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keep up with the jonesesTo do or buy things for status, show, or image rather than out of need, especially for the purpose of competing with friends or neighbors.Rate it:

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magno or male emereto buy dearly.Rate it:

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make a pig of oneselfTo eat to excess; to overeat; to gorge.Rate it:

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make a pig's ear ofTo do badly; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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male chauvinist pigsexist manRate it:

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money can't buy happinessMoney can buy external things, but true happiness comes from inside.Rate it:

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mouton à cinq pattesunicorn; black swan; flying pigRate it:

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not in a pig's eyeA chiding expression, relative to an odd-ball idea or suggestion. Deemed irrelevant, awkward, foreign, inappropriate.Rate it:

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pachydermA member of the obsolete taxonomic group Pachydermata, grouping of thick-skinned, hoofed animals such as the rhinoceros, hippopotamus, elephant, pig and horse.Rate it:

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parvo, vili pretio or bene emereto buy cheaply.Rate it:

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pie in the skyA belief that one's wildest dreams shall come true. A devotee, of pie in the sky is prone to believe the most impossible possibility. The taller the tale you can spin, the greater chance he'll buy into it!Rate it:

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pig fuckerUsed other than as an idiom.Rate it:

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pig fuckerAlternative form of pigfucker.Rate it:

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pig in a pokeSomething whose true value (usually less than expected) is concealed or unknown, especially something offered for sale.Rate it:

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pig latinA made up language often used as a way to speak in front of people (often children and often by parents) without them knowing what you are sayingRate it:

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pig outTo eat voraciously or ravenously; to gorge oneself.Rate it:

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poke aboutTo search for something, especially in an unorganized wayRate it:

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poke alongTo move along very slowly.Rate it:

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poke aroundTo search for something, especially in an unorganized wayRate it:

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poke outTo be barely visible past an obstruction or obstructions; to protrude.Rate it:

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poke outTo emerge from behind, in, or under something.Rate it:

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poke outTo cause to protrude or emerge.Rate it:

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poke outTo remove by poking.Rate it:

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poke someone's eye outTo damage or harm someone's eye to the point that it can no longer see.Rate it:

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put lipstick on a pigMaking superficial or cosmetic changes in a futile attempt to hide the ugly truth of something.Rate it:

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Rain CheckA ticket stub that allows an individual to attend an event on behalf of a canceled one; a paper piece that allows someone to buy a sold-out product at discounted or sale price later onRate it:

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shut up and take my moneySaid about something that the speaker wants to buy immediately.Rate it:

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slow pokesomeone who is very slow moving along.Rate it:

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snap upTo buy quickly, usually because the item is a bargain or in short supply or something one has been searching for.Rate it:

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squeal like a stuck pigTo utter loud, high-pitched squeals.Rate it:

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sushi tuna saku blockIt is a tuna cut that is sold and it is used to make sushi or poke. This tuna can be yellowfin (Ahi in Hawaiian language) or bluefin.Rate it:

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sweat like a pigTo sweat profusely, to be perspiring lots of sweat.Rate it:

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take overTo buy out the ownership of a business.Rate it:

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two beers, pleaseIndicates the speaker wishes to buy two beers.Rate it:

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wbyceiydboWe'll buy your car even if you don't buy ours.Rate it:

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what would you likeUsed to ask the interlocutor what they would like to order, to buy or have a look at.Rate it:

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wrestle with a pigTo engage in a struggle with an opponent that benefits from the struggle even without winning it.Rate it:

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wrestling with a pigTo engage in a pointless task that leaves one worse off for having made an honest attempt.Rate it:

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WTBInitialism of want to buy.Rate it:

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WTBInitialism of willing to buy.Rate it:

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WTBInitialism of waiting to buy.Rate it:

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you can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pigYou can try to change something or one's outward appearance, but it will not change the inward appearance. Even if you put lipstick on a pig, it will always roll in mud and grunt.Rate it:

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you get what you pay for!Buy a bargain you may get a reduced value surprise!Rate it:

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買一贈一buy one and get one freeRate it:

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