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like water off a duck's backWithout immediate or lasting effects.Rate it:

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lip offTo speak rudely, harshly or belligerently.Rate it:

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little oldEmphatically, affectionately, or humorously little; ordinary or harmless (especially when trying to downplay the importance of something).Rate it:

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little oldUsed other than as an idiom: see little, old.Rate it:

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Little Pitchers Have Big EarsSometimes little children who listen to old people’s conversation hear and perceive things a lot than people expect them toRate it:

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Live High Off the HogTo live in luxurious way, having many expensive things, to be affluentRate it:

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live offto depend on financiallyRate it:

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LMFAOInitialism of laughing my fucking ass off.Rate it:

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log offTo depart from conversation; to say goodbye.Rate it:

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log offTo log out.Rate it:

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long in the toothOld, aged. Rate it:

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Long in the ToothSomeone who gets old, aged or elderlyRate it:

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long ways, long liesSomeone who comes back from a far-off country can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.Rate it:

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look offTo mislead by directing one's apparent attention away from one's true object of intent.Rate it:

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look offTo put off by one's facial expression.Rate it:

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louse aroundTo slack off; be lazy; be a "parasite" to someone/something.Rate it:

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love affair without bells and whistlesA love sincere, true not a false love for show, flaunt, meant to draw attention, love affair based on material things to impress others and/or show offRate it:

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luxuria diffluere (Off. 1. 30. 106)to be abandoned to a life of excess.Rate it:

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make awayTo depart, leave; to make off.Rate it:

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make it rainto throw a substantial amount of paper money so that it falls on a crowd, audience, performer, or group of performers, often as a way to show off one's wealthRate it:

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make offTo run away; to exit.Rate it:

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make off withTo steal something and run.Rate it:

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mark offTo indicate as dealt with, as on a list.Rate it:

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mark offTo separate by or as with a boundary line.Rate it:

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marry offto force someone to get married, usually a relative.Rate it:

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measure twice and cut once(literally, carpentry) One should double-check one's measurements for accuracy before cutting a piece of wood; otherwise it may be necessary to cut again, wasting time and material.1872, "Dressmaking," Hall's Journal of Health, vol. 19, no. 12, p. 280:Look at Carpenters! . . . In old times it was a proverb "Measure twice, and cut once."(figuratively, by extension) Plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action.2008, Hilary Johnson, "Mergers rattle bank relations," Financial Week, 9 Nov. (retrieved 9 Nov. 2008):Mr. Paz noted that since the onset of the credit crisis, eBay, like other companies, hasnRate it:

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mediocritatem tenere (Off. 1. 25. 89)to observe the golden mean.Rate it:

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medium sermonem abrumpere (Verg. Aen. 4. 388)to break off in the middle of the conversation.Rate it:

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métro, boulot, dodometonymy for the everyday routine of a Parisian or more generally urban worker. Roughly, same old same old or also rat race.Rate it:

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mettre un homme en pourpointTo pull a man’s cloak off; To ruin a man.Rate it:

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mint chocolate chipUsed other than as an idiom: see mint, chocolate chip.Rate it:

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mint chocolate chipIce cream made with a spearmint or peppermint base and chocolate chips.Rate it:

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money for old ropeMoney exchanged for goods of low value.Rate it:

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morbo absūmi (Sall. Iug. 5. 6)to be carried off by a disease.Rate it:

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mouth offTo complain or otherwise express oneself in a loud, immoderate manner.Rate it:

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mouth offTo talk impudently, especially to one's superior.Rate it:

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mouthed offsimple past tense and past participle of mouth offRate it:

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mug offTo cheat, swindle, dupeRate it:

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naff offA mild version of f** off.Rate it:

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naturae bonitas (Off. 1. 32. 118)innate goodness, kindness.Rate it:

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ne faites pas messagers des fous“He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage.” Prov. xxvi. 6.Rate it:

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negotia publica (Off. 1. 20. 69)public affairs.Rate it:

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never fight a land war in AsiaDon't bite off more than you can chew; don't start a fight that is too big to win.Rate it:

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never mind that. where's that big, fat billiken of mine?Said by Oliver Hardy's wife in a sequence of the movie Block-Heads (1938)Rate it:

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new kid on the blockSomeone or something new to an existing community.Rate it:

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new wine in old wineskinsNew policies put into established ones.Rate it:

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nick offTo leave, especially in a hurry.Rate it:

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no jodasno way; fuck off )Rate it:

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no skin off one's backNo harm to one.Rate it:

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no skin off one's noseNo harm to one.Rate it:

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