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qui aime bertrand, aime son chienLove me, love my dog.Rate it:

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qui jeune n'apprend, rien ne sauraAn old dog will learn no tricks. Rate it:

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qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rageGive your dog a bad name and hang him.Rate it:

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red dogUsed other than as an idiom: see red, dog.Rate it:

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red dogA blitz.Rate it:

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red dogTo blitz.Rate it:

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s'accorder comme chien et chatTo live a cat and dog life.Rate it:

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s'il pleut le jour de st. médard, il pleut quarante jours plus tard. s'il pleut le jour de st. gervais, il pleut quarante jours après“St Swithin’s day, gif ye do rain For forty days will it remain.”Rate it:

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Sassifrass!Depression Days Expression for Baseless Statement, Conjecture, Rumor, Contrived ConversationRate it:

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sea dogold sailorRate it:

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see a man about a dogUsed as an excuse for leaving without giving the real reason (especially if the reason is to go to the toilet, or to have a drink).Rate it:

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sell in may and go away"Sell in May and go away" is a popular adage or saying in the stock market that suggests investors should sell their stocks or investments in May and stay out of the market until the end of October. The idea behind this saying is that the stock market tends to experience weaker performance during the summer months, particularly from May to October. This pattern is often attributed to factors such as reduced trading activity, lower corporate earnings reports, or investors' vacation periods.Rate it:

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she would rip a dog off a gut wagonA gut wagon was a horse drawn wagon that was used for collecting butcher's scraps for further processing. The wagons were often followed by determined and persistent dogs intent on eating the contents of the wagon. It took a great deal of effort to keep these dogs away from or off the wagon. A person's appearance ugly or objectionable enough to discourage or scare the dogs from the gut wagon would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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sick as a dogVery ill.Rate it:

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Sick as a DogTo suffer from an illness, to be very sickRate it:

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so far so goodUp to this point, all is OK.Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good, now let's get to Minorca without any troubles.Rate it:

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some days you get the bear, other days the bear gets youOne cannot always overcome a powerful adversary.Rate it:

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suffering housemaid's kneeQuaint expression of earlier days relative to female servants performing chores of scrubbing floor on hands and knees.Rate it:

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summa aestate, hiemein the height of summer, depth of winter.Rate it:

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summer and winterTo spend extended periods of time with; to test.Rate it:

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summer and winterEndured.Rate it:

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supplicationem quindecim dierum decernere (Phil. 14. 14. 37)to decree a public thanksgiving for fifteen days.Rate it:

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tail wagging the dogA minor or secondary part of something controlling the whole.Rate it:

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take the pissEveryone takes the piss out of the bankers these days.Rate it:

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that cock won't fightSynonym of that dog won't huntRate it:

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that dog won't huntThat idea will not work; that is an inadequate explanation or proposition.Rate it:

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that old dog won't huntSynonym of that dog won't hunt.Rate it:

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the heart of the earthJesus said that he would be in the heart of the earth for three days meaning in the earth in the tomb. Jonah was in the “heart of the sea” meaning below the waves.Rate it:

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the other dayRecently; lately; a few days ago.Rate it:

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the whole world and his dogEverybody; too many people; a huge crowd.Rate it:

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there's life in the old dog yetA person's faculties, or an organization's usefulness, should not be written off simply because of age.Rate it:

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to dog flyto be having a fine only progressRate it:

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top catSynonym of top dogRate it:

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top dogIn a competition, the one expected to win.Rate it:

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une fois n'est pas coutumeIt is only this once; One swallow does not make a summer; Once does not count.Rate it:

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until the last dog is hunguntil the last moment.Rate it:

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unus et alter diesone or two days.Rate it:

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verno, aestivo, auctumnali, hiberno temporein spring, summer, autumn, winter time.Rate it:

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wag the dogTo divert negative political attention by use of a military operation.Rate it:

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walk the dogTake a dog for a walkRate it:

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walk the dogperform a trick where the yo-yo rolls on the ground, attached to the stringRate it:

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walk the dogPerform a trick where the ball rolls down the shaft, and then is caught in the head of the lacrosse stick.Rate it:

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what dogWhen thy try to arceth upRate it:

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what's up dogHelloRate it:

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wiener doganother name for a Dachshund breed of dog; a long short-legged dogRate it:

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yellow dogA Carolina dog.Rate it:

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yellow dogShortening of yellow dog Democrat.Rate it:

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yellow dogUsed other than as an idiom: see yellow, dog.Rate it:

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yellow dogAn item or person of low value.Rate it:

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You Can't Teach an Old Dog New TricksMaking people change their habits or adjusting to new skills is impossible, It is very hard to make people change their waysRate it:

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