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malis urgerito be hard pressed by misfortune.Rate it:

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manum (us) conserere cum hosteto come to close quarters.Rate it:

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mark asTo provide sufficient reason to come to a conclusion about something.Rate it:

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mark down asTo come to a conclusion about someone or something; to make a note of one's conclusion about someone or something.Rate it:

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melting potCome together and are homogenized.Rate it:

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mettre de l'eau dans son vin(fig.) To come down a peg.Rate it:

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mighty oaks from little acorns growSomething great can come from a modest beginning. Don't give up on the project - mighty oaks from little acorns grow!Rate it:

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misery loves companyRepetitious, droll, depressing revelations of one's hard luck, always being left out of the fun, the prizes, never invited, always overlooked and pleading that others will come to the rescue!Rate it:

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misfortunes never come singlybad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way.Rate it:

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move in onTo come closer to, as if to catch or hunt.Rate it:

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n'y revenez pas(lit.) Do not come here again; (fig.) Do not do that again.Rate it:

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nail in the coffinAn action that will lead something to come to a final finish.Rate it:

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navem remis concitare, incitareto row hard.Rate it:

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ne venez pas ainsi me corner aux oreillesDo not come and din it into my ears in that way.Rate it:

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ne voilà-t-il pas qu'il est revenuWho should come back but he?Rate it:

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needs a swift kick in the slats!Depression Expression; Threats and assertions of physical violence toward certain individuals during 'hard times' was common. Circa 1929-1939.Rate it:

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ni come, ni deja comerdog in the mangerRate it:

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no guts, no glorySuccess will not be achieved without hard work and struggle.Rate it:

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no hard feelings(I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); There's no bad blood between (us, etc.).Rate it:

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nose to the grindstoneHard at work.Rate it:

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not invented hereInvented outside one's own company (referring to the knee-jerk dismissal of products, technologies, etc. that come from third parties).Rate it:

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offendere, nancisci aliquemto meet, come across a person; to meet casually.Rate it:

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old habits die hardExisting habits are hard to change.Rate it:

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olly olly oxen freeA call in a children's game to say that players in hiding are free to come out.Rate it:

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pan dulceTipo de pan de origen milanés, preparado con levadura, azúcar, huevos, frutos secos y desecados, etc., que se come especialmente en la celebración de Navidad.Rate it:

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panier de crabesA rat race; any organization where people metaphorically claw at one another to come out on top.Rate it:

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parece mentiraIt's hard to believeRate it:

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parier il y a cent (or, gros) à parier qu'ils ne reviendront pasThe odds are that they will not come back.Rate it:

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parla come mangiUsed to invite someone who uses an excessively cultivated language to speak in a simpler and clearer way.Rate it:

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party hardyto party very hard, possibly not remembering later what happened at the partyRate it:

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passons au délugeWe know all about that, let us come to the point; Don’t let us go over all that again, we will take it for granted.Rate it:

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paw atTo come on to in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle rudely or clumsily.Rate it:

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payer argent comptantTo pay ready money; To pay in hard cash.Rate it:

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payer en bonnes espèces sonnantes (et trébuchantes)To pay in hard cash.Rate it:

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pie in the skyA belief that one's wildest dreams shall come true. A devotee, of pie in the sky is prone to believe the most impossible possibility. The taller the tale you can spin, the greater chance he'll buy into it!Rate it:

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pie-in-the-skyOf a dream unlikely to ever come true; impractical, unrealizable.Rate it:

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play the race cardDonald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places p.94.Rate it:

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pop upTo come up with a "pop" sound.Rate it:

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practise makes a man perfectDo more practice and hard work to gain something that you want....Rate it:

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premier arrivé, premier servifirst-come, first-servedRate it:

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proverbs come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.Rate it:

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proverbs often come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.Rate it:

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put the pedal to the metalThe literal meaning is to press the gas pedal to the maximum extent; see our other entry for the figurative meaning this phrase has also come to meanRate it:

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Put Your Shoulder to the WheelTo work really hard for something, making great effort to accomplish somethingRate it:

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qu'il vienne, il trouvera à qui parlerLet him come, he will find his match.Rate it:

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Queer StreetHard times; a difficult circumstance, especially financially.Rate it:

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qui aime bien, tard oublieTrue love dies hard.Rate it:

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rain or shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, come rain or come shineRate it:

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recipe for disastera plan that is sure to fail; events that come together to cause a catastrophe;Rate it:

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rein upTo stop, to cause to come to a halt.Rate it:

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