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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 anythingUsed in questions when the speaker does not know for sure if the listener will have an answer.Rate it:

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if at first you don't succeed, try try againdon't quit, keep tryingRate it:

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if brains were dynamite you wouldn't have enough to blow your nose.You're really stupid.Rate it:

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if memory servesIf I have correctly remembered the details.Rate it:

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if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle(colloquial, vulgar, humorous) It is fruitless to speculate about counterfactual situations."We would have won the match if we'd had a decent goalkeeper.""And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle!"Rate it:

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if you can't beat them, join themIf your adversaries are stronger than yourself, it is better to join the adversaries.Rate it:

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if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullWhen you don't have all the facts or have a brilliant explanation, you can often convince people or win an argument by using bullshit.Rate it:

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if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchenIf you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.Rate it:

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if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchenIf you cannot handle the pressure, you should not be in a position where you have to deal with it.Rate it:

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if you got it, flaunt itIf you have something great, show it offRate it:

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IFYPFYInitialism of I fixed your post for you.Rate it:

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ignem alereto keep up a fire.Rate it:

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Ihre MajestätYour MajestyRate it:

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il a trente ans, et cependant il vit aux crochets de sa mèreHe is thirty years old, and yet his mother has to keep him.Rate it:

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il est bien partagéThe Fates have been kind to him.Rate it:

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il est poète jusqu'au bout des onglesHe is a poet to his finger-tips.Rate it:

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il fait à sa têteHe will have his own way.Rate it:

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il fallait voir comme il était contentYou should have seen how happy he was.Rate it:

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il faut à toute force l'empêcher de sortirYou must prevent him going out by all the means in your power; We must do all we can to prevent him going out.Rate it:

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il faut lui serrer la courroieWe must curtail his allowance; We must keep him on short commons.Rate it:

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il faut qu'il fourre le doigt (or, more fam., nez) partoutHe must have a finger in every one’s pie.Rate it:

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il faut tenir les gens en haleineOne must keep the ball rolling.Rate it:

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il fera droit à votre demandeHe will accede to your request.Rate it:

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il le fera de gré ou de forceHe will have to do it whether he likes it or not.Rate it:

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il m'a faussé compagnieHe gave me the slip; He did not keep his appointment.Rate it:

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il n'a garde de venirHe will take care to keep away; There is no chance of his coming.Rate it:

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il n'y a que les honteux qui perdentNothing ask, nothing have.Rate it:

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il n'y a si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercleEvery Jack must have his Jill.Rate it:

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il n'y paraît pasOne would not have thought it.Rate it:

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il ne fallait pasyou shouldn't haveRate it:

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il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la foisYou must not have too many irons in the fire.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas dire vos affaires au tiers et au quartYou must not tell your business to all the world, to everybody.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas s'endormir sur le rôtiWe must keep our wits about us; We must not neglect our work; We must not be too slow over it; We must not rest on our laurels.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tuéDo not count your chickens before they are hatched; First catch your hare.Rate it:

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il ne prétend à votre fille qu'en tout bien tout honneurHe has honourable intentions towards your daughter.Rate it:

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il s'agit de votre vieYour life is at stake.Rate it:

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il veut se payer ma têteHe wishes to have the laugh of me.Rate it:

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il veut toujours fourrer son nez partout (fam.)He wants to have his finger in every pie. Rate it:

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il voudrait avoir le drap et l'argentHe would like to have his cake and eat it too.Rate it:

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il y a beau temps que je ne vous ai (pas) vuI have not seen you for many a day.Rate it:

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illae sententiae iam pridem explosae et eiectae sunt (Fin. 5. 8. 23)those ideas have long ago been given up.Rate it:

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ils auront à se dégourdir ou à déguerpirThey will either have to wake up or to clear out.Rate it:

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ils nous ont fait une france à leur taille (béranger )They have brought France down to their level.Rate it:

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ils ont recours à des menées sourdesThey have recourse to underhand dealings.Rate it:

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ils se sont donné le motThey have passed the word round; They have agreed before-hand what to say.Rate it:

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ils sont séparés de corps et de biensThey have had a judicial separation (a mensa et thoro).Rate it:

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imperium tenere (in aliquem)to have power over some one.Rate it:

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in manibus habere aliquid (also metaphorically)to have something in one's hands, on hand.Rate it:

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in rebus atque in usu versatum esseto have had practical experience.Rate it:

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