the dayA type of fish or other seafood which has been caught and brought to market within more-or-less the last 24 hours.Rate it:

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elle dit qu'elle a vingt ans.—et les mois de nourrice! (fam.)She says she is twenty.—And the rest!Rate it:

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four-eyesA person who wears spectacles.Rate it:

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sign inIn order to get into the office after hours, you'll have to sign in at the security desk.Rate it:

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20The cardinal number twenty.Rate it:

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4-on-the-floorAlternative spelling of four-on-the-floor.Rate it:

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à votre air on ne vous donnerait pas vingt-cinq ansFrom your looks I should take you for less than five-and-twenty.Rate it:

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according toAccording to the directions, the glue takes 24 hours to dry.Rate it:

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amplius sunt (quam) viginti anni or viginti annisit is more than twenty years ago.Rate it:

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black rideranother name for "Famine", one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas pour vous que le four chauffeAll these preparations are not for you.Rate it:

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cette pièce a fait fourThat piece was a failure, a frost.Rate it:

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Chinese overtimeAny form of overtime in which increasing the hours worked reduces the hourly rate.Rate it:

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commutationes temporum quadripartitaethe succession of the four seasons.Rate it:

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cracked the whipMy former boss demanded much in the manner of results, production. In addition he worked us long hours without advance notice, without overtime, rather promised US time-off in the future.Rate it:

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DNAA biopolymer of deoxyribonucleic acid that has four different chemical groups, called bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine.Rate it:

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eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.Rate it:

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être au four et au moulinTo be all over the place; be in two places at once.Rate it:

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faire un fourTo make a blunder.Rate it:

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Four Corners of the EarthFrom all across the world, from all over the placeRate it:

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