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far crySomething very dissimilar or different.Rate it:

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fart in a windstormSomething utterly insignificant, ineffective, or fleeting.Rate it:

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fatal attractionAn attraction to someone or something that is so strong, common sense and logic are thrown out in pursuit of the attraction.Rate it:

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faute de mieuxFor want of something better.Rate it:

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fearA phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.Rate it:

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feast or famineA situation in which something is always either extremely abundant or in extremely short supply.Rate it:

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Feast or FamineEither you have too much of something or too little of it, something which is surplus sometimes and sometimes you have its shortageRate it:

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feed a cold, starve a feverEating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.Rate it:

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feedbagVulgarization for; a meal, food, something to eat.Rate it:

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feel up toTo be confident in being able to do something.Rate it:

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feel up toTo have an inclination to do something.Rate it:

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fend awayTo turn something away; to ward off.Rate it:

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ferret aroundTo search for something by sorting through materials or by speaking to contacts and following leads.Rate it:

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ferret outTo discover something after searching.Rate it:

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fess upTo confess to something; to admit something.Rate it:

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fiddle while Rome burnsTo neglect helping when one's time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.Rate it:

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Fiddle While Rome BurnsTo do nothing or engage you in trivial things knowing that something urgent and critical is happening aroundRate it:

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fiddle withTo manipulate in order to gain something for oneself.Rate it:

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fidem addere alicui reito confirm, ratify, sanction something.Rate it:

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fight a losing battleTo try to do something so difficult that it will probably end in failure.Rate it:

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fight shy ofTo avoid something.Rate it:

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Fight Tooth and NailTo fight vigorously and ferociously, to make tiring effort to get somethingRate it:

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file downTo reduce the size of something by filing.Rate it:

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fill inTo substitute for somebody or something.Rate it:

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Fill the BillSomething or someone having the required qualities or experiencesRate it:

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filter outTo selectively remove part of something.Rate it:

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final curtainThe end to something which has longed for a long time.Rate it:

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final nail in the coffinSomething that is ultimately responsible for a previously prospective demise or failure.Rate it:

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find a need and fill ithow to make money; a course of action to take in order to create something newRate it:

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find one's placeTo discover one's vocation, purpose, and/or sense of belonging to or passion for something.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo unexpectedly or unintentionally begin to do or experience something.Rate it:

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finders keepersThe doctrine that whoever finds something is allowed to keep itRate it:

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finders, keepersWhoever finds something is allowed to keep it.Rate it:

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fine feathers make fine birdsSomething that appears beautiful or good is by definition beautiful or good.Rate it:

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fine words butter no parsnipsTalking about doing something does not get it done.Rate it:

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fingernails on a chalkboarda phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like thatRate it:

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fire hoseA hose used to deliver water in case of fire.Rate it:

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fire in the bellyThe emotional stamina and vigor, passion, or inner drive to achieve something, to take action, etc.Rate it:

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fish or cut baitTo choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide; do something constructive, but don't just do nothingRate it:

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Fish or Cut BaitEither do something or let others do without delaying, to finally make a choiceRate it:

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fish outTo deplete the supply of fish in a given body of water.Rate it:

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fish out of waterA person in unfamiliar, and often uncomfortable, surroundings.Rate it:

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Fish Out of WaterTo feel uncomfortable and out of place while adjusting in a place or situationRate it:

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flash backTo recall or remember something; to experience a flashback.Rate it:

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Flash in the PanSomething or someone getting success for a brief time, a person failed to maintain his earlier reputationRate it:

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flat outCompletely out of something such as; energy, food or money. Basically to be out of any kind of product.Rate it:

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flavor of the weekA fad; someone or something that is held in esteem or receives attention for a short amount of time.Rate it:

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flip of a dimedoing something really fast, that it's done in a small amount of time like, flip of a dime.Rate it:

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flipsideA necessary consequence or corollary of something; especially one seen as opposite, or as pro versus con.Rate it:

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flog a dead horseTo attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more.Rate it:

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