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cotton-pickingAn intensifier, like "darn", used for emphasis or to signify that something is of little value.Rate it:

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cry like a little girlTo bawl unabashedly and pitifully.Rate it:

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dans le siècle où nous sommes, on ne donne rien pour rienAt the present day people give nothing for nothing, and precious little for sixpence.Rate it:

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dans les petits sacs sont les fines épicesLittle fellows are often great wits; Small parcels hold fine wares. Rate it:

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dick allNothing at all, or very little.Rate it:

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dog's chancelittle or not likelihoodRate it:

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doing the townEngaging in an evening of celebration and reveling with little consideration of expenses.Rate it:

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Drop in the BucketAn extremely little, unimportant amountRate it:

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drop in the bucketAn effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.Rate it:

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east of the grainMaking a big deal out of something little.Rate it:

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easy for you to sayRequiring little effort or sacrifice on your part, with the implication that it is or has been more difficult for others.Rate it:

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eat someone out of house and homeTo consume such a portion of one's store of food that little is left for the owner.Rate it:

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edge upTo approach or move toward a target little by little, or furtively.Rate it:

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egg whitealbumenRate it:

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Eleventh HourLittle before the exact deadline; the latest possible timeRate it:

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elle fait la madameShe gives herself airs (of little girls).Rate it:

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être aux angesto be on cloud nine, to be on top of the worldRate it:

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every cloud has a silver liningIn every bad situation there is an element of good1881, National Academy of Code Administration (U.S.), Folio, page 417:Every cloud has a silver lining; but in the old-fashioned meeting-houses every cloud of hymnal melody generally had a nasal lining before the congregation...1887, Shakers, Religion, page 36:that "a little reserve and thou'lt fail surely," will prove to be true in our experience. Every cloud has a silver lining and so has every sorrow,1918, George Jean Nathan, Performing Arts, page 222:But the most popular attitude toward what we may call "sad" plays is the peculiar one of believing that, since every cloud has a silver lining,Rate it:

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every cloud has a silver liningThere is something good in every unpleasant situationRate it:

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every dark cloud has a silver liningAlternative form of every cloud has a silver lining.Rate it:

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every little helpsEven the smallest things are helpful when towards a goal.Rate it:

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every silver lining has a cloudEvery good situation has the potential to turn bad.2007, Diab A. Shetayh, Actuality : The Reality RequiemA great partnership isn't a self-maintaining entity. Perseverance and persistence make it thrive. For every silver lining has a cloud. Ignorance of this reality is not an option.Rate it:

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excess baggageSomething or someone not needed or not wanted; something or someone of little use or importance; something or someone considered burdensome.Rate it:

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f** allNothing at all or very little.Rate it:

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faire la caneTo run away; To show the white feather.Rate it:

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fall into one's lapTo receive something that one desires with little or no effort.Rate it:

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fanny aboutTo waste time or fool around; to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment.Rate it:

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

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fazer o quêIndicates that the speaker is passively accepting a situation that is at least a little unpleasant.Rate it:

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Feast or FamineEither you have too much of something or too little of it, something which is surplus sometimes and sometimes you have its shortageRate it:

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flannelled foolA cricketer (from his white flannel trousers).Rate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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fly off the handlegetting angry for a small little thingRate 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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footnote in historySomething of great significance that is given little attention, i.e. is relegated to a footnote in a record of history.Rate it:

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free, white, and twenty-onebeholden to no one; master of one's own destiny.Rate it:

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fuck allNothing at all or very little.Rate it:

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full of fuzzy logicAssertions, proclamations, white papers, theses, replete with wide ranging extrapolations, speculations, all lacking the crispness and contrast of 'black and white' logic.Rate it:

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get some zzzzzz'sComic Strip person was pictured as 'sleeping' with a number of letter 'Z,Z,Z,Z,Z's' in overhead cloud:Rate it:

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go by the boardTo be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.Rate it:

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God's workWork that is very important and necessary, especially that which receives little or no recognition or pay.Rate it:

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good old boyA friendly, unambitious, relatively uneducated, sometimes racially biased white man who embodies the stereotype of the folksy culture of the rural southern USA.Rate it:

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good-for-nothingA person of little worth or usefulness.Rate it:

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goutte à goutte on emplit la cuveMany a little makes a mickle.Rate it:

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grand bruit, petite besogneThe more hurry, the less speed; Great cry, little wool.Rate it:

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gravy trainAn occupation or any lucrative endeavor that generates considerable income whilst requiring little effort and carrying little risk.Rate it:

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great oaks from little acorns growAlternative form of mighty oaks from little acorns grow.Rate it:

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grey matterA collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.Rate it:

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hack intoTo gain unauthorized entry to, particularly by exploiting little-known weaknesses.Rate it:

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hiding to nothingA situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.Rate it:

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