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fat catsPeople who receive too much money for the job they do.Rate it:

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Feast or FamineEither you have too much of something or too little of it, something which is surplus sometimes and sometimes you have its shortageRate it:

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fly byAn airplane pilot does a "fly by" when she/he flies too close to the control tower thus making it shake and unnerve the people in itRate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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fly too close to the sunTo become overly ambitious or greedy.Rate it:

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for a startfor one thing; as one rebutting factor among manyRate it:

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for onceFor the first time, after many instances to the contrary; in a rare exception to the rule; as an exception to the usual.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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fuck aroundTo have sex with many partners.Rate it:

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full as a googHaving eaten too much, or being drunk.Rate it:

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Full of Hot AirSomeone who talks nonsense and nothing anything of value and importanceRate it:

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full of hot airTalking a lot, especially without saying anything of value or meaning.Rate it:

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get by the ballsTo have complete control over someone, especially of a woman abusing a man's infatuation with her.Rate it:

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get carried awayTo become excessively involved, to take something too far.Rate it:

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get some airTo invigorate oneself by breathing refreshing outdoor air, especially after departing from a building or other enclosed space for this purpose.Rate it:

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give away the storeTo transact, trade, or negotiate badly, by paying, providing, or conceding too much to the other party.Rate it:

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go overboardGo too far, be excessive.Rate it:

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go to the well too oftenoverdraw from a resource to exhaustive effectRate it:

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go too farTo exceed an unstated limit, especially a limit of acceptable behaviour.Rate it:

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goutte à goutte on emplit la cuveMany a little makes a mickle.Rate it:

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grow out ofTo become too physically large for something, especially clothes.Rate it:

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grow out ofTo become too mature for something.Rate it:

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grow some ballsTo act in a mature way to a given situation or problem.Rate it:

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Happy HolidaysA greeting used during the Christmas and winter holiday season to recognize the celebration of many holidays, including Christmas, New Year's Day, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and sometimes Thanksgiving.Rate it:

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haste makes wasteOne makes mistakes when being too hasty.Rate it:

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have it outTo argue in order to air or resolve a conflict.Rate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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have one's fingers in many piesto be involved in many different things.Rate it:

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have someone by the ballsTo exercise total control over someone.Rate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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Have Your Heart in Your MouthTo have a feeling of extreme fear, be too afraid of somethingRate it:

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Head Over Heels in LoveToo mad in love, to have extreme passion for loveRate it:

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heads or tailsThe practice of flipping a coin in the air, to choose between two alternatives based on which side lands face up.Rate it:

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high five. down low. too slow.Something Americans do to have fun and form friendships--a bonding thing; camaraderie.Rate it:

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Homerus fuit multis annis ante Romam conditamHomer lived many years before the foundation of Rome.Rate it:

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honoribus ac reipublicae muneribus perfunctus (De Or. 1. 45)a man who has held many offices.Rate it:

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horā citiusan hour too soon.Rate it:

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hospital passA throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Thus, a hospital pass.Rate it:

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hot airboastful talkRate it:

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hot airempty talkRate it:

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house poorIn financial difficulty because of the excessive cost of owning a house, or because the cost of home ownership forms too high a proportion of household income.Rate it:

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how many languages do you speakhow many languages do you speak?Rate it:

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how many siblings do you haveUsed to ask how many brothers or sisters someone has.Rate it:

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hush puppieswhen not capitalized, hush puppies are deep fried balls of cornmeal batter, a side dish popular in the southeast U.S. often served with seafood; See also Hush Puppies (the phrase when it is capitalized has a different meaning)Rate it:

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i approve this messagea phrase said by candidates for federal office to show their consent to comply with the elective law passed in 2002; now becoming used for other offices too, not just federal officesRate it:

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I don't care. Indicates that the speaker is indicating their complete detachment from something, where even the expression "I didn't see anything" conveys too much information.Rate it:

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i have many bridges to sell you.You've been very naive.Rate it:

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ich auchme tooRate it:

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if it's not one thing it's anotherMany problems are happening simultaneously or in close succession.Rate it:

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if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle(colloquial, vulgar, humorous) It is fruitless to speculate about counterfactual situations."We would have won the match if we'd had a decent goalkeeper.""And if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncle!"Rate it:

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