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à laver la tête d'un âne, on perd sa lessiveOn se donne inutilement beaucoup de peine pour faire comprendre à un homme quelque chose qui passe sa portée, ou pour corriger un homme incorrigible.Rate it:

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à laver la tête d'un More, on perd sa lessiveOn se donne inutilement beaucoup de peine pour faire comprendre à un homme quelque chose qui passe sa portée, ou pour corriger un homme incorrigible.Rate it:

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a leopard cannot change its spotsOne cannot change one's own nature.Rate it:

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a lifestyle overhaula complete revision of one's way of livingRate it:

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a little knowledge is a dangerous thingThe proverb 'A little knowledge is a dangerous thing' expresses the idea that a small amount of knowledge can mislead people into thinking that they are more expert than they really are, which can lead to mistakes being made.Rate it:

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a magician never reveals his secretsA refusal to explain how one accomplished something impressive.Rate it:

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a method to one’s madnessThere is a reason, rational purpose, plan, or intention behind one’s seemingly crazy or absurd behaviorRate it:

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a metu respirare (Cluent. 70. 200)to recover from one's fright.Rate it:

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a miss is as good as a mileA failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.Rate it:

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à moiPour désigner l’appartenance.Rate it:

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à nous deuxInterjection pour marquer que l’on va engager un duel symbolique ou réel.Rate it:

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a parentibus degenerareto degenerate (from one's ancestors).Rate it:

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à parti pris pas de conseilAdvice is useless to one who has made up his mind.Rate it:

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à porte basse, passant courbéOne must bow to circumstances.Rate it:

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a pyrrhic victoryAn apparent victory, but one which is no victory at all, due to the great cost incurred. The phrase comes from the victory won by King Pyrrhus at Asculum in 279BC which cost him many of his best men. After the battle Pyrrhus remarked: "One more such victory and we are finished."Rate it:

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à quelque chose malheur est bonIt is an ill wind that blows no one any good.Rate it:

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à question idiote, réponse idioteS’emploie pour justifier l’absurdité d’une réponse à une question jugée peu pertinente, insignifiante, ridicule ou bête.Rate it:

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à qui tu le disS’emploie quand une personne a entendu une phrase qu’elle était mieux placée pour dire elle-même.Rate it:

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a quick drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death, especially by hanging.Rate it:

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à revoirLocution dont on se sert pour dire qu’il faut faire un nouvel examen d’un compte, d’une citation, d’un écrit, etc.Rate it:

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a rolling stone gathers no mossA person who never settles in one place will never be successful.A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy.Rate it:

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a sententia sua discedereto give up one's opinion.Rate it:

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a short drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death by hanging.Rate it:

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a smoke screenEarly sea battles demonstrated the value of gun smoke and smoke from burning ships to hide one battleship from one belonging to the enemy. Later, smoke was generated prior to commencing battle so as to make it more difficult for gun crews to spot the targeted vessel. This tactic became known as a smoke screen.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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à ta santéFormule traditionnelle échangée entre convives pour trinquer.Rate it:

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à tantôtTournure qu’on emploie en quittant une personne pour exprimer qu’on se propose ou qu’on a le désir de la revoir avant peu.Rate it:

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a tear jerkerA movie, book or story that is sad and causes one to cry.Rate it:

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a teneris unguiculis (ἐξ ἁπαλων ὀνύχων) (Fam. 1. 6. 2)from one's cradle, from one's earliest childhood.Rate it:

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à tes amoursPhrase que l’on dit à une personne qui vient d’éternuer pour la deuxième fois d’affilée.Rate it:

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à toi l'honneurou Locution qui se dit pour inviter son adversaire à tirer ou à jouer le premier.Rate it:

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à vieille mule, frein doréOn garnit une vieille bête pour pouvoir mieux la vendre, se dit aussi des vieilles femmes qui abusent des produits de toilette.Rate it:

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à votre santéFormule traditionnelle échangée entre convives pour trinquer.Rate it:

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à votre serviceFormule de politesse dont on se sert pour dire à quelqu’un qu’on est à sa disposition pour lui rendre service.Rate it:

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à vous l'honneurou Locution qui se dit pour inviter son adversaire à tirer ou à jouer le premier.Rate it:

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a watched pot never boilsA process appears to go more slowly if one waits for it rather than engaging in other activities.Rate it:

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ab aliquo servitutem or servitutis iugum depellereto deliver some one from slavery.Rate it:

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ab ineunte (prima) aetate (De Or. 1. 21. 97)from one's entry into civil life.Rate it:

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ab iniuria aliquem defendereto protect any one from wrong.Rate it:

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ab officio abduci, avocarito let oneself be perverted from one's duty.Rate it:

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ab officio discedereto neglect one's duty.Rate it:

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abdicare se magistratu (Div. 2. 35)to resign one's post (before the expiry of the term of office).Rate it:

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abicere, omittere timoremto banish one's fears.Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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abondance de biens ne nuit pasStore is no sore; One cannot have too much of a good thing.Rate it:

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above one's bendOut of one's control or power.Rate it:

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above one's stationOf higher social status than is suitable for one's position, standing or rank.Rate it:

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abstract awayto generalize concepts or their application by using abstraction into a more usable formRate it:

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accident of birthReference to the fact that various benefits or detriments to the life of a person arise from the circumstances into which that person was born, these being entirely beyond his control.Rate it:

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accordez-vous si votre affaire est bonne, si votre cause est mauvaise, plaidez. [j. b. rousseau , épigrammes, ii. 19]If you’ve a good case, try and compromise; If you’ve a bad one, take it into court.Rate it:

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