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put on the dogTo dress up; to put on airs; to make a show of wealth and/or importance; to be pretentious.Rate it:

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putting on the ritzto make a show of luxury and extravagance; to dress fancyRate it:

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queen upTo dress like, or become appropriate for, a queen.Rate it:

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rag outTo dress up.Rate it:

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rig outTo dress; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner.Rate it:

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ring aroundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.Rate it:

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ring roundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.Rate it:

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scrub upto dress upRate it:

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shroudEspecially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.Rate it:

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spruce upTo dress or arrange smartly, elegantly, and neatly.Rate it:

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squaring the circleA hopeless or impossible task.Rate it:

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squaring the circleThe historical problem of how to construct, using compass and ruler, a square having the same area as a given circle.Rate it:

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star struckOne who adopts the dress, hairstyle, manner of speaking to the persona of a model or celebrity.Rate it:

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tart upTo dress like a prostitute.Rate it:

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tart upTo dress garishly.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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this won't get the baby into a short dressTo take inadequate action dealing with an opportunityRate it:

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twiddle one's thumbsTo circle one's thumbs around one another, usually with the fingers interlaced, usually done idly while waiting or bored.Rate it:

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vamp or a trampAn individual of dual presence in manner of dress, demeanor, speech, body language.Rate it:

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work 'im over!To give someone heavy criticism, 'dress him down', 'read him out', let him know 'who's the boss'!Rate it:

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貴圈真亂The lifestyle of people in your social circle is something I cannot easily comprehend.Rate it:

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