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bash outTo write something very quickly, without much thought.Rate 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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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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because reasonsUsed to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.Rate it:

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

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bee in one's bonnetan idea, which is thought to be crazy or exciting; someone’s particular interest, concern or obsession with somethingRate 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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beginner's luckrefers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity. One would expect experts to outperform novices - when the opposite happens it is counter-intuitive, hence the need for a term to describe this phenomenon.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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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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Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceTo face a difficult situation and remain in a tight spot one after another, Or face some difficulty in making the right decision that would deliver no harmRate 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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block outto prevent (a thought) from entering one's mind.Rate it:

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Bob's your uncle"No problem", "the solution is simple", "there you have it", you have what you want, all will be well; indicates a desirable conclusion has been reached.Rate it:

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boire la goutte (fam.)To have a drop; To take a nip.Rate it:

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boire le vin de l'étrierTo have one for the roadRate it:

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bona, mala existimatio est de aliquoto have a good or bad reputation, be spoken well, ill of.Rate it:

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bonis lateribus esseto have good lungs.Rate it:

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borganismAn organization of autonomous organisms that exhibit collectivism: individual "units" that have merged to yield a unified construct. Such an amalgam may possess a collective consciousness, arguably an emergent phenomenon of social networking.Rate it:

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box inTo limit someone's freedom of thought, movement, expression, etc.Rate it:

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brain crampA temporary mental lapse, such as an inability to remember something, to focus one's attention, to understand something, or to perform some other mental task of which one would ordinarily be capable.Rate it:

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brain fartA lapse in the thought process; an inability to think or remember something clearly.Rate it:

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

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brickbatFor example, it's quite common for magazines to have a section called Bouquets and Brickbats for compliments and criticisms.Rate it:

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bridgeAn elevated platform above the upper deck of a mechanically propelled ship from which it is navigated and from which all activities on deck can be seen and controlled by the captain, etc; smaller ships have a wheelhouse, and sailing ships were controlled from a quarterdeck.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 home the baconTo have a job and earn money or to lead a successful career.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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bring to justiceTo cause a person alleged to have committed criminal acts to be brought to trial on the offenses.Rate it:

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bring up againstTo cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.Rate it:

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brisons là!Let us have no more of that; That will do.Rate it:

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