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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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there's always a bigger fishNo matter how large or intimidating a person or thing is, there is likely to be an even larger or more intimidating person or thing somewhere.Rate it:

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there's no such thing as a free lunchNothing is free; everything has a price.Rate it:

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there's no such thing as a stupid questionUsed to encourage people to seek knowledge by asking questions, no matter how silly the questions may appear to be.Rate it:

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they're only after one thingMen are only interested in sex.Rate it:

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third wheelA person or thing that serves no useful purpose.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stickTry the same thing often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.Rate it:

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throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stickTry the same thing (or similar things) often enough, and, even if the general standard is poor, sometimes one will be successful.2001, And still no one is shouting stop. read in The Kingdom archives at on 02 Nov 06,Many team managers are of the philosophy that if you throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick. They believe that team preparation is all about physical fitness. They run the players into the ground and they believe they will be "flying on the day".2001, Robert McCrum, Let them eat cake, in The Observer 16 Dec 01, read on Guardian Unlimited site at on 02 Nov 06,Australian publishing boomed and in the past 10 years the country's literary culture has undergone a mini golden age, capped by Carey's triumph at the 2001 Booker Prize. As one Australian arts administrator said to me many years ago: 'Listen, mate, if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.'2001, Chris Collin, Re: 2-cp speys on The Strathspey Server mailing list archive at on 02 Nov 06,I am finding that "if you throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick". It doesn't always work of course (especially on the nights when the class is mostly the beginners), but the class seems to thrive on the challange.2005, Ray Craft (poster on The right scale blog), Fitzhooie and his Burden, read at on 02 Nov 06,Prosecutors everywhere have bad habits of overcharging lots of cases, knowing that if the throw enough mud at the wall some of it will stick.2005, Sean Kelleher, Spike Milligan: His part in our downfall in Business 07 Aug 05, read at on 02 Nov 06,As long as there is negligible regulation and enforcement anyone can actually try and do the job...Weak regulation allows the industry to build strategies on full time recruitment. The theory goes: throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick.c2005, Everything You've Learned About Marketing Is Wrong, read on LINC Performance website at on 02 Nov 06,They have the money to continue to believe in the repetition side of the equation. You throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick. But it still isnRate it:

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thus and soA generic thing; a placeholder name.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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Tinker to Evers to ChanceA famous baseball infield double-play combination.Rate it:

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Tinker to Evers to ChanceA task accomplished quickly by well-executed teamwork; those involved in the teamworkRate it:

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TINSTAAFLThere is no such thing as a free lunch; an alternative to TANSTAAFLRate 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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tire fireA disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.Rate it:

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to a nicetyTo a fine point, with great exactness or accuracy.Rate it:

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to be named laterUsed other than as an idiom. In an exchange, a unspecified example of a thing (in sports, usually a player), either not yet chosen or named publicly, at the time of a trade.Rate it:

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to be of the peakTo be at the highest point in something of their own. Applies to person thing, season anything related.Rate 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 dog flyto be having a fine only progressRate it:

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to hell withUsed to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing.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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toss upTo make a decision based on chance, for example by flipping a coin or rolling a dice.Rate it:

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toute la boutique (pop.)The whole show (i.e. a thing and everything connected with it); The whole boiling; The whole bag of tricks.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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ulcisci aliquem pro aliquo or pro aliqua reto revenge oneself on another for a thing or on some one's behalf.Rate it:

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ulcisci aliquid, poenas alicuius rei expetereto revenge oneself for a thing.Rate it:

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under lock and keyImprisoned with little or no chance of escape.Rate it:

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une chanceHeureusement.Rate it:

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unknown quantityA person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery.Rate it:

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uno conspectu videre aliquidto have a general idea of a thing.Rate it:

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unus mihi restat scrupulus (Ter. Andr. 5. 4. 37) (cf. too religio, sect. XI. 2)one thing still makes me hesitate.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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utilitas efflorescit ex aliqua reuntold advantages arise from a thing.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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veritatem imitari (Div. 1. 13. 23)(1) to make a lifelike natural representation of a thing (used of the artist); (2) to be lifelike (of a work of art).Rate it:

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vitrineA glass-paneled cabinet or case, especially for displaying articles such as china, objets d'art, or fine merchandise.Rate it:

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voilà bien une autre histoire!That is quite another thing.Rate it:

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voilà un discours qui n'est pas piqué des versThat’s a fine speech if you like [lit. not worm-eaten.]Rate it:

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voluptatem ex aliqua re capere or percipereto derive pleasure from a thing.Rate it:

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vous verrez beau jeu si la corde ne romptYou will see fine fun if no accident happens, if no hitch occurs.Rate it:

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warts and allOf or pertaining to a description or other depiction which reveals the full range of characteristics of a person or thing, including the shortcomings and imperfections.Rate it:

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water is exceeding up the headwhen every thing goes wrong and nothing is controlableRate it:

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we have waysA shortened version of "We have ways of making you talk." Usually said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. Also pronounced as "Vee have vays" to imitate a German accent.Rate it:

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we have ways of making you talkThis movie quote is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies; also pronounced as "Vee have vays of making you talk" to imitate a German accent.Rate it:

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we will have no wine before it's timeSome things are worth the wait and should not be rushed.Rate it:

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