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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les voleurs firent main basse sur tous mes effetsThe thieves laid hands on all my things.Rate it:

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let sleeping dogs lieTo leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.Rate it:

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let the good times rollTo have fun or live fully; may imply letting things that are going well proceed.Rate it:

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like gold dustIf things or people are like gold dust, they are difficult to get because a lot of people want them.Rate it:

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line upTo put things in a lineRate it:

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Little Pitchers Have Big EarsSometimes little children who listen to old people’s conversation hear and perceive things a lot than people expect them toRate it:

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Live High Off the HogTo live in luxurious way, having many expensive things, to be affluentRate it:

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liven things upAppropriate actions, music, decorations, singing, props, verbal directing, recitations can assist to liven things up at a party or celebration.Rate it:

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lo primero es lo primerofirst things firstRate it:

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locos y niños dicen la verdadChildren and crazy people tell what's true, meaning they have no inhibition to express how they see things.Rate it:

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long armA pole tool used for handling things too far away to reach.Rate it:

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lose one's head if it wasn't attachedprone to mislaying things.Rate it:

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

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love affair without bells and whistlesA love sincere, true not a false love for show, flaunt, meant to draw attention, love affair based on material things to impress others and/or show offRate it:

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Make Ends MeetTo have just enough money to have things that you needRate it:

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make heavy weather ofTo overcomplicate things, to make things appear worst than they are.Rate it:

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make the world go aroundTo play an essential role in causing the things in life to work as they should; to underlie the fulfillment of the needs of human existence.Rate it:

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make the world go roundto have a crucial role in keeping things working as they shouldRate it:

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man is the measure of all thingsthe doctrine that all knowledge is subjective, being derived from observations made by humans, and there can be no objective truthRate it:

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man proposes, god disposesThings don't always work out as they were planned.Rate it:

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man upTo "be a man about it"; to do the things a good man is traditionally expected to do, such as: taking responsibility for the consequences of one's actions; displaying bravery or toughness in the face of adversity; providing for one's family, etc.Rate it:

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march to the beat of a different drumTo do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and expectations.Rate it:

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March to the Beat of a Different DrummerDo the things in your own way, don’t consider other people, to believe in different way, different attitude than other personsRate it:

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marry in haste, repent at leisureTwo things together too soon will lead to problems.Rate it:

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masters of spinPeople who put a different perspective on obvious things.Rate it:

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match made in heavenA very successful combination of two people or things.Rate it:

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match made in hellA very unsuccessful or conflicting combination of two people or things.Rate it:

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meantime, back at the ranchA reminder during conversation, things are alright back at the ranch/home/headquarters, business-place, office et al.Rate it:

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middle of nowhereNowhere; any place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.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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mix apples and orangesTo mix two totally different things.Rate it:

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money can't buy happinessMoney can buy external things, but true happiness comes from inside.Rate it:

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more than one way to skin a catMore than one way to do something or do thingsRate it:

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much of a muchnessOf two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.Rate it:

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ne pas se faire de bile (fam.)To take things easily.Rate it:

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nerd outTo do nerdy things; to geek out.Rate it:

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no no noAbsolutely. Don't like any of the thingsRate it:

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not courageous than mouseSomeone being very fearful and scared of things.Rate it:

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not enough room to swing a catVery little space (available) (of a very small room).Rate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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nous parlions de choses et d'autresWe were speaking of different things.Rate it:

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nous voilà bien (ironic.)Here is a nice state of things.Rate it:

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odds and endsMiscellaneous things.Rate it:

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of all thingsEspecially; more than other things.Rate it:

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of all thingsSurprisingly.Rate it:

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offensionem habereto give offense to, to shock a person (used of things, vid. sect. V. 18).Rate it:

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oil and waterTwo things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.Rate it:

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omnia modice agereto be moderate in all things, commit no excess.Rate it:

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on se l'arrache(of persons) He is the rage; (of things) There is a regular scramble for it.Rate it:

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