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catch upTo compensate for or make up a deficiency.Rate it:

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catch upget level withRate it:

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catch you laterAn informal farewellRate it:

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Catch You LaterTo say farewell to someone for a short time-period or just a simple good byeRate it:

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catch you on the flip sideGoodbye, farewell.Rate it:

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Catch-22A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canIntermittent; only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself.Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canA. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas le pérou (fam.)It’s no great catch.Rate it:

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cet homme est ma bête noire (mon cauchemar)That man is my pet aversion; I hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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close in onTo catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.Rate it:

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come forto search for something or someone, in order to catch them/it.Rate it:

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comme vous voilà arrangé!What a sight you look!Rate it:

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consequi, assequi aliquemto catch some one up.Rate it:

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coup de foudreA sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.Rate it:

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coup de foudrebolt from the blue; love at first sightRate it:

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de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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dead menThe ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled.Rate it:

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deprehendere aliquem (in aliqua re)to catch a person, find him out.Rate it:

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dichosos los ojos que te venlong time no see, you're a sight for sore eyesRate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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donner un pois pour avoir une fèveTo give a sprat to catch a herring. Rate it:

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donner un œuf pour avoir un bœufTo give a sprat to catch a herring (or, mackerel).Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.Rate it:

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eye candyAny object or sight with considerable visual appeal.Rate it:

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feast for the eyesVisually pleasing sight.Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectumto keep out of a person's sight.Rate it:

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get afterTo move into action in attempt to catch or defeat another.Rate it:

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go afterTo pursue in attempt to catch another.Rate it:

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go toTo attend an event or a sight.Rate it:

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go up in smokeTo catch fire and burn.Rate it:

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heave in sightTo appear at a distance, to emerge in the field of vision.Rate it:

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hidden in plain sightSeemingly hidden, but actually not hidden and easy to find.Rate it:

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hide in plain sightTo be unnoticeable, by staying visible in a setting that masks presence.Rate it:

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if looks could killA phrase said upon catching sight of someone's giving you a particularly nasty look of discontent or disapproval.Rate it:

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il aura son affaireHe will catch it. (ironic)Rate it:

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il est sûr de son affaireHe will pay for it; He will catch it.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 traduit à livre ouvertHe translates at sight.Rate it:

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in conspectu omnium or omnibus inspectantibusbefore every one, in the sight of the world.Rate it:

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in plain sightvery easy to see or notice especially when it is supposed to be hiddenRate it:

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

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j'y vois troubleI see dimly; My sight is dim.Rate it:

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je ne peux pas le voir même en peintureI hate the very sight of that man.Rate it:

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je sors d'en prendre (fam.)I had rather be excused; You will not catch me again so soon.Rate it:

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je vous y prendsI catch you at it.Rate it:

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lay hold ofTo seize; catch; apprehend.Rate it:

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liber deperditusa book which has been entirely lost sight of.Rate it:

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