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je le ferai la semaine des trois (quatre) jeudisI shall do it in a week of Sundays (i.e. never).Rate it:

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je n'ai fait qu'un sommeI never woke all night.Rate it:

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je n'ai jamais été à pareille noce (or, fête)I never had such a time of it.Rate it:

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je n'ai pas desserré les dentsI never opened my lips.Rate it:

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keep buggin onNever quit; go onRate it:

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keep the pot boilingTo keep going on actively, as in certain games.Rate it:

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l'homme absurde est celui qui ne change jamaisThe wise man changes his opinion—the fool never.Rate it:

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l'homme pauvre est toujours en pays étrangerThe poor are never welcomed; All bite the bitten dog.Rate it:

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la caque sent toujours le harengWhat is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.Rate it:

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la pelle se moque du fourgonIt is the pot calling the kettle black.Rate it:

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la semaine des quatre jeudisnever in a month of SundaysRate it:

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lame jokeAn attempt at humor which is perceived to have been used previously to the point of being cliche, or was never funny to begin with.Rate it:

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le bien mal acquis ne profite jamaisIll-gotten gains benefit no one; Cheats never prosper; Ill got, ill spent.Rate it:

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le loup mourra dans sa peauA bad thing never dies; A bad man will die a bad man.Rate it:

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le pot de terre contre le pot de ferSe dit d’un homme sans appui, qui a un démêlé avec un homme puissant.Rate it:

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les absents ont toujours tortWhen absent, one is never in the right.Rate it:

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life is like a box of chocolatesLife is full of surprises, you never know what will happen next.Rate it:

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lightning never strikes twice in the same placeA lucky or unusual event is unlikely to occur again in the same way.Rate it:

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like giving away ice in the winter!I was "googlingi" this phrase that I heard on TV today (9/4/2020) because I've never heard it before! I believe it has a similar meaning as: "Like selling ice to Eskimos"Rate it:

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like riding a bikeSaid of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.Rate it:

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lotus eatingDreaming of things that can never be put into practiceRate it:

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más vale tarde que nuncabetter late than neverRate it:

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meglio tardi che maibetter late than neverRate it:

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melting potCome together and are homogenized.Rate it:

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mieux vaut tard que jamaisBetter late than never.Rate it:

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misery loves companyRepetitious, droll, depressing revelations of one's hard luck, always being left out of the fun, the prizes, never invited, always overlooked and pleading that others will come to the rescue!Rate it:

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misfortunes never come singlybad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way.Rate it:

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nearly never bulled a cow(Irish) Near enough is not good enough.Rate it:

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never a dull momenta reflective sigh, lament relative to possible or actual undesirable conditions or developmentsRate it:

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never breathed a wordKeep secrets, never give away any sense of the situation.Rate it:

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never change a running systemDon't change something that is workingRate it:

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never eat Shredded WheatUsed to learn the cardinal points.Rate it:

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never fearDo not worry; do not be afraid.Rate it:

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never fearUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see never,‎ fear.Rate it:

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never fight a land war in AsiaDon't bite off more than you can chew; don't start a fight that is too big to win.Rate it:

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never in a million yearsAbsolutely not.Rate it:

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never in a month of sundaysAt no time whatsoever.Rate it:

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never in a month of sundaysNever in a month of Sundays would I have imagined that you'd be this tall in real life!.Rate it:

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never leave anybody outNever forget a person dead or aliveRate it:

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never look a gift horse in the mouthAlternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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never mindDo not be concerned.Rate it:

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never mindI withdraw my previous statement.Rate it:

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never mindIt is not important; do not fret.Rate it:

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never mind that. where's that big, fat billiken of mine?Said by Oliver Hardy's wife in a sequence of the movie Block-Heads (1938)Rate it:

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never say neverAnything can happen; a certain option should not be totally dismissed.Rate it:

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never the twain shall meetUsed to emphasize that two subjects are so different that they cannot coexist or agree with each other.Rate it:

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never you mindDo not concern yourself with it; it is none of your business.Rate it:

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not in a million yearsAlternative form of never in a million years.Rate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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now or neverat this opportunity, or never at allRate it:

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