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fair and squareWithin the applicable rules.Rate it:

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fair and squareTotally fairly and undoubtedly.Rate it:

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fair enoughAn expression used to concede a point; denotes that, upon consideration, something is correct or reasonable; an expression of acknowledgment or understanding.Rate it:

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fair gameAn goal or object that may legitimately be sought.Rate it:

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fair gameA game that is fair, that does not involve cheating etc.Rate it:

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fair gameActions permissible by the rules.Rate it:

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fair is fairAlternative form of fair's fairRate it:

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fair offTo clear.Rate it:

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fair playGood behavior, following the rulesRate it:

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fair sexWomen collectively.Rate it:

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fair shakeReasonable, unbiased treatment; a fair deal.Rate it:

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fair to middlingOnly tolerably good.Rate it:

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fair upTo clearRate it:

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fair weather fanA fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are preforming well.Rate it:

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fair weather friendOnly when it is advantageous or easy.Rate it:

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fair's fairAn expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair.Rate it:

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fair-haired boySomeone's favourite, especially a young one, a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian)Rate it:

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fair-haired boySomeone's favourite, especially a young one; a blue-eyed boy,Rate it:

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fair-weather friendOne who is friendly, helpful, or available only when it is advantageous or convenient to be so.Rate it:

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Fair-Weather FriendSomeone who is your friend only when you are successful and prosperous but leave you in the time of needRate it:

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faire charlemagneTo leave off a winner, without giving one’s adversaries a chance of revenge.Rate it:

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falling glassThe wall-hung mercury barometer utilized in the days of sail presented approximately thirty inches of height level of the mercury in it's glass tube in fair weather. When a vessel sailed into a barometric Low Pressure region, the mercury level became lower and tended to indicate the presence of oncoming thunderstorms, gales, or a possible hurricane.Rate it:

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fancy one's chancesTo believe that one has a good chance of success.Rate it:

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fat chanceLittle or no likelihood of occurrence or success.Rate it:

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fighting chanceA chance that is dependent on success in a struggle.Rate it:

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fill in the blankA type of question or phrase with one or more words replaced with a blank line, giving the reader the chance to add the missing word(s).Rate it:

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fly-by-nightThis expression has broadened to mean any of these: A person or business that appears and disappears rapidly; Someone who departs or flees at night in order to avoid creditors, law enforcement etc. A dishonest or unreliable person selling something to make a quick profit A transient or traveling salesmen or businessmen, tradesmen; A business that appears to have little or no chance of successRate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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fox guarding the henhouse meaningA for should not be trusted to guard a hen house because they are hen hunters and will eat them when given the chance.Rate it:

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get-rich-quickClaiming to provide large profits quickly, with no realistic chance of success, in order to lure gullible investment victims.Rate it:

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ghost of a chanceusually negative meaning is will not happen.Rate it:

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happen acrossTo find by chance; to unexpectedly discover.Rate it:

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happen alongTo arrive by chance; to occur by happenstance.Rate it:

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happen onto find by chance,Rate it:

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happen uponTo accidentally encounter a person or situation; to chance upon, happen on or stumble across.Rate it:

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hit one out of the ballparkTo hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.Rate it:

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il est en passe de devenir ministreHe is in a fair way (he stands a good chance) to become a Cabinet Minister.Rate it:

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il n'a garde de venirHe will take care to keep away; There is no chance of his coming.Rate it:

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il n'est chance qui ne retourneThe luck must change.Rate it:

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il répète la même chose à tout bout de champHe repeats the same thing every instant, every time he has the chance.Rate it:

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il songe au solideHe has an eye to the main chance.Rate it:

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in the gamecompeting in a game, with a chance of winning.Rate it:

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in with a chanceHaving a chance.Rate it:

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ir à Roma e não ver o papaTo lose a chance.Rate it:

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j'irai, quitte à être grondéI shall go, even if I am scolded; I shall go, and chance the scolding.Rate it:

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jamais beau parler n'écorcha la langueFair words never did harm; Civility costs nothing.Rate it:

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jamais honteux n'eut belle amieFaint heart never won fair lady.Rate it:

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je suis en voie de le finirI am in a fair way to finish it.Rate it:

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je vis de bonne soupe et non de beau langage“Fair words butter no parsnips.”Rate it:

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jouer serréTo act cautiously; To leave nothing to chance.Rate it:

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