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la niaise! pleurer à chaudes larmes pour une vétilleThe silly girl! to cry her eyes out for a trifle.Rate it:

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laissez couler l'eauDo not be anxious about what cannot be helped; Don’t cry over spilt milk.Rate it:

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lone wolfAn independent person; someone who has an 'independent' streak.Rate it:

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make baby Jesus cryTo provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc.Rate it:

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man is a wolf to manHumans prey upon one another.Rate it:

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more cry than woolAsserted but not grounded in reality.Rate it:

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pleurer à chaudes larmesTo cry bitterly.Rate it:

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put him in to get him outAn election poster catchphrase, and rallying cry, for imprisoned Republicans to be elected to parliament.Rate it:

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reduce someone to tearsTo cause to cryRate it:

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Say Cry UncleTo lay down your arms or surrender, to accept defeatRate it:

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sell wolf ticketsTo make empty threats or promises; to bluff.Rate it:

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shed a tearTo have a tear released, to cry (due to sadness)Rate it:

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shoulder to cry onSomeone offering emotional support to another in distress.Rate it:

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sing outTo cry out in pain.Rate it:

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steady as she goesA cry to a helmsman to keep on the current course.Rate it:

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tally hohunting cryRate it:

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tel qui rit vendredi dimanche pleureraSorrow treads on the heels of mirth; Laugh to-day and cry to-morrow.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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there's no use crying over spilt milkAlternative form of don't cry over spilt milk.Rate it:

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wolf downQuickly and without regard for table manners.Rate it:

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wolf in sheep's clothingSomething harmful or problematic disguised as something peaceful or pleasant.Rate it:

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Wolf in Sheep's ClothingA person who is dangerous but pretends to be harmless, an enemy who is disguising as a friendRate it:

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wolf in sheep's clothingGrammar school stories told of the Wily wolf wearing a sheepskin costume as he stealthily circles the grazing sheep seeking to snatch a helpless little lamb in his sharp-toothed and drooling vicious jaws!Rate it:

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Смерть шпионам"Death to spies!", rallying cry of SMERSH, the counterintelligence department of the GRU and NKVD.Rate it:

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近朱者赤，近墨者黑Different environments provide different influences; who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howlRate it:

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