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like riding a bikeSaid of skill that, once learned, is never forgotten.Rate it:

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like shit through a goosevery fastRate it:

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lotus eatingDreaming of things that can never be put into practiceRate it:

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más vale tarde que nuncabetter late than neverRate it:

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meglio tardi che maibetter late than neverRate it:

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mieux vaut tard que jamaisBetter late than never.Rate it:

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misery loves companyRepetitious, droll, depressing revelations of one's hard luck, always being left out of the fun, the prizes, never invited, always overlooked and pleading that others will come to the rescue!Rate it:

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misfortunes never come singlybad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way.Rate it:

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morbo afflīgito be laid on a bed of sickness.Rate it:

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nearly never bulled a cow(Irish) Near enough is not good enough.Rate it:

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nest eggA natural or artificial egg placed in a bird's nest, to encourage the bird to lay its own eggs there.Rate it:

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nest eggA savings; a reserve of money.Rate it:

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never a dull momenta reflective sigh, lament relative to possible or actual undesirable conditions or developmentsRate it:

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never breathed a wordKeep secrets, never give away any sense of the situation.Rate it:

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never change a running systemDon't change something that is workingRate it:

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never eat Shredded WheatUsed to learn the cardinal points.Rate it:

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never fearDo not worry; do not be afraid.Rate it:

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never fearUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see never,‎ fear.Rate it:

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never fight a land war in AsiaDon't bite off more than you can chew; don't start a fight that is too big to win.Rate it:

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never in a million yearsAbsolutely not.Rate it:

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never in a month of sundaysAt no time whatsoever.Rate it:

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never in a month of sundaysNever in a month of Sundays would I have imagined that you'd be this tall in real life!.Rate it:

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never leave anybody outNever forget a person dead or aliveRate it:

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never look a gift horse in the mouthAlternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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never mindDo not be concerned.Rate it:

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never mindI withdraw my previous statement.Rate it:

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never mindIt is not important; do not fret.Rate it:

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never mind that. where's that big, fat billiken of mine?Said by Oliver Hardy's wife in a sequence of the movie Block-Heads (1938)Rate it:

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never say neverAnything can happen; a certain option should not be totally dismissed.Rate it:

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never the twain shall meetUsed to emphasize that two subjects are so different that they cannot coexist or agree with each other.Rate it:

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never you mindDo not concern yourself with it; it is none of your business.Rate it:

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not in a million yearsAlternative form of never in a million years.Rate it:

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not to be able to say boo to a gooseto be extremely timid or diffident (wouldn't say boo to a goose)Rate it:

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now or neverat this opportunity, or never at allRate it:

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numquam ex animo meo memoria illius rei discedetthe memory of this will never fade from my mind.Rate it:

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nunca diga nuncanever say neverRate it:

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nunca es tarde si la dicha es buenabetter late than neverRate it:

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nunca mucho cuesta pocoyou get what you pay for; literally: much never costs littleRate it:

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off the chainCrazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.Rate it:

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often wrong, never in doubtHaving overconfidence in one's opinions that is impervious to failure.Rate it:

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omgTo start; never end conversation of the best conversation you ever had in your life .Rate it:

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on boardEven when I am on board the plane, I can never feel secure that my luggage is, too.Rate it:

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on enleva les journaux comme du painThe papers sold like hot rolls, like wild-fire.Rate it:

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on fait toujours le loup plus gros qu'il n'estA tale never loses in the telling.Rate it:

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on n'a jamais vu chose pareilleOne never heard of such a thing.Rate it:

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on n'échappe pas à sa destinéeHe that is born to be hanged will never be drowned.Rate it:

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on ne s'avise jamais de toutOne never thinks of everything.Rate it:

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on the shelfLaid aside, unused, abandonedRate it:

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on the tableLaid out, presented forthrightly, presented so as to be able to be scrutinized.Rate it:

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once you go black, you never go backAn expression assuming that once a person of another race gets in a sexual relationship with a black person they won't return to their own race.Rate it:

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