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spare the rod and spoil the childIf one does not discipline a child, he or she will never learn obedience and good manners.Rate it:

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speak someone's languageTo talk about concerns, feelings, ideas, etc. which someone understands well and can relate to intimately.Rate it:

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spoilt for choiceHaving such a selection of good choices, that deciding which one to pick is difficult.Rate it:

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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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stand someone in good steadto come in handy for someone in the futureRate it:

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stars are alignedPresent conditions are favorable; future prospects are good.Rate it:

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start afreshTo start or restart doing something from the beginning or with a clean sheet.Rate it:

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start off on the right footTo begin well, especially to begin a relationship well.Rate it:

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step backTo stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.Rate it:

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step on someone's toesTo offend someone or make them feel bad, by doing or saying something that is another person's authorityRate it:

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straighten outTo correct; to stop doing something wrong.Rate it:

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strait and narrowFollowing a good path in life.Rate it:

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streak of good luckA series of lucky events.Rate it:

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strike it luckyTo have unexpected good fortune.Rate it:

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summum bonum in virtute ponereto consider virtue the highest good.Rate it:

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sunt in illo, ut in homine Romano, multae litterae (De Sen. 4. 12)for a Roman he is decidedly well educated.Rate it:

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supercalifragilisticexpialidociousextraordinarily good; wonderful.Rate it:

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swallow your pride!To accept that you have to do something that you think is embarrassing or that you think you are too good to do.Rate it:

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sweet as a nutExtremely good.Rate it:

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sweet dreamsPhrase said to someone before they fall asleep, wishing them a good sleep.Rate it:

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sweetness and lightThat which is good, pure, pleasant, etc.Rate it:

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swing for the fencesTo act in a way that might generate a very good result, but which also has a large chance of failing.Rate it:

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take awayTo prevent, or limit, someone from being somewhere, or from doing something.Rate it:

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take away fromTo make something seem not so good or interesting.Rate it:

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Take it to HoopAccomplishment of a project in a successful manner; or doing a job in an excellent wayRate it:

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take one's ball and go homeTo cease participating in an activity that has turned to one's disadvantage, especially out of spite, or in a way that prevents others from participating as well.Rate it:

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take something in strideTo cope with something without much effort; to accept or manage something well.Rate it:

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Take the Bitter with the SweetAccepting bad things along with the good onesRate it:

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take the cakeTo be especially good or outstanding.Rate it:

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talk a good gameTo speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results.Rate it:

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talk out ofTo talk to someone in order to dissuade them from doing something.Rate it:

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tant bien que malSo-so; Neither well nor ill; After a fashion. Rate it:

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tant va la cruche à l'eau qu'à la fin elle se casseThe pitcher that often goes to the well gets broken at last.Rate it:

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te valere iubeoI bid you good-bye, take my leave.Rate it:

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team playerAn individual who is known to work or play well as a member of a team and put team goals before personal gain.Rate it:

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tears aren't very lubeyTears don't make very good lube.Rate it:

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tel maître, tel valetLike master, like man; Like well, like bucket.Rate it:

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tel qui brille au second rang s'éclipse au premierA good subordinate often makes a bad leader.Rate it:

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tempestatem idoneam, bonam nanciscito meet with good weather.Rate it:

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tempus consumere in aliqua reto pass one's time in doing something.Rate it:

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tenir la dragée haute à quelqu'unTo make a person pay well (or, wait a long time) for what he desires.Rate it:

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that's lamethat's bad; not as good as it could be or has been; not as good as is typical of othersRate it:

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that's myIndicates approval at someone who is doing something praiseworthy.Rate it:

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the darkest hour is just before the dawnThe worst situation comes before a good one.Rate it:

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the engineer of the train can hostle his own locomotive.The engineer of the train can move his own locomotive to the roundhouse or locomotive service area. In doing so he is performing the task of a hostler.Rate it:

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the good die youngWell-regarded people who are morally upright, kind, and beneficent tend to die at a younger age than do most people.Rate it:

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the good doctorAn honorific for a doctor, especially for a doctor of medicine or for Dr. Samuel Johnson.Rate it:

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the good doctorsplural of the good doctor. An honorific for a group of doctors, especially for a group of doctors of medicine.Rate it:

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the icing on the cakeSomething wonderful at the end of something good.Rate it:

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the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doingTwo parts of an organization are unaware of each other's activities.Rate it:

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