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boiSomeone looking down on the person, Critically saying that a thing is wrong here.Rate it:

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boil downAs an allusion to the cooking technique of reducing liquids by heat, one boils down a problem, argument, etc. to its most central elements.Rate it:

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boil down toto be equivalent to; to reduce to.Rate it:

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boire comme un trou (une éponge)To drink like a fish.Rate it:

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bon chien chasse de raceLike sire, like son; Cat after kind.Rate it:

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bon sang ne peut mentirGood breeding always shows itself; Like father, like son.Rate it:

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boogie downTo dance, typically in a funky manner.Rate it:

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boogie on downto go (to a place or event)Rate it:

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border onTo be almost like some other thing.Rate it:

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bottom handWith a standard batting grip, the hand placed further down the handle of the bat; the batsman's dominant hand, providing most power to a shot.Rate it:

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bow downto bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deferenceRate it:

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branle-basThe taking down of hammocks in a shipRate it:

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break downTo fail.Rate it:

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break downTo give more detail.Rate it:

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break downTo decay.Rate it:

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break downcease to functionRate it:

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break downTo become unstable, mentally or otherwise.Rate it:

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breathe down someone's neckTo follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.Rate it:

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breed like rabbitsTo breed very rapidly, to have many childrenRate it:

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brickbatA piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club.Rate it:

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bring downTo make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.Rate it:

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bring downTo reduce.Rate it:

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bring downTo make something flying fall to the ground. Usually by firing a weapon of some kind.Rate it:

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bring downTo make someone feel bad emotionally.Rate it:

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bring down the hammerTo treat very harshly.Rate it:

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Bring Down the HouseTo have a lively or enthusiastic audience, Lots of clapping, hooting and noiseRate it:

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bring down the houseSpawn overwhelming agreement, acceptance, appreciation, applause as a result of a speech, magic act, athletic, dramatic, vocal, jocular or mime offering.Rate it:

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bring down the houseTo garner enthusiastic or wild applause.Rate it:

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bring home the baconTo have a job and earn money or to lead a successful career.Rate it:

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bring one's arse to an anchorTo sit down.Rate it:

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bring owls to athensPerhaps we have not been sufficiently aware that talking about access and its implications in Scandinavia is like bringing owls to Athens. — Herbert Burkert.Rate it:

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brush downUsed other than as an idiom: see brush, down. To remove something with a brush, or ones hands using a downward brushing motion.Rate it:

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brush downTo straighten up one's clothes and to tidy up one's appearance.Rate it:

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bucket downTo rain heavily.Rate it:

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buckle downTo put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself.Rate it:

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build downIn solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value.Rate it:

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built like a brick shithouseExceptionally well constructed; strong or tough.Rate it:

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built like a brick shithouseOf a person, with an exceptionally well-developed chest.Rate it:

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built like a tankSturdy; exceptionally well constructed.Rate it:

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built like a tankBroad shouldered and of solid, muscular build.Rate it:

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bung upTo close an opening with a cork, cork like object or other improvised obstruction.Rate it:

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burn downTo burn to nothing.Rate it:

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burn downTo completely burn, so that nothing remains.Rate it:

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burst my balloonBreak-up an assertion or a claim of success. Deprecate a plan or approach. Deflate and belittle the glowing reports of a well chosen committee:Rate it:

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burst my balloonBreak-up an assertion or a claim of success. Depracate a plan or approach. Deflate and belittle the glowing reports of a well chosen committee:Rate it:

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bury the leadTo begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.Rate it:

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butter cupA term of affection Or endearment for someone you like Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.Rate it:

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button-downOf a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie.Rate it:

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button-downConservative; conventional; unimaginative.Rate it:

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button-downSerious; staid; businesslike.Rate it:

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