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three bags full, sirIntensifies a statement of agreement, indicating that the speaker is craven or obsequious.Rate it:

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aye aye, sirThe correct and seamanlike reply, onboard a Royal Navy (or U.S. Navy) ship, on receipt of an order from someone of senior rank or authority. It means "I understand the command and hasten to comply with the order."Rate it:

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yes manA person who always agrees with his employer or superior.Rate it:

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yes and noUsed other than as an idiom: see yes, and, no.Rate it:

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hail yes!Expression to avoid using the word hell.Rate it:

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yes and amenAn emphatic agreement.Rate it:

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yes and noAn answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answerRate it:

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yes to deathTo agree with someone, often sarcastically.Rate it:

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yes-manA person of unquestioning obedience.Rate it:

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does a frog bump his ass when he jumps?Another way of saying "obviously yes", or "hell yes!"Rate it:

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yeeeeAnother word used for "yes"Rate it:

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does the Pope shit in the woodsRhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.Rate it:

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אַ מענטש לעבט נישט אײביק,דאָס טיפּשות יאָA man doesn't live forever, stupidity yesRate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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does a bear shit in the woodsRhetorical question in response to a question where the answer is an emphatic yes.Rate it:

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sí y noyes and noRate it:

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yaassa slang for yes often used with girlsRate it:

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yepperYes for sureRate it:

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anda que nohell yes, hell yeah, you'd better believe itRate it:

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come si!, come 'sah'Say Yes! or NoRate it:

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all correcttrue; agreed, yes indeedRate it:

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by all meansYes certainly; definitely.Rate it:

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como nãoyesRate it:

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first things firstDeal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the pollsRate it:

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god willing and the creeks don't riseA way of answering 'yes' when someone asks if you are going to do something; the same as saying, "Yes, I will, unless something happens to prevent me that I cannot control"; if it is God's will and no disasters happenRate it:

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I'm afraid soUnfortunately, yes; I regret that that is so.Rate it:

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si fait!Yes, indeed! On the contrary!Rate it:

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sim e nãoyes and noRate it:

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that's itYes!, exactly!, bingo!Rate it:

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tru datI agree; yes; that's true; true that; alternate spelling: true datRate it:

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will doAffirmative yes in response to an especially personal or direct request for the performance of some action.Rate it:

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yeah, rightCorrect; affirmative; yes; yes, that is correct.Rate it:

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YIMBYInitialism of yes, in my backyard.Rate it:

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YIMBYInitialism of yes, in many backyards.Rate it:

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и да и нетyes and noRate it:

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對不對used as a tag question: isn't it so?, right or wrong?, is it right?, OK, yes?Rate it:

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