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it's all grist to the millEverything referred to in the present context has some sort of use.1999, Simon Blackburn, Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy (Oxford University Press paperback, ISBN 0199690871), ch. 7 section 6: "KantRate it:

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it's an ill wind that blows no one any goodAlternative form of it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good.Rate it:

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it's Greek to meAlternative form of it's all Greek to meRate it:

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it's grim up northA phrase suggesting that the standard of life in the north of England is poor compared to that in the south.Rate it:

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it's not all it's cracked up to beFailing to meet expectations; not being as good as people say.Rate 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 one's funeralOne's decisions or actions will bring undesirable consequences only on oneself.Rate it:

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it's your nickelReference to one's right to shop, select, evaluate, purchase any item for any personal reason.Rate it:

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iudicium acuereto cultivate one's powers of criticism.Rate it:

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iugum servile alicui demereto deliver some one from slavery.Rate it:

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iureiurando aliquem adigereto make some one take an oath.Rate it:

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iureiurando aliquem astringereto bind some one by an oath.Rate it:

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ius ac fas omne delereto trample all law under foot.Rate it:

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ius suum persequito assert one's right.Rate it:

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ius suum tenere, obtinereto maintain one's right.Rate it:

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iusiurandum (religionem) servare, conservareto keep one's oath.Rate it:

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iusiurandum violareto break one's oath.Rate it:

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j'ai écrit trois lettres coup sur coupI wrote three letters one after the other.Rate it:

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j'ai fait cela en pure perteWhat I have done is completely useless; All I have done is to no purpose.Rate it:

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j'ai le pareilI have one like it.Rate it:

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j'ai mis ce livre de côté à voire intentionI put that book on one side especially for you (to read, to see).Rate it:

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j'ai passé une nuit blancheI have not slept a wink all night.Rate it:

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j'en ai par dessus la têteI am worried out of my life with it.Rate it:

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j'en mettrais la main au feuI would swear to it; I would stake my life on it; I would take my dying oath about it.Rate it:

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jack itTo manually stimulate one's own genitals. The "It" refers to the penis.Rate it:

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jack of all tradesOne competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them.Rate it:

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jack of all trades, master of noneA master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.Rate it:

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jack of all trades, master of noneA person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.Rate it:

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jack of all trades, master of none!An individual capable of repairing, correcting, restoring many deficiencies, however is incapable of rendering a high level of expertness in these instances.Rate it:

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jack offAn annoying person or one who has committed a transgression with no or insufficient apology; a jerk, an asshole.Rate it:

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Jack-of-All-TradesA man who knows to do all kinds of workRate it:

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

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je l'ai battu à tour de bras (or, à bras raccourci)I beat him with all my might.Rate it:

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je l'ai mis au pied du murI drove him into a corner; I made him decide one way or the other.Rate it:

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je les ai mis aux prisesI have set them one against the other.Rate it:

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je lui ai donné sa besogne toute mâchéeI gave him his work all ready cut out; I made his work as easy as possible for him.Rate it:

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je m'y connaisI understand all about it; I am an authority on it.Rate it:

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je n'ai fait qu'un sommeI never woke all night.Rate it:

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je n'en suis plusI am no longer one of the party; I no longer belong to it.Rate it:

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je n'y vois goutteI cannot see at all.Rate it:

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je ne laisse pas d'être inquietIn spite of all that, I am anxious.Rate it:

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je ne le connais ni de près ni de loinI do not know him at all.Rate it:

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je ne suis pas à la noceI am not enjoying myself at all.Rate it:

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je serai des vôtresI shall be one of your party; I shall be on your side.Rate it:

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je suis bien revenu sur le compte de votre frèreI have lost all the illusions I had of your brother.Rate it:

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je tombe d'accord avec vous sur ce pointI am at one with you on that head.Rate it:

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je vous le donne en dixI bet you ten to one you will not guess it.Rate it:

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jerk offOne who masturbates.Rate it:

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jet settingThe actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.Rate it:

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jet-settingThe actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.Rate it:

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