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play old harryBlenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916..Rate it:

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Play the FieldTo have many lovers and dates without making a single genuine commitment with one particular personRate it:

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plough throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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plow throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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plus on a, plus on veut avoirMuch would have more.Rate it:

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pognerto seduce, to have success in interpersonal relationshipsRate it:

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pognerto make out, or to make love or have sexRate it:

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poison tree bears poison fruitUnethical actions in the service of good intentions will have immoral or unethical consequences.Rate it:

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populum facilem, aequum habereto have an appreciative audience.Rate it:

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poudre de perlimpinpinA powder, purported to have magic powers, formerly sold by charlatans.Rate it:

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pour cold water onTo belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.Rate it:

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prendre du champTo take a run (before leap); To have room before one (for an effort).Rate it:

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prendre l'eauto take in waterRate it:

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prenez-vous-en à vous-mêmeYou have yourself to thank for it.Rate it:

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pride goeth before a fallIf you have too arrogant of an attitude, you will failRate it:

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primis (ut dicitur) or primoribus labris gustare or attingere litterasto have a superficial knowledge, a smattering of literature, of the sciences.Rate it:

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propensum, proclivem esse ad aliquid (opp. alienum, aversum esse, abhorrere ab aliqua re)to have an inclination for a thing.Rate it:

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proverbs run in pairsEvery proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.Rate it:

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pull a trainTo have sex with several men one after the other.Rate it:

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pull the other one, it's got bells onThe implication is that one leg has been pulled, and the joker will have more fun with the other one due to the bells.Rate it:

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push offto commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.Rate it:

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put asideTo ignore or intentionally forget something, temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can have one's attention.Rate it:

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put on the feedbagTo have a meal, eat.Rate it:

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quaerere tormentis de aliquoto have a person tortured.Rate it:

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quand on veut trop serrer l'anguille, elle s'échappe“Much would have more and lost all”; He who is too greedy loses everything. Rate it:

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qué más darwho cares, it doesn't matterRate it:

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que voulez-vous que j'y fasse?How can I help it? What would you have me do? It is no business of mine.Rate it:

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quel est l'état de votre caisse?How much cash have you in hand?Rate it:

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quelle mouche vous pique?What irritates you? What whim have you got into your head?Rate it:

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qui bien fera, bien (se) trouveraWho works well will have a good reward.Rate it:

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qui chapon mange, chapon lui vientHe that has plenty shall have more.Rate it:

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qui fait la faute la boitAs you have brewed, so you must drink; As you have sown, so you must reap; As you make your bed, so you must lie on it.Rate it:

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qui n'a pas argent en bourse, ait miel en boucheHe who has not silver in his purse should have honey on his tongue.Rate it:

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qui n'entend qu'une cloche n'entend qu'un sonOne should hear both sides of a question.Rate it:

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qui prête à l'ami perd au double“For loan oft loses both itself and friend.”Rate it:

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qui refuse muse“He who will not when he may, When he will he shall have nay.”Rate it:

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qui s'excuse, s'accuseIf you try to excuse yourself you practically acknowledge that you have done wrong; A guilty conscience needs no accuser.Rate it:

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quinque anni sunt or sextus annus est, cum te non vidiI have not seen you for five years.Rate it:

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rain or shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, come rain or come shineRate it:

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ratione, doctrina (opp. usu) aliquid cognitum habereto have a theoretical knowledge of a thing.Rate it:

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rationem habere alicuius reito have regard for; take into consideration.Rate it:

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reach for the starsTo have high hopes, to be ambitious.Rate it:

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rebus maritimis multum valereto have a powerful navy.Rate it:

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recenti memoria tenere aliquidto have a vivid recollection of a thing.Rate it:

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reel into bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the reel.Rate it:

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rei militaris rudem esseto have had no experience in war.Rate it:

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rei publicae praeesseto have the management of the state.Rate it:

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religione obstrictos habere multitudinis animos (Liv. 6. 1. 10)to have power over the people by trading on their religious scruples.Rate it:

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rem actam or simply actum agere (proverb.)to have all one's trouble for nothing.Rate it:

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rem acu tetigistiyou have hit the nail on the head.Rate it:

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