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comme on fait son lit, on se coucheAs you make your bed, so you must lie on it.Rate it:

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computer says noA popular phrase for an attitude in customer service in which the default response is to check with information stored or generated electronically and then make decisions based on that, apparently without using common sense, and showing a level of unhelpfulness whereby more could be done to reach a mutually satisfactory outcome, but is not.Rate it:

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consilia cum aliquo communicare(1) to communicate one's plans to some one; (2) to make common cause with a person. Similarly c. causam, rationem.Rate it:

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consilium capere, inire (de aliqua re, with Gen. gerund., with Inf., more rarely ut)to form a plan, make a resolution.Rate it:

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conspici, conspicuum esse aliqua reto make oneself conspicuous.Rate it:

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cookA person who prepares food for a living.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo make a big fuss, generate a lot of unnecessary talk or activity; make a scene.Rate it:

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cook up a stormTo make a splash; to create a spectacle.Rate it:

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cover one's assTo make preparations or take precautions to ensure that one is not blamed or punished for one's conduct.Rate it:

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cover someone's assTo make preparations or take precautions to ensure that a person is not blamed or punished for his or her conduct.Rate it:

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cowboy showerA simple shower in a horse trailer's living area to remove the dirt and grime associated with working around livestock.Rate it:

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crap upTo ruin, botch, bungle; to make a mess of.Rate it:

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crazy as all outdoorsA joking way of describing someone who is always getting into trouble from decisions they make.Rate it:

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crebras ex oppido excursiones facere (B. G. 2. 30)to make a sally, sortie from the town.Rate it:

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creep outTo make uncomfortable or afraid; to give someone the creeps.Rate it:

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croquer la pommeTo make loveRate it:

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cross the rubiconTo make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences.Rate it:

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crunch timeTime to make a decision or act. The approach of a deadline.Rate it:

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cuniculos agere (B. G. 3. 21)to make mines, subterraneous passages.Rate it:

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curl upto curl, make curly, shape into curlsRate it:

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curl upto coil or shrivel, make into a coilRate it:

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cut a dashTo make a display of oneself; to give a conspicuous impression.Rate it:

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cut a figureTo present an image; to make an impression.Rate it:

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Cut Off Your Nose to Spite Your FaceTo make a difficult situation more complicated due to an angry actionRate it:

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cut shortMake shorter by cutting.Rate it:

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damnum or detrimentum sarcire (not reparare)to make good, repair a loss or injury.Rate it:

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dare spettacolo di sémake a spectacle of oneselfRate it:

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de ingenio moribusque alicuius exponereto make a character-sketch of a person.Rate it:

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de sententia aliquem deducere, movereto make a man change his opinion.Rate it:

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de tanto aprontar, hoje conheço as artimanhas de quem pensa em me enganar.For those who want to fool me, I've learned how to behave after make a lot of bad things.Rate it:

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deadNo longer living.Rate it:

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dead as a doornailUnquestionably dead. Used for both inanimate objects and once living beings.Rate it:

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dead woodDead limbs and branches still attached to a living tree.Rate it:

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dicta dicere in aliquemto make jokes on a person.Rate it:

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dieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.Rate it:

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dig inTo make a burst of hard work.Rate it:

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dirigere or referre aliquid ad aliquam remto measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion.Rate it:

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doTo make or provide.Rate it:

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doTo travel in, to tour, to make a circuit of.Rate it:

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doTo cause, make.Rate it:

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do away withTo destroy, eliminate, or make an end of.Rate it:

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Do not regret, it is living in pastIf we regret, we are recalling the past. Should not do it.Rate it:

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do one's bitTo make an individual contribution toward an overall effort.Rate it:

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do one's damnedestTo do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.Rate it:

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do one's darnedestTo do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.Rate it:

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do one's utmostTo make the greatest possible effort.Rate it:

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doctors make the worst patientsIt's often difficult to advise people on subjects that they are usually experts on.Rate it:

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does not computeThat does not make sense.Rate it:

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don't buy green bananasdon't make long-term plans as you may not live/survive long enough to accomplish them.Rate it:

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don't give up your day jobImplying that they could not earn a living from it without other regular employment.Rate it:

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