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foist offTo lie to; to tell a lie to.Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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forgiveness is awarded posthumously after a person is dead.During life, a person may be subjected to criticism for what others deem "a wrong turn or deed". At funerals and cemeteries, the mood turns to grief and forgiveness.Rate it:

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fortuna caecos homines efficit, animos occaecatFortune makes men shortsighted, infatuates them.Rate it:

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from my cold, dead handsA statement that something will not be taken away from you until the day you die.Rate it:

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fruto secoTipo de fruto en que a la madurez el pericarpo se presenta membranoso o coriáceo, con bajo contenido en agua; según se abran o no para liberar las semillas se clasifican en dehiscentes e indehiscentes. Se incluyen en esta categoría numerosos frutos que la lengua común no registra como tales, como las legumbres o las cariópsides de los cereales.Rate it:

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fudge the factsSomeone who complains constantly but does not tell the straight story.Rate it:

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garbage in, garbage out(computing, information technology) If input data is not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and of no useful value.1963, Raymond Crowley, "Robot Tax Collector Seeks Indications of 'Fudging'," Times Daily (Alabama, USA), 1 April (retrieved 26 July 2010):Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."2008, Roger K. Lewis, "'In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software," Washington Post, 19 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):The old caveat "GIGO"Rate it:

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get a lifeUsed sarcastically to tell someone who keeps meddling in other people's business, or gossiping about others, to stop obsessing over other people's lives and to concentrate on themselves and do something useful.Rate it:

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get lostUsed to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.Rate it:

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get outta hereUsed to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.Rate it:

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Get Something off Your ChestTo tell someone what has been bothering you, to relieve yourself of some burden, to confess something you feel guilty for.Rate it:

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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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go jump in the lakeUsed to tell a person to go away, or that their request will not be met.Rate it:

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God only knowsAlternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.Rate it:

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God's gift to manSomeone irresistible to men, someone whom all men find attractive.Rate it:

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gone north aboutDead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.Rate it:

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gone north aboutDead.Rate it:

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gone with the winddeadRate it:

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gym bunnyA person who spends a large amount of time working out at a gym and who may be obsessed with improving his or her physique. Often said of a gay man, but also said of women and heterosexual men.Rate it:

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happily ever afterLiving happily until death. Typically associated with fairy tales.Rate it:

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hatchet manSomeone who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.Rate it:

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have a goShout at or tell off unnecessarily or excessively.Rate it:

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have had one's chipsTo be dead or finished.Rate it:

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heave toTo cause the vessel to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.Rate it:

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heaven only knowsAlternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.Rate it:

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heavy as a dead donkeyVery heavy.Rate it:

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home truthsTo be honest about something and tell it as it is, without holding anything back.Rate it:

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homines doctilearned, scientific, literary men.Rate it:

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homines graves (opp. leves)men of sound opinions.Rate it:

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homines huius aetatis, nostrae memoriaeour contemporaries; men of our time.Rate it:

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homines litterarum studiosilearned, scientific, literary men.Rate it:

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homines negotii (always in sing.) gerentesbusiness-men.Rate it:

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homines qui nunc sunt (opp. qui tunc fuerunt)our contemporaries; men of our time.Rate it:

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homines, gentem a fera agrestique vita ad humanum cultum civilemque deducere (De Or. 1. 8. 33)to civilise men, a nation.Rate it:

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how can you sleep at nightA rhetorical question, used to tell someone that they should feel guilty about something.Rate it:

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how do I get toPlease show me/tell me the best way to reach...Rate it:

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I can tell youUsed other than as an idiom: see I, can, tell, you.Rate it:

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I can tell youEmphasises the truth of a statement.Rate it:

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I tell a lieI am mistaken; I thought that what I said was true, but I have just realised that it is not.Rate it:

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il est resté sur le carreauHe was killed on the spot, left for dead on the ground.Rate it:

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il l'a laissé sur le carreauHe killed him (or, left him for dead on the ground).Rate it:

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il n'a pas demandé son reste!He soon took himself off, I can tell you! He soon shut up, I can tell you!Rate it:

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il ne faut pas dire vos affaires au tiers et au quartYou must not tell your business to all the world, to everybody.Rate it:

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il nous a dit des contes à dormir deboutHe told us tedious, nonsensical tales, old wives’ tales.Rate it:

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il nous berce de sornettesHe puts us off with silly tales.Rate it:

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il nous en a fait voir de toutes les couleursHe told us all sorts of tales; He worried us beyond all bearing.Rate it:

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il vous en conte de bellesHe is deceiving you finely; He is telling you fine tales.Rate it:

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il y a fagots et fagotsThere are men and men; All men are not alike.Rate it:

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in abraham's bosomNo longer living. Dead.Rate it:

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