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je suis tout en nageI am in a thorough perspiration; I have not a dry thread on me.Rate it:

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keep one’s powder dryConserve one’s resources until they are needed; be ready to take action if necessaryRate it:

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le plancher des vaches (fam.)Dry land; Terra firma.Rate it:

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leave somebody high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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leave someone high and dryTo abandon somebody; to stop providing assistance at a crucial moment.Rate it:

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no smoke without fireIndicative of the fact that gossip or accusations are often substantiated by fact.Rate it:

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on tenterhookstense in anticipation of something. The phrase originated in the wool industry where fleeces were stretched on a frame between hooks to dry after washing the fleeces.Rate it:

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on the drytemporarily refraining from drinking alcoholRate it:

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oratio exilis, ieiuna, arida, exsanguisthe dry, lifeless style.Rate it:

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passage à videfunny turn, bad patch, slump, dry spellRate it:

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plus il boit, plus il a soifEver drunk, ever dry.Rate it:

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put that in your pipe and smoke itUsed after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.Rate it:

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put that in your pipe and smoke it!"Consider That Possibility For A Time"Rate it:

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qui est bien qu'il s'y tienneRest content where thou art; Better dry bread at home than roast meat abroad.Rate it:

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red herringA smoke-cured herring.Rate it:

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shrivel upTo become completely shriveled; to completely dry up and become wrinkled.Rate it:

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smoke and mirrorsA deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.Rate it:

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smoke like a chimneyTo smoke tobacco frequently.Rate it:

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smoke outto drive out using smokeRate it:

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smoke outto exposeRate it:

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smoke poleTo perform fellatioRate it:

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smoke poleThis term needs a definition. Please help out and add a definition, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.Rate it:

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smoke signalAn indirect message or indication, especially concerning a future event.Rate it:

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smoke signalA type of flare or combustion device sometimes used as a distress signal.Rate it:

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smoke signalA method of long-distance communication sometimes used in ancient and undeveloped societies, consisting of messages conveyed by means of columns or intermittent puffs of smoke.Rate it:

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smoke upTo cook by smoking.Rate it:

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smoke upTo fill with smoke.Rate it:

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smoke upTo provide the resources for another to smoke, especially marijuana.Rate it:

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smoke upTo smoke, and get the effects from, a drug, especially marijuana.Rate it:

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smoke upTo smoke all of one's supplies.Rate it:

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smoke upTo become filled with smoke.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomA place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomUsed other than as an idiom: see smoke, filled, room.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see smoke,‎ filled,‎ room.Rate it:

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stick that in your pipe and smoke itAlternative form of put that in your pipe and smoke itRate it:

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terra firmadry landRate it:

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throw smokeTo consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit.Rate it:

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toke upTo smoke marijuanaRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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wipe upTo dry utensils, dishes etc. that have been washed.Rate it:

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you drained me dryYour incessant and extended discussion, queries and theories have been so exuberant that I am exhausted.Rate it:

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your objection is simply 'a smoke screen':Your response does not in any manner address the subject of the discussion, rather presents language designed to 'cover-up', disguise, deny existence of the problem, insert dissimilar subject matter to defer focus on the actual subject at hand!Rate it:

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