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rule the roostTo be the controlling member(s) of a family, organization, or other group.Rate it:

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rum goAn odd affair; a surprising event; a confusing experience; a queer thing.Rate it:

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run away withTo leave secretly with another person. Usually with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.Rate it:

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run in the familyTo be a characteristic feature that is observed in several generations of a family.Rate it:

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send awayTo send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.Rate it:

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start a familyTo conceive one's first childRate it:

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sweat equityAn investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence.Rate it:

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tenir la queue de la poêleTo be the leading spirit in an affair.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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tone downTo make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.Rate it:

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une affaire de deux sousA twopenny-halfpenny affair.Rate it:

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wolfpackA family or other group of wild wolves.Rate it:

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WYCIWYGWhat you cache is what you get: A URI scheme specific to the Mozilla family of web browsers which indicates that a link should be preferentially fetched from cache instead of from the web server.Rate it:

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咸家富貴"May your entire family drop dead".Rate it:

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咸家鏟“May your entire family drop dead.”Rate it:

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王家royal familyRate it:

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