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avoir le compas dans l'œil (fam.)To have a good eye for distances.Rate it:

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avoir les coudées franches(lit.) To have elbow-room; (fig.) To have full scope.Rate it:

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avoir maille à partir avec quelqu'unTo have a bone to pick (a crow to pluck) with some one.Rate it:

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avoir mal aux cheveux (fam.)To have a head (i.e. a head-ache in the morning after a drinking bout.)Rate it:

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avoir mangé du lionto have eaten lionRate it:

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avoir pignon sur rueTo have a house of one’s own.Rate it:

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avoir quinte et quatorzeTo have the game in one’s own hand.Rate it:

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avoir son affaireTo have what suits one.Rate it:

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avoir son pain cuitTo have one’s bread and cheese, a competency.Rate it:

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avoir toujours la bourse à la mainTo have always one’s hand in one’s pocket.Rate it:

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avoir un chat dans la gorgeTo have phlegm (or, frog) in the throat; To be hoarse.Rate it:

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avoir une araignée dans le (or, au) plafondTo have a bee in one’s bonnet.Rate it:

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avoir une brioche au fourhave a bun in the ovenRate it:

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avoir une dent contreto have it in for, have a bone to pick withRate it:

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avoir une tête et des jambesto have a combination of intelligence and athleticismRate it:

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ax to grindTo have some selfish reasons to say or do something, to get a favor from another person greedilyRate it:

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back waterA very remote, rural area.Rate it:

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backwaterThe water held back by a dam or other obstructionRate it:

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backwaterA rowing stroke in which the oar is pushed forward to stop the boat; see back waterRate it:

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bail outTo remove water from a boat by scooping it out.Rate it:

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Bark Up the Wrong TreeTo have a wrong guess or idea about someone or some situation, efforts and attentions being diverted in a wrong directionRate it:

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bat five hundredTo be successful half of the time, to have a success rate of 50%.Rate it:

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bat for both sidesTo be a batter for both teams in an amateur baseball game.Rate it:

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bawl outTo have a serious argument accompanied with shouting.Rate it:

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be in a spot of botherTo have a slight problem, to be in a predicament.Rate it:

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be of two mindsTo be undecided or unsure; to equivocate; to have multiple opinions.Rate it:

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be pastTo have recovered from; to no longer believe that an experience is important.Rate it:

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be snowed underTo have a lot of things to do, usually work-related.Rate it:

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be withTo have sex with.Rate it:

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beam from ear to earTo have a broad, enthusiastic smile.Rate it:

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bear onTo influence, have an effect on.Rate it:

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bear uponTo influence, have an effect upon.Rate it:

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beats meI don't know; I have no idea.Rate it:

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beauty is in the eye of the beholderIndividuals have different inclinations on what is beautiful. Individuals have different beauty standards.Rate it:

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Beauty is in the Eye of the BeholderThere is no specific standard to measure beauty. So, if a person sees a beautiful thing it is not necessary that it is found beautiful by other too. They might have different opinions, as every person has his own ideas and approach.Rate it:

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bedroom eyesEyes that have a sexually suggestive expression.Rate it:

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been there, though not done thatUsed for expressing that though one may have seen something (unpleasant), he may have not participated in the same.Rate it:

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bellum administrareto have the control of the war.Rate it:

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bene, male audire (ab aliquo)to have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of.Rate it:

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bene, optime sentire de re publicato have the good of the state at heart.Rate it:

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best of both worldsA combination of two seemingly contradictory benefits.Rate it:

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bestes Wissen und Gewissenthe best of one's knowledge; good faith; roughly combining the senses of both English idioms, namely that one does or says something in the honest conviction of its correctness but under the condition of the fallibility of one’s knowledge and competencesRate it:

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bet the farmTo be absolutely certain, to have no doubts.Rate it:

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better an egg today than a hen tomorrowIt is better to have a sure thing now than a possibility of more later.Rate it:

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better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at allHaving experience of love, even if it ended, is better than having no experience of love.Love is worthwhile despite the pain involved in separation.Rate it:

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big in japana phrase to describe Western celebrities that have been successful in JapanRate it:

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Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the BushIt is better to remain satisfied with what you have earned or you have got, rather than craving for what is out of reach or difficult to get hold ofRate it:

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Bite Your TongueTo hold ones words or to have control over what one is willing to say, to being ashamed of something that has been said or trying not to say itRate it:

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bleeding-edgeOf or pertaining to something, such as technology, which is too new and untested to be reliable or to have any assurance of safety; that represents the latest developments in something.Rate it:

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blind dateA romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.Rate it:

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