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il est sans gêneHe is free and easy (casual, off-hand); He makes himself too much at home.Rate it:

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il était dit que j'arriverais trop tardThe Fates had willed that I should come too late.Rate it:

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il fait bien valoir ses coquillesHe praises his goods too much.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas courir deux lièvres à la foisYou must not have too many irons in the fire.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas s'endormir sur le rôtiWe must keep our wits about us; We must not neglect our work; We must not be too slow over it; We must not rest on our laurels.Rate it:

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il ne faut prendre de son ami tout ce qu'on peutFriends are like fiddle-strings, they must not be screwed too tight.Rate it:

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il se donne du bon tempsHe does not work too hard; He enjoys himself; He has a good time of it.Rate it:

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il se fait trop valoirHe brags too much.Rate it:

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il se plaint que la mariée est trop belleHe complains that he has got too good a bargain.Rate it:

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il voudrait avoir le drap et l'argentHe would like to have his cake and eat it too.Rate it:

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In the Nick of TimeJust on the right time, on the last minute, late but not too lateRate it:

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in the scheme of things it was a small victory.As with climate change the slow improvement of gas amounts discharged into the atmosphere comes too late. We are screwed Rate it:

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in too deepIn a situation where one can't cope.Rate it:

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In Two Shakes of a Lamb's TailToo fast, immediately and at once without any delayRate it:

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it's a long storyThe situation is too embarrassing to talk about.Rate it:

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it's a long storyThe situation is too complicated or extensive to talk about.Rate it:

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it's never too late to mendYouRate it:

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it's not what you know but who you knowFor success, and especially to obtain employment, one's knowledge and skills are less useful and less important than one's network of personal contacts.1951, G. P. Bush and L. H. Hattery, "Federal Recruitment of Junior Engineers," Science, vol. 114, no. 2966, p. 456:Eighty-four students referred to political influence as a disadvantage of federal employment with such remarks as: "There are too many political connections necessary . . . it's not what you know but who you knowRate it:

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it's too expensiveIndicates the speaker thinks that the price is too high.Rate it:

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it's too late for sorryAn expression of anger or disgust uttered toward someone who offers an apology after causing great harm.Rate it:

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j'y ai mis du mien, mettez-y du vôtreI have given way a bit, meet me half-way; I have done my share at it, now it’s your turn.Rate it:

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Jacke wie Hosesix of one, half a dozen of the otherRate it:

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je n'y vois pas clairI cannot see, it is too dark.Rate it:

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jeu qui trop dure ne vaut rien (charles d'orléans)Too much of a good thing is bad.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo act or begin too soon or without due caution.Rate it:

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jump the gunTo begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.Rate it:

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just another pretty faceSomeone who is attractive, but not too distinguished.Rate it:

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Knee-High to a GrasshopperToo short and youngRate it:

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l'épée (or, la lame) use le fourreauThe mind is too active for the body.Rate it:

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la goutte d'eau qui fait d%c3%a9border le vaseThe final thing that is too much and forces a reaction; the straw that broke the camel's back.Rate it:

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last minutePoint in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.Rate it:

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le beurre et l'argent du beurreone's cake and eating it too; two mutually exclusive things, such that one can only choose one over anotherRate it:

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le vin est tiré, il faut le boireYou have gone too far now to draw back; In for a penny, in for a pound.Rate it:

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les extrêmes se touchentExtremes meet; Too far east is west; Too much care may be as bad as downright negligence.Rate it:

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lick his bootsTo try too hard to please someone important.Rate it:

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life is too shortDon't waste time on trivial issuesRate it:

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life's too shortAlternative form of life is too shortRate it:

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like, whoa!Slow down; stop; you are going too fast.Rate it:

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Lock the Barn Door after the Horse is OutTo be become more conscious in doing something when it is already too late, to give useless try to somethingRate it:

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

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look before you leapDon't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.Rate it:

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ma non troppoBut not too much.Rate it:

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make an exhibition of oneselfShe had far too much to drink and made an exhibition of herself by flirting with everyone.Rate it:

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mal comune mezzo gaudioshared trouble is a half joyRate it:

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marry in haste, repent at leisureGetting married too soon will lead to a bad marriage.Rate 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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me threeUsed to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too".Rate it:

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me tooThat applies to me as well.Rate it:

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mediocribus consiliis utito adopt half-measures.Rate it:

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methinks the lady doth protest too muchAlternative form of the lady doth protest too muchRate it:

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