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to know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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to let a frog out of one's mouthTo say the wrong thing.Rate it:

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tomber des nuesTo be astounded.Rate it:

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touche à ton cul t'auras des verruesSynonyme de pas touche.Rate it:

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toujours des perdrixThe best things pall in time.Rate it:

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tout le monde peut se tromperToute personne fait des erreurs ou a le droit de se tromper.Rate it:

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trouble in river cityAn expression to indicate there is trouble somewhere/ Often said There's trouble in River City or "There's" is omitted, for shortRate it:

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tu m'en diras des nouvellesNous en reparlerons, tellement cela t’aura plu.Rate it:

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un chien regarde bien un évêqueOn ne doit pas s’offenser trop facilement des libertés que prend un inférieur en grade, en dignité.Rate it:

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un gêné, c'est un bossuPersonne ne devrait être gêné pour des choses qui n’en valent pas la peine. Seule quelque chose de grave mérite que quelqu’un éprouve de la gêne ou de la honte.Rate it:

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un malheur ne vient jamais seulProverbe signifiant que lorsqu’on commence à avoir des ennuis, il est rare que d’autres ne surviennent pas également. C’est ce qu’on appelle communément la « loi des séries ».Rate it:

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un petit beurre, des touyousJoyeux anniversaire.Rate it:

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une hirondelle ne fait pas le printempsUne seule expérience, un seul fait, ne suffit pas à tirer des conclusions.Rate it:

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up and at 'emVigorously launched or launching into an activity; Also used to mean promptly awake and ready to start the day or given as a command to wake up, get out of bed, and get busy with activitiesRate it:

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up in herehere; in this place; it doesn't mean "up" (higher) literallyRate it:

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vee have vaysThis phrase is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. It is an alternative pronunciation with a German accent and a shortened version of the movie quote "We have ways of making you talk."Rate it:

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vee have vays of making you talkThis is a German accent version of the American movie quote "We have ways of making you talk." It is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies.Rate it:

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viens mon chou, mon bijou, mon joujou, sur mes genoux, et jette des cailloux à ce hibou plein de pouxPhrase aidant à retenir les exceptions les plus courantes à la règle du pluriel des mots se terminant par « -ou ».Rate it:

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voilà bien des histoires pour si peu de chose!What a fuss about nothing.Rate it:

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voilà qui est parlerSe dit lorsque quelqu’un fait des propositions plus avantageuses qu’on ne s’y attendait.Rate it:

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voilà qui est parlerSe dit pour louer quelqu’un qui a dit, sur une question longtemps agitée, des choses claires, lumineuses, péremptoires.Rate it:

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voilà un discours qui n'est pas piqué des versThat’s a fine speech if you like [lit. not worm-eaten.]Rate it:

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voir des chandelles (or, mille chandelles)“To see stars.” Rate it:

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voir des étoiles (la lune) en plein midiTo receive a violent blow in the eye, so as to “see stars.”Rate it:

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vous avez fait des vôtresYou have committed follies yourself; You have played pranks too.Rate it:

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vous dites des choses de l'autre mondeYou say most out-of-the-way things.Rate it:

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vous faites des pattes de moucheYou have a small, ill-formed handwriting.Rate it:

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vous m'en direz des nouvellesVous m’en donnerez, favorable ou défavorable, une impression que je pressens.Rate it:

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vous m'en direz des nouvellesNous en reparlerons, tellement cela vous aura plu.Rate it:

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vous me faites rireSe dit à une personne qui tient des discours ou qui fait des propositions déraisonnables ou ridicules.Rate it:

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vous pouvez faire des commandes en mon nom jusqu'à concurrence de 5,000 francsYou can order goods in my name to the amount of £200.Rate it:

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vous voulez rireSe dit à quelqu’un qui fait une proposition peu convenable, ou qui dit des choses peu croyables.Rate it:

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vulnerant omnes ultima necatPhrase anciennement placée sur les cadrans d’horloge ou solaires des édifices publics ou des églises.Rate it:

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Walkyrie vendredi, dimanche WalhallaLa gloire au combat mène au paradis des guerriers.Rate it:

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we have waysA shortened version of "We have ways of making you talk." Usually said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. Also pronounced as "Vee have vays" to imitate a German accent.Rate it:

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we have ways of making you talkThis movie quote is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies; also pronounced as "Vee have vays of making you talk" to imitate a German accent.Rate it:

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we will have no wine before it's timeSome things are worth the wait and should not be rushed.Rate it:

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we're goodthere is nothing wrong between us; our relationship is okay, not in jeopardy; alternate way of saying it: we goodRate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heart; often when this is said, it is said when it is more than the listener wants or needs to hear about it--so it is often said in a negative way or with a negative connotationRate it:

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what a crock!An exclamation of disbelief; calling someone a liar; saying that someone didn't have the right to say or do something; indicating that something isn't fair or right; short version of "What a crock of bull shit!" or "What a crock of bull!" or "What a crock of shit!" or "That's bull! or "That's bullshit"Rate it:

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what's going downWhat's been happening; the latest news; current goings-on; can be used in place of ‘what's coming off’Rate it:

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what's good for the goose is good for the ganderAny decision or rule that applies to one person must be applied to the others especially of the same group.Rate it:

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when you're hot, you're hot. when you're not, you're notYou're either hot or you're not. There's no in between.Rate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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who are youShort for: Who are you and what have you done with {the person I know--ie. my friend, my wife, etc, whatever relationship you have with the listener) Besides the normal meaning to ask who someone is, this phrase is something usually said in jest ( jokingly) to someone when they are acting very differently than normal; to insinuate or assert that they aren't acting like themselves or that they have become a different personRate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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why on god's green earth"on God's green Earth" is used to add emphasis to the question "Why...?"; precedes the rest of the question while conveying that the speaker is astonished as to why some situation exists.Rate it:

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wits' endLimit of one's sanity or mental capacity; point of desperation; often said when you can't find an answer and you don't want to try any more.Rate it:

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