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breast upTo cut the face of on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.Rate it:

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Brownie pointCredit or praise for good work or a good deed, often for the express purpose of currying favor.Rate it:

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Bull in a China ShopAn awkward person who actually does not care about the delicate situation, a rough person who comes near the brittle things, an insensitive person who makes people angry with his/her deeds and words to create disturbance in their work or plansRate it:

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burn one's candle at both endsTo work extremely or excessively hard; to work too hard for good health or peace of mind.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo work hard night and day.Rate it:

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Burn the Candle at Both EndsTo work more than usual, to extraordinary work (mentally or physical) until you get tiredRate it:

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burn the midnight oilTo work studiously, especially late into the night.Rate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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business girlA young woman employed in business or office work.Rate it:

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busman's holidayA holiday or vacation during which you do the same thing that you do for your usual work.Rate it:

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bust a nutto work very hard, put in a lot of effortRate it:

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bust assTo work hard, especially when trying to achieve a goal.Rate it:

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bust one's assTo work very hard, to put in a lot of effort.Rate it:

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bust one's ballsto work very hard; to put in a lot of effort.Rate it:

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bust one's buttTo work exceptionally hard.Rate it:

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bust your bunsWork energetically, and bust your 'buns' in the process!Rate it:

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busy as a beaverI am slammed with over work.Rate it:

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busy workWork or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.Rate it:

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c'est le revers de la médailleThat is the dark side of the picture.Rate it:

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c'est un ouvrage de longue haleineIt’s a long job, a heavy piece of work.Rate it:

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c'est une famille où l'esprit est tombé en quenouilleIn that family only the women are clever; In that family the brains are on the distaff side.Rate it:

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Call it a DayTo end up the work for a day, to stop work for the time beingRate it:

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Can't Hit the Side of a BarnTo be unable of hitting the target accurately, to hold horrible planRate it:

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carry one's weightTo contribute or produce one's fair share, as of work, money, etc.Rate it:

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carry the mailTo work diligently; to serve as the principal performer of a demanding task or set of tasks.Rate it:

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carve outTo create (a reputation, chance, role, rank, career, victory) by hard work, or as if by cutting.Rate it:

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catch you on the flip sideGoodbye, farewell.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas tous les jours fête1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.Rate it:

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cet homme est son âme damnéeThat man does his dirty work for him, is his tool.Rate it:

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cet homme y va tête baisséeThat man rushes blindly into it; That man sets to work energetically.Rate it:

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change of tackThe act of tacking, turning into the wind so the sail moves to the opposite side.Rate it:

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change sides, change signsA mnemonic indicating that when a value is moved to the opposite side of the equals sign, then the operator is changed also.Rate it:

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Cheek by JowlSide by side, being very close, being togetherRate it:

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chestnutA round or oval horny plate found on the inner side of the leg of a horse or other animal, similar to a birthmark on a human.Rate it:

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cling toTo remain by side; to refuse to leave the company of someone to whom one has an intense emotional attachment.Rate it:

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clock inTo begin work.Rate it:

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clock offto end workRate it:

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clock outTo end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.Rate it:

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clock outTo officially record a work-termination time for.Rate it:

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close enough for government workIt is not worth investing additional time on perfecting this thing.Rate it:

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close the faceTo turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.Rate it:

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come aboutTo tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.Rate it:

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come in fromTo change to a new side in a conflict; to return from a period of exclusion; to accept after a history of not accepting.Rate it:

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come out in the washOf problems or difficulties, to work out, resolve, or become understood eventually and naturally.Rate it:

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confront one's demonsTo work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.Rate it:

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crab mentalityA way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.Rate it:

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crank the handleTo perform a process; to do some work.Rate it:

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cum aliquo facere (Sull. 13. 36)to take some one's side.Rate it:

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cut any cornersDon’t take any shortcuts and produce shoddy workRate it:

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daily grindThe difficult, routine, or monotonous tasks of daily work.Rate it:

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