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trade-offa balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.Rate it:

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twisted truthThoughtfully slyly lie. Confusing and uphelding the words/matter said on account of others faith though it's not true but slyly faltering facts.Rate it:

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two dogs fight for a bone, but a third runs away with itWhen two sides contend, it's always the third party that benefits.Rate it:

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two pennies to rub togetherA minimal amount of money to live on; any money at all.Rate it:

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two wrongs don't make a right(ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to anotherRate it:

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tyre kickerA person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.Rate it:

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ugly ducklingA young person who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful as they mature.Rate it:

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último, mas não menos importantelast but not leastRate it:

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um por todos, todos por umone for all, all for oneRate it:

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un malheur n'arrive jamais seulMisfortunes never come singly; It never rains but it pours.Rate it:

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un malheur ne vient jamais seulMisfortunes never come singly; It never rains but it pours.Rate it:

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una et consentiens vox estall are unanimous.Rate it:

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under the influenceDrunk; intoxicated; affected by alcohol. The phrase "under the influence" typically refers to the state of being affected by some substance or external factor that alters one's behavior, judgment, or perception. It is commonly associated with the consumption of drugs or alcohol, but it can also refer to the impact of other factors such as emotions, peer pressure, or environmental influences. Being "under the influence" implies a diminished capacity to make rational decisions or to act responsibly, and it may also carry legal consequences if the substance in question is illegal or if the person's impaired state leads to unsafe or illegal behavior. Overall, the phrase "under the influence" is often used to describe a state of temporary impairment or altered mental state that can be caused by various factors, and it is typically associated with a loss of control or impaired judgment.Rate it:

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undique premi, urgeri (B. G. 2. 26)to be pressed on all sides.Rate it:

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une face de carêmeA sad, pale, woe-begone face (like that of one who has fasted all Lent).Rate it:

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une fois pour toutesonce and for allRate it:

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uno ab alto"One over all"Rate it:

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unto the ages of agesFor all time, forever.Rate it:

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up toConsidering all members of an equivalence class the same.Rate it:

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ut semel or in perpetuum dicamto say once for all.Rate it:

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vaille que vailleAt all events; For better, for worse.Rate it:

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vaut bien que malAt all events; For better, for worse.Rate it:

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verbis non omnia exsequi posseto be unable to say all one wants.Rate it:

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verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamurbut to return from the digression we have been making.Rate it:

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vieil ami et vieux vin sont vraiment deux bons vieux, mais vieux écus sont encore mieuxOld friends and old wine are good, but old gold is better than both.Rate it:

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vir omni doctrina eruditusa man perfect in all branches of learning.Rate it:

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vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducereto live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).Rate it:

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voice in the wildernessA person, publication, or other source of assertions that expresses an opinion, doctrine, or point of view which is ignored or rejected by almost all others; the actual utterance of an unpopular opinion, doctrine, or point of view.Rate it:

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vous heurtez de front tous ses préjugésYou run counter to (or, openly attack) all his prejudices.Rate it:

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vous ne lui allez pas à la chevilleYou are a pigmy compared with him; You are no match for him at all.Rate it:

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walk all overTo easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort.Rate it:

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walk all overUsed other than as an idiom: see walk, all, over.Rate it:

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walk all overTo dominate a person or a group; to have a person take a submissive or inferior role.Rate it:

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walk aroundTo walk with no real planned destination, but to just walk, to meander "around".Rate it:

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wall to wallAll over, no stone left unturnedRate it:

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war of nervesA situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.Rate it:

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warts and allOf or pertaining to a description or other depiction which reveals the full range of characteristics of a person or thing, including the shortcomings and imperfections.Rate it:

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Watched Pot Never BoilsWhen you are waiting for something but will not happen when you are concentrating,Rate it:

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water under the bridgeSomething in the past that cannot be controlled or undone, but must be accepted, forgiven, or forgotten.Rate it:

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way to bury the leadsaid in response to someone who said something but missed an obviously more important/significant or more relevant pointRate it:

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we haven't got all daya statement used to hurry people upRate it:

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well and goodBasically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.Rate it:

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what mattersIt takes all the little things that makes the big things matterRate it:

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when all is said and doneIn the end; ultimately.Rate it:

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while awayTo spend idly but pleasantlyRate it:

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White ElephantA useless object, an expensive but useless possessionRate it:

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white elephantSomething you have but uselessRate it:

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white holeA theoretically possible but physically highly unlikely singularity which would emit matter and energy; the antithesis of a black hole.Rate it:

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who ate all the piesAn interjection used pejoratively against a fat personRate it:

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whole enchiladaAll of something or a group of related things taken in totality.Rate it:

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