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down lowAfter asking you to "high five" or saying "up top" someone will then say "down low". This means they are asking you to "high five" or tap the palm of their hand with the palm of your hand down lower--about waist high--as they extend their hand out toward you. If you don't respond timely they may take their hand away and say "too slow" then laugh. It's just something Americans do to have fun.Rate it:

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drag onto last too longRate it:

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drag one’s heelsTo delay, to hold up progressRate it:

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drinking ageA two and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'emRate it:

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Drop You like a Hot PotatoTo disassociate oneself with something/someone as soon as possibleRate it:

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eat for englandEat too muchRate it:

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eat one's cake and have it tooAlternative form of have one's cake and eat it tooRate it:

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eleventh hourNearly too late; the last minute.Rate it:

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elle n'a que l'embarras du choixShe has only too much to choose from.Rate it:

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embarrassment of richesAn abundance or overabundance of something; too much of a good thing.Rate it:

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en troptoo much; too many; in excessRate it:

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enough is too muchSynonym of enough is enoughRate it:

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esagerazioneMore than is reasonable; a bit too much.Rate it:

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et tu, Brute"You too, Brutus" or "even you, Brutus"; expression of recognition of betrayal.Rate it:

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être à la brochette1. To be brought up by hand (of a bird). 2. To be brought up tenderly, with too much care.Rate it:

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everybody and his cousinEverybody; a huge crowd; too many people.Rate it:

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everything feels so dam rightI’m too high to feel the fire tonightRate it:

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exhuastipatedToo tired to give a shitRate it:

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faire le canardTo suck up to; flatter too muchRate it:

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fat catsPeople who receive too much money for the job they do.Rate it:

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Feast or FamineEither you have too much of something or too little of it, something which is surplus sometimes and sometimes you have its shortageRate it:

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flat-footedTo firmly hold and maintain a decision; to stand one's ground.Rate it:

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fly byAn airplane pilot does a "fly by" when she/he flies too close to the control tower thus making it shake and unnerve the people in itRate it:

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fly too close to the sunTo become overly ambitious or greedy.Rate it:

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full as a googHaving eaten too much, or being drunk.Rate it:

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Full of Hot AirSomeone who talks nonsense and nothing anything of value and importanceRate it:

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full of hot airTalking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.Rate it:

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German virginThe name of a poker hand in the game of Texas hold 'em, when a player is dealt two nine cards.Rate it:

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get carried awayTo become excessively involved, to take something too far.Rate it:

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give away the storeTo transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.Rate it:

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go hand in handOf two people, to hold hands.Rate it:

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go overboardGo too far, be excessive.Rate it:

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go the whole hogTo do something as entirely or completely as possible; to reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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go to the well too oftenoverdraw from a resource to exhaustive effectRate it:

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go too farTo exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour.Rate it:

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grow out ofTo become too physically large for something, especially clothes.Rate it:

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grow out ofTo become too mature for something.Rate it:

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gubernacula rei publicae tractareto hold the reins of government.Rate it:

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half nelsonwrestling holdRate it:

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Hand-to-Mouth ExistenceTo hold enough money to meet expenses and live with no extra money Rate it:

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hang onTo hold, grasp, or grip.Rate it:

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haste makes wasteOne makes mistakes when being too hasty.Rate it:

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have a lot of time forto hold in high esteem; to respectRate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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Have Your Heart in Your MouthTo have a feeling of extreme fear, be too afraid of somethingRate it:

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Head Over Heels in LoveToo mad in love, to have extreme passion for loveRate it:

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heat wavespell of hot weatherRate it:

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heat waveA period of exceptionally hot weather.Rate it:

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hesiod says: even a fool after suffering gets him knowledge; the italians: can scotato da l'acqua calda ha paura poi della freddaA dog burnt by hot water afterwards fears cold.]Rate it:

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