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every which whereA more emphatic version of everywhere.Rate it:

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ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptummuch damage was done by this collision.Rate it:

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ex quo perspicuum estfrom this it appears, is apparent.Rate it:

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exit stage leftTo exit or disappear in a quiet, non-dramatic fashion, making way for more interesting events.Rate it:

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expressio unius est exclusio alteriusA canon of construction holding that, when a legal document includes a list, anything not in that list is assumed to be purposely excluded.Rate it:

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f** thisThe phrase emphatically diminishes the activity or event referred to and expresses that the speaker will have no more to do with it.Rate it:

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face valueNo more or less than what is stated; a literal or direct meaning or interpretation.Rate it:

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faire et défaire c'est toujours travaillerAphorisme permettant de supporter sans trop de rancœur le fait qu’on a travaillé pour rien.Rate it:

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faire plus de bruit que de besogneTo be more fussy than industrious.Rate it:

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fais ce que je dis, pas ce que je faisSe dit à une personne dont le comportement n’est pas conforme à ses propres conseils.Rate it:

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fais du bien à un vilain, il te chie dans la mainSignifie qu'il ne faut rien attendre en retour ou que du mauvais lorsqu'on est bienveillant avec une personne sans scrupule ou manquant de reconnaissance.Rate it:

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false alarmA person who pretends to be more accomplished or a thing that seems to be of higher quality than is later found to be the case.Rate it:

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familiarity breeds contemptThe more acquainted one becomes with a person, the more one knows about his or her shortcomings and, hence, the easier it is to dislike that person.1894, H. Rider Haggard, The People Of The Mist, ch. 25:This was the beginning of evil, for if no man is a hero to his valet de chambre, much less can he remain a god for long in the eyes of a curious woman. Here, as in other matters, familiarity breeds contempt.Rate it:

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fancypantsAlternative spelling of fancy pants. The condition of being overly showy; concerned more about one's reputation than anything else.Rate it:

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fans are slansScience fiction fans are more intelligent and more creative than other people.Rate it:

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faute avouée à moitié pardonnéeVariante de faute avouée est à moitié pardonnée : une faute confessée sera jugée avec plus de clémence.Rate it:

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faute avouée est à moitié pardonnéeUne faute confessée sera jugée avec plus de clémence.Rate it:

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Feather Your NestTo be more concerned about making money and enriching oneself than doing any good or caring for othersRate 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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feeding frenzyA wild, turbulent situation in which multiple sharks or other predatory fish attack one or more edible creatures simultaneously, in competition with each other.Rate it:

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fides (de foro) sublata est (Leg. Agr. 2. 3. 8)credit has disappeared.Rate it:

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fides tota Italia est angustacredit is low throughout Italy.Rate it:

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file outTo exit in one or more single file lines.Rate it:

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fill in the blankA type of question or phrase with one or more words replaced with a blank line, giving the reader the chance to add the missing word(s).Rate it:

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film at 11more information will follow in the future.Rate it:

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firm upTo make muscles more toned through physical exercise.Rate it:

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firm upTo make tentative plans more definite.Rate it:

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first in, best dressedThose who arrive or get in sooner will receive a more desirable outcome.Rate it:

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flare upTo become more intense suddenly.Rate it:

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flatten outTo become more even.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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flutter in the dovecoteI further argued that the principal cause for the political deadlock that persisted for thirty years after the guns fell silent was Israeli intransigence rather than Arab intransigence. The appearance of the first wave of revisionist studies excited a great deal of interest and controversy in the media and more than a flutter in the academic dovecote. — Israel Confronts Its Past.Rate it:

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fold upTo make or become more compact by folding.Rate it:

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folle est la brebis qui au loup se confesseIl est imprudent de se fier à son ennemi.Rate it:

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foot votingExpressing one's preferences through one's actions, by voluntarily participating in or withdrawing from an activity, group, or process; especially, physical migration to leave a situation one does not like, or to move to a situation one regards as more beneficial.Rate it:

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forbidden fruit is the sweetestForbidden things have more worthwhile short-term consequences.Rate it:

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force est restée à la loiThe police proved the stronger; Order was restored.Rate it:

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force m'est de partirI am compelled to go.Rate it:

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fork offto diverge into two or more separate paths.Rate it:

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freshen upto wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractiveRate it:

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from my standpointFrom my standppint, smoking hookah is more detrimental than cigarette.Rate it:

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from those to whom much is given, much is expectedThe more you are given, the more responsibility you have to give to others. This reminds us not to be selfish. You have not been blessed so that you can have for yourself. You are blessed so that you have more ability to share with others and be an example for them.Rate it:

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fudge the issueAdopt a solution to a specific problem which does not address the larger, more general problem of which the specific problem is an instance.Rate it:

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fuel upTo eat hurriedly in order to do something more interesting.Rate it:

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game outTo play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more.Rate it:

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gay upTo make something more appealing to the gay community e.g. by adding gay characters to a soap opera.Rate it:

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get a gripTo relax; to calm down; to stop being angry; to come to one's senses or become more rational.Rate it:

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get out of my faceleave; the speaker is telling the hearer to leave; usually said when someone does not want to be confronted any moreRate it:

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get the word outTo make some information more widely known.Rate it:

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gild the pillTo make something unappealing look more attractive.Rate it:

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