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if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailWith limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.Rate it:

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if I had a nickel for every timeimplying that the situation has happened a lot to the personRate it:

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if you stink you stinkif you are bad at something, then you're bad at it, end of story.Rate it:

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Ignorance is BlissWhen you are glad, it is better to be unaware of bad thingsRate it:

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il a changé son cheval borgne contre un aveugleHe has changed for the worse; He has made a bad bargain.Rate it:

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il a dit pis que pendre de vousHe said everything that was bad of you; According to him, hanging is too good for you.Rate it:

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il a mis son bonnet de traversHe is in a bad temper; He got out of bed the wrong side.Rate it:

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il fait bonne mine à mauvais jeuHe puts a good face on the matter; He makes the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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il n'y a pas mort d'hommeIt’s not that bad; said to de-dramatize an event.Rate it:

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ill healthA state of illness, or bad health.Rate it:

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illudere alicui or in aliquem (more rarely aliquem)to make sport of, rally a person.Rate it:

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imperium alicui abrogare (Off.3. 10)to depose a person from his command.Rate it:

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imperium, rerum summam deferre alicuito confer supreme power on a person.Rate it:

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impunitum aliquem dimittereto let a person go scot-free.Rate it:

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in a bad wayan extreme or severe situation i.e. badly beaten, in poor health or poor mental well being i.e. hurt, not doing well, struggling to stay alive, etc.; can also mean poor financially or bad in some other wayRate it:

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in aetatem alicuius, in annum incidereto happen during a person's life, year of office.Rate it:

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in alicuius odium incurrereto incur a person's hatred.Rate it:

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in amore habere aliquemto feel affection for a person.Rate it:

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in aurem alicui dicere (insusurrare) aliquidto whisper something in a person's ears.Rate it:

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in bad odorRegarded with disapproval; in a situation of being disliked; shunned.Rate it:

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in bad shapean extreme or severe situation i.e. badly beaten, in poor health or poor mental well being i.e. hurt, not doing well, struggling to stay alive, etc.; can also mean poor financially or bad in some other wayRate it:

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in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquidto take a thing in good (bad) part.Rate it:

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in controlWhen one is controlling a machine, or a situation, or an activity. Similar to in charge, but one person can be officially in charge, while another person is, in fact, in control.Rate it:

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in dire straitsIn a very bad, extremely difficult, serious, challenging, unforgiving, desperate, critical, or precarious situationRate it:

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in exsilium eicere or expellere aliquemto banish a person, send him into exile.Rate it:

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in fidem recipere aliquem (B. G. 2. 15. 1)to take a person under one's protection.Rate it:

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in gratia esse apud aliquemto be popular with; to stand well with a person.Rate it:

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in gratiam alicuius venireto gain a person's esteem, friendship.Rate it:

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in invidiam adducere aliquemto make a person odious, unpopular.Rate it:

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in invidiam, odium (alicuius) vocare aliquemto make a person odious, unpopular.Rate it:

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in manu, in potestate alicuius situm, positum esseto be in a person's power.Rate it:

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in memoriam alicuius redigere, reducere aliquid (not revocare)to recall a thing to a person's mind.Rate it:

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in memoriam alicuius redireto recall to mind a thing or person.Rate it:

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in mora alicui esseto detain a person.Rate it:

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in odium, in invidiam venire alicuito incur a person's hatred.Rate it:

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in personactually presentRate it:

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in proscriptorum numerum referre aliquem (Rosc. Am. 11. 32)to place a person's name on the list of the proscribed.Rate it:

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in someone's pocketReceiving money from, and under the influence of, a person or group of people, with the expectation that a favour or advantage will be proffered in return.Rate it:

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in someone's wheelhouseMatching a person's interests or abilities well.Rate it:

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in spite of his statureThe person was tall and huskyRate it:

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In the LimelightAll eyes on someone, all focus and attention on particular person or thingRate it:

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in the wrong place at the wrong timeAt a location where something bad is about to happen at just the time of its occurrence.Rate it:

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in viam reducere aliquemto bring a person back to the right way.Rate it:

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incidere in aliquemto meet, come across a person; to meet casually.Rate it:

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incommodo afficere aliquemto inconvenience, injure a person.Rate it:

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Indian signA curse causing loss of will power or persistent bad luck.Rate it:

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indulgere vitiis alicuiusto be indulgent to a person's faults.Rate it:

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infamem facere aliquemto damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour.Rate it:

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infamiam alicui inferre, aspergereto damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour.Rate it:

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inimicitias cum aliquo suscipereto make a person one's enemy.Rate it:

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