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vent au visage rend un homme sageAdversity makes a man wise, not rich.Rate it:

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autant en emporte le ventThat is but so much breath spent in vain; It is not of the slightest consequence.Rate it:

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à brebis tondue Dieu mesure le ventLa providence proportionne nos épreuves à nos forces ; Dieu ne nous envoie pas plus d’épreuves que nous n’en pouvons supporter.Rate it:

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ne faites pas attention à ses menaces, autant en emporte le ventPay no attention to his threats, they are as light as air.Rate it:

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petite pluie abat grand ventA little rain lays much dust; Often quite a trifle calms a torrent of wrath.Rate it:

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à brebis tondue dieu mesure le ventGod tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.Rate it:

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autant en emporte le ventSe dit en parlant de promesses auxquelles on n’ajoute pas foi, ou de menaces dont les effets ne sont pas à craindre.Rate it:

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avoir le vent en poupe^.Rate it:

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avoir le vent en poupeto gain popularity, to enjoy increasing successRate it:

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bon ventVent qui porte directement le navire vers le point où l’on veut aller.Rate it:

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bon ventBonne idée, ne s’utilise guère que dans l’expression, quel bon vent vous amène.Rate it:

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celui qui sème le vent récolte la tempêteHe who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind; Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.Rate it:

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il fait un vent à décorner (or, écorner) un bœufThere is a wind enough to blow one’s head off.Rate it:

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il fait un vent à écorner (or, décorner) un bœufThe wind is enough to blow one’s head off.Rate it:

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petite pluie abat grand ventUn peu de douceur apaise souvent un grand emportement ; une cause légère, un petit incident fait cesser quelquefois de grands troubles, de grandes querelles.Rate it:

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petite pluie abat grand ventUne petite pluie fait ordinairement cesser un grand vent.Rate it:

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porter le nez au ventTo stare about aimlessly.Rate it:

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quel bon vent vous amèneFormule de bienvenue quand on ignore la raison de la visite.Rate it:

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qui pisse contre le vent mouille sa chemiseIl ne faut pas aller contre la majorité, au risque d’en subir les conséquences.Rate it:

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qui sème le vent, récolte la tempêteQuand on provoque le désordre, il ne faut pas s’étonner de ses conséquences.Rate it:

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vent out one's blood, sweat and tearsA person's determination and hard work.Rate it:

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go to groundTo escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted.Rate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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blow off steamTo rant or shout in order to relieve stress; to vent.Rate it:

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white holeA theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.Rate it:

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ace in the holeA hidden or secret strength, or unrevealed advantage.Rate it:

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tee offTo hit the first shot of the hole.Rate it:

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ear tunnelA piece of jewelry that fits into a stretched earlobe hole and makes it seem like a peephole and makes it see-through.Rate it:

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burn a hole in one's pocketTo cause someone to be tempted to spend money.Rate it:

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in the holeHaving suffered net losses; in debt.Rate it:

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rabbit holeA way into a bizarre world.Rate it:

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albatrossA double eagle, or three under par on any one hole.Rate it:

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above parMore than par for the hole or courseRate it:

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below parLess than par for the hole or course.Rate it:

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blow offTo vent, usually, to reduce pressure in a container.Rate it:

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chip inTo put a chip shot in the hole.Rate it:

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chip shotAn approach shot made from a location a short distance from the golf green in which the ball is launched into the air with only low or moderate force, so that it will land on the green and roll toward the hole.Rate it:

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dig oneself in a holeTo put oneself in even more trouble.Rate it:

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dig out of a holeTo save someone or something from trouble.Rate it:

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drinking holeA bar or other local drinking establishment.Rate it:

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fire in the holean expression indicating that an explosive detonation in a confined space is imminent.Rate it:

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holeA chordless cycle in a graph.Rate it:

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holeDifficulty, in particular, debt.Rate it:

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holeAn undesirable place to live or visit; a hovel.Rate it:

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holeSolitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.Rate it:

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holeSex, or a sex partner.Rate it:

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holeAn orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.Rate it:

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holeA security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.Rate it:

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holeIn semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.Rate it:

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