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play both sides against the middleTo manipulate opponents or competitors in a manner which benefits the manipulator.Rate it:

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plough throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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plow throughTo persevere with an activity of consuming something, both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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preach to deaf earsTo attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its conviction.Rate it:

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prick up one's earsTo listen attentively.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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push offto commit a foul by pushing against an opponent to both accelerate more quickly and push the opponent in the opposite direction.Rate it:

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qui n'entend qu'une cloche n'entend qu'un sonOne should hear both sides of a question.Rate it:

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qui prête à l'ami perd au double“For loan oft loses both itself and friend.”Rate it:

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run with the hare and hunt with the houndsTo support both sides of an argument.Rate it:

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saddleA cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backboneRate it:

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set by the earsTo make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.Rate it:

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skip ropeTo jump over a rope, both of whose ends are held by the jumper or by two others, while the rope is moved under the jumper's feet in a continual rhythm; to play the game of jump rope or exercise by jumping rope.Rate it:

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speak out of both sides of one’s mouthto be inconsistent or dishonest in what one says about the same subject or matter, depending on the audience or the circumstanceRate it:

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Spock earsPointy ears, resembling those of Spock, a Star Trek character.Rate it:

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square peg into a round holeThe phrase is typically said, "You cant fit a square peg into a round hole." Often it is shortened to simply "square peg, round hole." Something or someone that does not fit well or at all; something that will not succeed as attempted, except possibly with much force and effort, or alteration of either the peg or the hole or both beyond recognition.Rate it:

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superare Alpes, Pyrenaeum, Apenninum (both always in the sing.)to cross the Alps, Pyrenees, Apennines.Rate it:

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surf and turfA type of cuisine that combines both meat and seafood (especially lobster and steak), or restaurants that serve such cuisine.Rate it:

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swing both waysTo be bisexualRate it:

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switch-hitterA person who engages in sex with persons both male and female.Rate it:

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the apple does not fall far from the treeA child grows up to be similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.Rate it:

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thick and thinBoth good and bad times.Rate it:

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tomber dans l'oreille d'un sourdto fall on deaf earsRate it:

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trick outTo trick out; to mod or customize an object, typically for the purpose of both personalization as well as enhancing the object's performance capabilities and more particularly for the purpose of performing stunts with that object.Rate it:

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two for twoSuccessful at both of two efforts.Rate it:

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two-way streetA social interaction in which both parties are expected to give and take equally.Rate it:

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two-way streetAny interaction in which both parties give and take equally.Rate it:

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under erasureOf a bit of text, written and strickenthrough; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.Rate it:

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under erasureOf a bit of text, written and strickenthrough; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.Rate it:

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up to one's earsup to hereRate it:

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vieil ami et vieux vin sont vraiment deux bons vieux, mais vieux écus sont encore mieuxOld friends and old wine are good, but old gold is better than both.Rate it:

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walls have earsThere is a risk of being heard, so pay attention to what you say.Rate it:

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well, i'll be dipped (in a barrell of beer!)When one is completely taken aback by the facts at hand. Can be expressed in both elation and/or frustration. Also, depending on the level of either of the forementioned emotions, the phrase goes from the simple short version of, "(Well), I'll Be Dipped.(!) to the extended version of, "(Well), I'll be Dipped In A Barrell of Beer.(!)Rate it:

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wet behind the earsInexperienced; not seasoned; new; just beginning.Rate it:

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Wet Behind the EarsYoung, not experienced, immatureRate it:

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with both handsUsed other than as an idiom: see with, both, hands.Rate it:

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with both handsWillingly; readily.Rate it:

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woman upto begin behaving responsibly, courageously, or bothRate it:

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worst of both worldsA solution or scenario which combines the disadvantages of two opposed prior solutions, often having been intended to combine their benefits instead.Rate it:

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you can't run with the hare and hunt with the houndsYou can't have it both ways.Rate it:

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молоко на губах не обсохлоgreenhorn, wet behind the earsRate it:

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上有老下有小to have both one's aging parents and one's young children to take care of; to be a member of the sandwich generationRate it:

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彼此彼此me too, same here, you and I bothRate it:

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腳踏兩條船to have a foot in both campsRate it:

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