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the one who always envies someone in society, will never live in gaietyThis idiom means that if a person spends time complaining, criticizing and whining about what everyone else does, owns, or how successful other people are about their financial situation, job career, or results they get, instead of focusing and trying their best to improve one's situation, the only consequence is that this behavior will keep them in the guts, that is, at a lower life level than the one they wish to be.Rate it:

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the pick of the litterThe absolute best one has to offer.Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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the way to a man's heart is through his stomachCooking for a man is a good way to win his affections.Rate it:

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the wealthiest man has the biggest hump.More money more problems.Rate it:

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there but for the grace of god go iA recognition that others' misfortune could be one's own, if it weren't for the blessing/kindness/luck bestowed by fate or the Divine.Man's fate is in God's hands.More generally, our fate is not entirely in our own hands.Rate it:

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there's no crying in baseballQuit complaining about it, go back and do your job.Rate it:

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there's no place like homeone feels the most comfortable at homeRate it:

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there's no time like the presentNow (i.e., the present time) is an appropriate time to take a particular action.Rate it:

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tibi plurimam salutemmy best wishes for your welfare.Rate it:

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till the wheels fall offliteral meaning - to drive a car until it won't run any more; figurative meaning - dedicated to the end; indicates relentless effort, commitment to something until it is no longer viable/possible/usableRate it:

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time and tideShortened form of time and tide wait for no manRate it:

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time and tide tarry for no manAlternative form of time and tide wait for no man.Rate it:

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time and tide wait for no manpeople cannot stop the passing of time, and therefore we should not delay doing thingsRate it:

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tiny but mightysmall but powerful; something people say to express self-worth that even though they may be small they make up for it in being mighty; don't underestimate me/usRate it:

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to a manunanimouslyRate it:

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to be on someone's assTo annoy someone by refusing to leave them alone.Rate it:

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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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to the best of one's knowledgeAlternative form of to one's knowledgeRate it:

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to thine own self be trueThe easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William ShakespeareRate it:

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Top DrawerThe very best in qualityRate it:

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top hatA man's formal hat, with a tall cylindrical crown (often of silk).Rate it:

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top of the lineThe best, fanciest, or highest quality, especially among selections in a product line.Rate it:

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top oneselfTo outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.Rate it:

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top shelfBest, or high quality.Rate it:

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top shelfPlace where the best liquor is kept in most establishments.Rate it:

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

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tout mauvais cas est niableA man may be expected to deny a deed that he knows to be wrong.Rate it:

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tout vient à point à qui sait attendreEverything comes to the man who waits.Rate it:

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toy boyA young male lover of an older woman or man.Rate it:

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travail d'aurore amène l'orEarly to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.Rate it:

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treat them mean, keep them keenA woman will be more interested in a man if he is not kind to her.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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try as one mayhowever hard one tries; despite one's best effortsRate it:

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try to get on first!An encouraging expression to others to attempt a seemingly impossible task. The leader asks the crew to give it their best and try the "baseball theme".Rate it:

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twelfth manreserve in cricketRate it:

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un bon averti (or, prévenu) en vaut deuxA man well warned is twice a man; Forewarned, forearmed.Rate it:

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un chevalier d'industrieA swindler, a man who lives by his wits.Rate it:

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un homme d'honneur n'a que sa paroleAn honest man’s word is as good as his bond.Rate it:

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un homme qui n'a jamais mangé de la vache enragée n'est jamais qu'une poule mouillée (mme. de girardin )A man who has never roughed it is always a milksop.Rate it:

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un homme qui se noie s'accroche à toutA drowning man catches at a straw.Rate it:

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un méchant accommodement est mieux que le meilleur procèsA bad arrangement is better than the best lawsuit.Rate it:

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un verre de vin avise bien un hommeA glass of wine puts wit into a man.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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uxorem habere (Verr. 3. 33. 76)to be a married man.Rate 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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vent au visage rend un homme sageAdversity makes a man wise, not rich.Rate it:

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