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fresh as a daisyVery fresh; well-rested.Rate it:

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fresh as a roseExtremely fresh.Rate it:

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fresh country eggsUsed other than as an idiom: see fresh, country, eggs.Rate it:

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fresh country eggsA common way to describe ordinary chicken eggs on a breakfast menu, especially in expensive restaurants and hotels.Rate it:

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fresh legsSomebody who has yet to play in a match, and therefore has plenty of energy.Rate it:

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fresh meatAny newcomer.Rate it:

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fresh meatA person or group of people who arouse one's interest, either as a new target for deception, humiliation or ridicule, or as a potential love interest or one night stand.Rate it:

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fresh off the boatNewly arrived from a foreign place, especially as an immigrant who is still unfamiliar with the customs and language of his or her new environment.Rate it:

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fresh out ofOf someone who has recently left one stage of life to begin another.Rate it:

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fresh startA new beginning, without prejudices.Rate it:

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fresh-facedlooking young and healthyRate it:

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freshen upto freshen, make fresh, revivify, make new.Rate it:

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Full of Hot AirSomeone who talks nonsense and nothing anything of value and importanceRate it:

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full of hot airTalking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.Rate it:

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get freshTo flirt.Rate it:

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get some airTo invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.Rate it:

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go down the wrong wayTo swallow food or drink so that it goes down the wrong tube in one's throat and makes one cough or for a short period lose one's breath or choke.Rate it:

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have it outTo argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.Rate it:

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heads or tailsThe practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.Rate it:

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hold one's breathTo inhale and then intentionally close the epiglottis so that one's breath is not exhaled.Rate it:

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hold one's breathTo wait, as if breathlessly.Rate it:

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hospital passA throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Thus, a hospital pass.Rate it:

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hot airboastful talkRate it:

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hot airempty talkRate it:

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il a craché en l'air et ça lui est retombé sur le nez (pop.)He wished to do harm to another but it recoiled on himself.Rate it:

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il a l'air d'un déterréHe looks as pale as death, as pale as a ghost.Rate it:

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il a l'air de revenir de pontoiseHe looks down in the mouth; He answers in a silly fashion.Rate it:

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il a un air (or, l'air) comme il fautHe has a very gentlemanly manner.Rate it:

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il a un faux air d'avocatHe looks something like a barrister.Rate it:

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il en a l'air et la chansonHe looks it every inch; He has both the appearance and the actuality.Rate it:

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il en dansera en l'airHe will swing for it.Rate it:

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il parle en l'airHe talks without thinking of what he is saying, at random, not seriously.Rate it:

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il prend un air capableHe puts on a bumptious look.Rate it:

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il tomba les quatre fers en l'air(lit.) He fell on his back; (fig.) He was struck all of a heap.Rate it:

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in the same breathSaid or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence.Rate it:

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integri et recentes defatigatis succeduntfresh troops relieve the tired men.Rate it:

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integros defatigatis summittereto send fresh troops to take the place of those wearied with fighting.Rate it:

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into thin airImmediately and inexplicably out of sight.Rate it:

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j'ai couru à perte d'haleineI ran until I was out of breath.Rate it:

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je vais prendre l'air du bureauI am just going to look in at the office.Rate it:

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jungle mouthbad breath, halitosisRate it:

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keep your feet on the groundmaintain a sense of composure, refuse to get all up in the air over any reversal.Rate it:

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kick upInto the air while running or walking or driving.Rate it:

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knocked into a cocked hatAn expression of such nature and composition so as to capture rapt attention, create an air of suspense, curiosity or mystery.Rate it:

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les paroles s'envolent, les écrits restentProverbe qui invite à la prudence, en rappelant que, contrairement aux paroles, les écrits ne s’évanouissent pas dans l’air et laissent des traces qui peuvent être compromettantes.Rate it:

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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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ne faites pas attention à ses menaces, autant en emporte le ventPay no attention to his threats, they are as light as air.Rate it:

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new dawnA new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.Rate it:

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nose in the airThe body language most of us have experienced when a friend passes you in public and with head tilted back and nose in the air gives you a first class snub!Rate it:

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on the airbroadcasting usually over radio waves or on live televisionRate it:

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