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cat and mouse gameTwo individuals and/or groups repeatedly keeping check on each other in a suspicious or self-protective way, often with the goal of one or both parties trying to gain a malicious advantage over the other.Rate it:

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caught between the devil and the deep blue seaHaving a choice between two alternatives, both undesirable.Rate it:

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cela enlève la paille“That takes the cake.”Rate it:

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chip off the old blockSomeone who takes after their parent.Rate it:

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comme cet homme s'écoute!What care that man takes of himself!Rate it:

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common lawOne of two legal systems in England and in the United States before 1938 (the other being equity).Rate it:

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companyA military unit, typically consisting of two or three platoons.Rate it:

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cook offTo pull the pin from a grenade and wait two or three seconds before throwing.Rate it:

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correlation does not imply causation(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.Rate it:

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cross pathsTo be, by chance, in the same physical place at the same time, as a result of two completely separate journeys.Rate it:

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cross swordsUsed other than as an idiom: see cross, sword., to place or hold two swords so they cross each other.Rate it:

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CUThe ISO 3166-1 two-letter code for Cuba.Rate it:

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custe o que custarat all costs; whatever it takesRate it:

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define the relationshipA modern phrase to describe when two people agree on the nature of their relationship - is it casual, serious, open etcRate it:

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deux avis valent mieux qu'untwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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deux avis valent mieux qu'unTwo heads are better than one.Rate it:

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deux moineaux sur même épi ne sont pas longtemps amisTwo of a trade seldom agree.Rate it:

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deux s'amusent, trois s'embêtent (fam.)Two’s company, three’s none.Rate it:

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dies unus, alter, plures intercesserantone, two, several days had passed, intervened.Rate it:

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different as chalk and cheeseTwo things which are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:

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do not pass Go, do not collect two hundred dollarsAlternative spelling of do not pass go, do not collect $200Rate it:

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doesn't have two nickels to rub togetherReference an individual whom from all evidence and appearances is badly bent and broken relative to personal finances.Rate it:

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dog in the huntThis is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.Rate it:

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dos cabezas piensan mejor que unatwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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dos cervezas, por favortwo beers pleaseRate it:

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dot or featherUsed to inquire as to the difference between the two possibilities of the word Indian, namely Native American or Asian sub-continentRate it:

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double bookedOf a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.Rate it:

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double dippingObtaining money from two sources at the same time. Dipping your food into a sauce, eating a portion of that food then re-dipping that food into the sauce.Rate it:

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double dutchA game of jump rope with two ropes and frequently two jumpers.Rate it:

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double entendreA phrase that has two meanings, especially where one is innocent and literal, the other risqué, bawdy, or ironic; an innuendo..Rate it:

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double rainbow babya term given to a child born after two miscarriages, stillbirths, or deaths.Rate it:

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double tapA tactical shooting technique of pulling the trigger of a weapon twice in quick succession to deliver two shots to the same target zone.Rate it:

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double vertical lineThe typographical character ‖; a symbol composed of two closely spaced line-height vertical lines.Rate it:

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double whammya twofold blow or setback; a series of two events that cause adverse effectsRate it:

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draw a line in the sandTo create a real or artificial boundary or distinction between (two places, people or things).Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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drinking ageA two and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'emRate it:

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duas cabeças pensam melhor do que umatwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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due teste sono meglio di unatwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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eat for twoTo be pregnant.Rate it:

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ebony and ivoryTwo different things coexisting in harmonyRate it:

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efficere duas legionesto form two legions.Rate it:

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elle a deux enfants du premier litShe has two children by her first husband.Rate it:

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elle a quelque chose de votre airShe takes after you; She looks somewhat like you.Rate it:

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elle prime par sa laideurShe takes the cake for ugliness.Rate it:

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em i ?Is the shortest two word question sentence in the English languageRate it:

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eternal triangleA relationship involving three persons (usually two women and one man or two men and one woman) among whom there are conflicting and competing attachments of a romantic or emotional nature.Rate it:

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être assis entre deux chaisesTo fall between two stools. Rate it:

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être au four et au moulinTo be all over the place; be in two places at once.Rate it:

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ex vivoMeans "out of the living," that what takes place outside the organismRate it:

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