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avoir le cafard^ Charles Baudelaire , “La Volupté”, in Les Fleurs du mal: “Parfois il prend, sachant mon grand amour de l’Art, / La forme de la plus séduisante des femmes, / Et, sous de spécieux prétextes de cafard, / Accoutume ma lèvre à des philtres infâmes.”Rate it:

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Babe in the WoodsSomeone, who is inexperienced in many matters of life and has the habit of trusting others very quicklyRate it:

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be an open bookOne's life and times can be an open book by simply sharing, answering queries, being forthright, carrying no baggage or disagreements.Rate it:

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beat the clockTo remain youthful; to live a long, healthy life.Rate it:

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before someone's timeAt a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.Rate it:

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BelgravianOf or pertaining to the fashionable or aristocratic life; fashionable, aristocratic.Rate it:

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better to be late than be dead on timeIt is better to arrive late than to risk your life speeding to a destination.Rate it:

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Bim, BEM, BumRetro art composition; composition stereotypical for the cover art of mid-20th-century science fiction pulp magazines.Rate it:

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black-and-whiteOf art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey/gray rather than colour/color.Rate it:

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bright-eyed and bushy-tailedAlert and in an eager, frisky, or playful mood; full of life.Rate it:

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brush with deathTo have a life redeemable experienceRate it:

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butterfly upon a wheelAn innocent person crushed by life's adversities.Rate it:

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by the way[...] I had counted on a life-lease of the profits, whereas I only received those of a few short years. But this is by the way.Rate it:

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c'est la vieThat's life; such is life.Rate it:

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c'est un vrai boute-en-trainHe is the very life and soul of the party.Rate it:

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cakes and aleThe simple material pleasures of life.Rate it:

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caput alicuius agitur (vid. sect. V. 8)a person's life is in jeopardy.Rate it:

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cat and dog lifeUnhappy married life.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas tous les jours fête1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.Rate it:

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ce que c'est que la vie!What a strange thing life is! What poor mortals we are! Rate it:

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ce sont des descriptions prises sur le vifThose descriptions are life-like.Rate it:

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change of lifeMenopause.Rate it:

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charmed lifeA life in which one is always lucky and safe from danger.Rate it:

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city slickerOne accustomed to a city or urban lifestyle or unsuited to life in the country.Rate it:

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come to lifeto start to become energetic.Rate it:

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come to lifeto become alive, bring into existenceRate it:

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come to lifeto appear as if aliveRate it:

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come to lifeto bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrectRate it:

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comme c'est vécu!How true to life!Rate it:

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count one's blessingsTo focus one's attention on the circumstances of one's life which are pleasant or fortunate, especially with the intention of diverting one's thoughts from serious or disagreeable matters.Rate it:

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daysLife.Rate it:

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de vita exire, de (ex) vita migrareto depart this life.Rate it:

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deadFiguratively, not alive; lacking life.Rate it:

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deal a handTo assign life circumstances to someone.Rate it:

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delicate ac molliter vivereto live a luxurious and effeminate life.Rate it:

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deliver the message to garcia...grasp the demands and exactions of business life. He learns that the main thing to do is to "deliver the message to Garcia"....Rate it:

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depression daze - depression daysMy life of 'Depression Daze' during Depression Days; 1929-1939Rate it:

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Dog's LifeA be miserable and awful, to have harsh survival without much pleasure or prosperityRate it:

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dog's lifeA life of indolence where the individual may do as he or she pleases, just like a pampered dog.Rate it:

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dog's lifeA miserable, unhappy existence.Rate it:

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Dog-Eat-Dog WorldTo live a life associated by severe competition wherein people struggle ruthlessly to live or attain successRate it:

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down to a fine artHaving or showing exceptional proficiency.Rate it:

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end of the worldEnd of habitability for life on Earth.Rate it:

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eso es vidathis is the lifeRate it:

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every jack has his jilleverybody will find someone to have a romantic relationship with at some point in their lifeRate it:

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every king needs a queenEvery man needs a woman to be with for the rest of his life.Rate it:

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extrema aetasthe last stage of life, one's last days.Rate it:

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extremum tempus aetatisthe last stage of life, one's last days.Rate it:

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fail at lifeTo be or become trapped in poverty, or in a situation where someone is not doing anything productive with their lives; to become a loser.Rate it:

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fail at lifeTo do something disappointing, especially to fail at something.Rate it:

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