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potter aboutTo potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.Rate it:

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potter aroundTo potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.Rate it:

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practise makes a man perfectDo more practice and hard work to gain something that you want....Rate it:

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prenez votre courage à deux mainsSummon up all your courage.Rate it:

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principem civitatis esseto be the chief man in the state.Rate it:

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Proletarier aller Länder, vereinigt euchWorkers of all nations, unite!Rate it:

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properat, maturat proficiscihe starts in all haste, precipitately.Rate it:

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propose a toastAn introductory phrase, preceding a brief accolade to someone or something, after which all present ceremonially sip their champagne (or dump their beverage on the floor to express disagreement.)Rate it:

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propre à tout et bon à rienJack of all trades and master of none.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 Rabbit Out of HatTo magically produce something much needed, to find out a solution all of a sudden or unexpectedlyRate it:

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Pull All Your Eggs into One BasketTo take all your chances on one plan or idea, to use all your options at one timeRate it:

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pull an all-nighterWork diligently throughout the night.Rate it:

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Pull out All the StopsTo do something eagerly or whole heatedly, putting in all to succeedRate it:

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pull out all the stopsTo reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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Pull up StakesLeaving one’s job, home or country to another place that offers better thingsRate it:

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push someone's buttonsTo do specific things to anger someone (less commonly, sexually arouse or otherwise elicit a strong reaction), especially intentionally or maliciously.Rate it:

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put all one's eggs in one basketRather than diversifying.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 down rootsTo do things which show that one wishes to stay put.Rate it:

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put one through one's pacesTo test several or all functions or training of a person, animal, machine, etc.Rate it:

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put paid toTo stop something once and for all.Rate it:

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put the cart before the horseTo put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities.Rate it:

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quand on a des filles, on est toujours bergerMy son is my son till he gets him a wife, My daughter’s my daughter all the days of her life.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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quem intellegimus sapientem?what do we understand by "a wise man"?Rate it:

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qui a bu n'a point de secretsWhen wine sinks, words swim; In vino veritas; Drink washes off the daub, and discovers the man; What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.Rate it:

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qui ne sait pas être fou n'est pas sageHe is not wise who does not sometimes make merry; It takes a wise man to make a fool.Rate it:

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qui sert à l'autel doit vivre de l'autelEvery man must live by his profession.Rate it:

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qui trop embrasse mal étreintGrasp all, lose all.Rate it:

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quiche-eaterA man who is effeminate or who lacks some putative masculine virtueRate it:

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quick on the uptakeAble to readily understand things; intelligent.Rate it:

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quicumque vultA forward girl, ready to oblige every man that shall ask her.Rate it:

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quoquo versus; in omnes partesin all directions.Rate it:

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rainy dayA difficult period of need, when things do not go right.Rate it:

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raison de plusAll the more reason.Rate it:

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rap atTo talk to; to communicate with; to tell of important things.Rate it:

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rationi repugnareto be contrary to all reason.Rate it:

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Rats Abandoning a Sinking ShipPeople who aren’t loyal to something, especially an enterprise and leave it before things get worseRate it:

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read offTo read from a scale or measure.Rate it:

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real jobA hobby that takes all of a person's free time.Rate it:

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real men don't eat quiche(aphorism, humorous) The stereotypical man does not do things that are considered effeminate, as to do so would imply they are effeminate.Rate it:

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reap what one sowsTo receive as a reward or harvest in the same measure as one's exertions, in a good or a bad sense. To receive justice.Rate it:

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red manUsed other than as an idiom: see red, man.Rate it:

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red manAn American Indian, a Native American.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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rendre un homme camusTo stop a man’s mouth; To make a man look small.Rate it:

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repudium dicere or scribere alicuito separate, be divorced (used of man or woman).Rate it:

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res ad victum cultumque necessariaethings indispensable to a life of comfort.Rate it:

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res externas or humanas despicereto despise earthly things.Rate it:

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