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bright young thingOne who is youthful, clever, eager, and high-spirited in manner and attractive in appearance.Rate it:

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bulk upTo train the body with a high-calorie diet and intense weightlifting in order to increase the overall mass of the body, especially the muscles.Rate it:

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bunch upTo come or gather together.Rate it:

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but goodTo a high degree; very thoroughly; in a most definite manner.Rate it:

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buy straw hats in winterOf stocks, to buy when both demand and price is low, sell when demand and price is high.Rate it:

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by the seat of your pantsAn aviator's term, Cross country flying, navigating via ground observation of landmarks, arrows on rooftops. water towers, railroad tracks, roadways, radio/TV towers; and by the 'seat of your pants'.Rate it:

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bygones be bygones, and fair play for time to comeLet all past wrongs be forgotten, with a resumption of cordial relations.Rate it:

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c'est le feu et l'eauThey are as opposite as fire and water.Rate it:

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ça va barderall hell will break loose!Rate it:

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calamitatibus defungito come to the end of one's troubles.Rate it:

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Cambric TeaPlace one Tsp Sugar, one 1/4 Cup Milk in Mug or Coffee Cup, Add boiling Water to Brim While Stirring: When Temperature of 'Tea' Becomes Drinkable, You 'KIDZ" Drink Your 'Cambric Tea'; B-4 It Gitz KOLD!Rate it:

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can I come inAsks for permission to enter a room.Rate it:

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caritas annonae (opp. vilitas), also simply annonadearth of corn; high prices.Rate it:

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carry someone's waterTo do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.Rate it:

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carry water forTo perform menial tasks for; to serve; to assist.Rate it:

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cash cowA product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.Rate it:

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catch big airSuperlative of catch air; make a big jump high off the ground.Rate it:

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catch hellBe severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas tous les jours fête1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.Rate it:

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ce qui vient de la flûte s'en va au tambourLightly come, lightly go; What is dishonestly acquired is easily dissipated.Rate it:

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cela ne tient pas deboutThat won’t hold water.Rate it:

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chase the dragonTo chase after the promise of a continually fulfilling high from an addictive substance.Rate it:

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chassez le naturel, il revient au galopWhat is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.Rate it:

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Chickens Come Home to RoostCertain words or actions, which carry evil intentions, always haunt a person - who uses them or carries them outRate it:

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chickens come home to roostA person's past wrongdoings will always return to negatively affect them.Rate it:

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Chinaman's chanceNo chance; zero possibility; a high or almost certain risk of death or failure.Rate it:

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chip shotA shot in which the ball is kicked from underneath with accuracy but with less than maximum force, to launch it high into the air in order either to pass it over the heads of opponents or to score a goal.Rate it:

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choke offTo get rid of, cause to come to an end.Rate it:

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chop upTo cause a body of water to become choppy.Rate it:

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cold day in HellThe time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.Rate it:

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color upTo exchange a high number of low-value chips for a lower number of higher value, but keeping the same overall value.Rate it:

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come a cropperTo fall headlong from a horse.Rate it:

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come a cropperTo suffer some misfortune; to fail.Rate it:

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come a long wayTo make significant progress.Rate it:

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come aboutTo come to pass; to develop; to occur; to take place; to happen.Rate it:

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come aboutTo tack; to change tack; to maneuver the bow of a sailing vessel across the wind so that the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other; to position a boat with respect to the wind after tacking.Rate it:

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come abouthappenRate it:

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come acrossTo find, usually by accident.Rate it:

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come acrossTo give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image.Rate it:

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come afterTo follow or succeed; to be the successor of.Rate it:

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come afterTo pursue or follow; to pursue with hostile intent.Rate it:

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come againCould you repeat that? Repeat that please. a polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been saidRate it:

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Come AgainTo ask someone to repeat something, as words or tone delivered earlier were not clear enoughRate it:

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come againUsed as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.Rate it:

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come aloftTo mount sexually; also, to have an erection.Rate it:

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come alongTo accompany.Rate it:

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come alongTo progress; to make progress.Rate it:

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come along!Join me, move forward, let's stay together.Rate it:

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come and goTo repeatedly appear and disappear (said especially of a feeling or pain)Rate it:

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come and goTo alternately enter and exit into something (physically or figuratively)Rate it:

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