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bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture doréeA good name is better than riches; He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living.Rate it:

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borrowed timeA period of time whose precise duration is not known but which can be expected to be quite limited, and at the end of which one's situation, benefits, or opportunities will be entirely terminated.Rate it:

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Bottom LineThe end results, hard fact or the ultimate deduction of any event, cause, argument or situationRate it:

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bottom of the ninthIn baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.Rate it:

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bowl outAnd thus end their innings.Rate it:

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brain-deadHaving no useful thoughts; stupid; ditzy.Rate it:

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brain-deadHaving an irreversible loss of brain function and cessation of brain activity.Rate it:

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break offTo end abruptly, either temporarily or permanently.Rate it:

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break the cycleTo act so as to end a repeating pattern of harmful or otherwise negative behavior.Rate it:

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break upTo end a relationship.Rate it:

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brider un âne par la queueTo do anything in exactly the wrong manner; To get hold of the wrong end of the stick.Rate it:

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Bury the HatchetTo end up the war or conflicts and become friends again,Rate it:

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business endThe part of a tool or other similar item, that is physically used for its operation, rather than the part which is held.Rate it:

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c'est vieux comme le pont neufQueen Anne is dead; It is as old as the hills.Rate it:

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calamitatibus defungito come to the end of one's troubles.Rate it:

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Call it a DayTo end up the work for a day, to stop work for the time beingRate it:

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can itTo silence; to quit doing something; to put an end to something.Rate it:

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capilli horrenthis hair stands on end.Rate it:

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cargo-200the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military. In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.Rate it:

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carry throughTo manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end.Rate it:

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cash outTo reconcile at the end of a shift; to compare receipts of items sold to records of credit card, check and cash placed into the drawer, verifying that correct change was given out by the clerk.Rate it:

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cash upto count the money taken by a business at the end of the day.Rate it:

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ceterum censeoA formulaic expression used to end a speech by reinforcing one, often unrelated, major view.Rate it:

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check your attitude (at the door)The speaker is warning the listener that their attitude may have adverse effects and advising that the listener change their attitude. Adding "at the door" at the end of this phrases means to leave your attitude outside/don't bring that attitude in hereRate it:

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check yourself before you wreck yourselfConsider the consequences of your actions before you end up in trouble.Rate it:

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choke offTo get rid of, cause to come to an end.Rate it:

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Christmas graduateA freshman who drops out of college at the end of the first semester.Rate it:

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clamp down onTo take measures to stop something; to put an end to.Rate it:

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clock offto end workRate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.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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close of playThe end of the working dayRate it:

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close of playThe end of the final game (not to be confused with set or match) during a day at the All England Tennis Championships (Wimbledon)Rate it:

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close of playThe end of a day's playRate it:

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close outto terminate; to call the end of.Rate it:

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close up shopTo shut down a shop; to end a business activity.Rate it:

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cold as a wagon tireDead.Rate it:

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come outTo end up or result.Rate it:

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come to a closeTo draw toward a conclusion; to end.Rate it:

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come to a sticky endTo die unpleasantly due to one's actions.Rate it:

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come to an endTo stop; to cease; to no longer continue.Rate it:

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controversiam sedare, dirimere, componere, tollereto put an end to, settle a dispute.Rate it:

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cough upTo lose a competition by one's own mistakes, usually near the end of the contest.Rate it:

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cut offTo end abruptly.Rate it:

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cut shortInterrupt and curtail before the planned end time.Rate it:

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cut the umbilical cordTo end a child's over-dependence on or over-attachment to their parents.Rate it:

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de potestate decedereto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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deadNot in play.Rate it:

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deadFiguratively, not alive; lacking life.Rate it:

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deadExact.Rate it:

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