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on n'y voit goutteOne can see nothing.Rate it:

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on ne peut contenter tout le monde et son pèreOne cannot satisfy everybody, all the world and his wife.Rate it:

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on ne peut être au four et au moulinOne cannot be in two places at the same time.Rate it:

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on ne peut lui en vouloirOne cannot be angry with him, blame him.Rate it:

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on ne peut manier le beurre qu'on ne se graisse les doigtsOne cannot touch pitch without soiling one’s fingers; If you have to do with money, some will stick.Rate it:

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on ne peut pas être et avoir étéOne cannot have one’s cake and eat it. Rate it:

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on ne peut prendre aux cheveux un homme raséOne cannot get blood from a stone. Rate it:

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on ne s'avise jamais de toutOne never thinks of everything.Rate it:

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on ne sait quelle pièce y coudreOne does not know how to prevent (or, cure) it.Rate it:

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on ne saurait faire boire un âne s'il n'a soifOne man can take a horse to the water, but twenty cannot make him drink.Rate it:

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on ne saurait faire d'une buse un épervierOne cannot make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear.Rate it:

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on one hand...on the other handfrom one point of view...then another point of viewRate it:

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on one's gamePerforming brilliantly; with optimum skillRate it:

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on one's billAlone, on one's own.Rate it:

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on one's deathbedClose to death.Rate it:

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on one's feetBeing stable or capable, especially in a financial or emotional sense.Rate it:

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on one's feetBeing standing up.Rate it:

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on one's feetBeing well again after a bout of illness.Rate it:

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on one's handsBeing one's liability or responsibility; with which one is lumbered.Rate it:

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on one's high horseSelf-righteous; proceeding on the belief one is more correct or proper than others.Rate it:

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on one's kneesUsed other than as an idiom.Rate it:

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on one's kneesAt the mercy of someone.Rate it:

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on one's last legsAbout to die.Rate it:

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on one's last legsAbout to lose viability or become defunct.Rate it:

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on one's lonesomeAlone; without aid or accompaniment.Rate it:

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on one's ownAlone; by oneself; without the companionship or assistance of others.Rate it:

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on one's own accountOn one's own behalf.Rate it:

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on one's own accountAt one's own risk.Rate it:

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on one's own accountBy oneself.Rate it:

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on one's soapboxStating or professing one's opinion; attempting to persuade others of something.Rate it:

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on one's todon one's own, aloneRate it:

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on one's toesAttentive, active, busy or alert.Rate it:

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on one's watchDuring the period of time when one is in a position of authority or responsibility.Rate it:

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on peut s'attendre à tout, surtout à l'inattenduOne may expect anything, especially the unexpected.Rate it:

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on pouvait entendre voler une moucheOne could hear a pin drop.Rate it:

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on revient toujours à ses premières amoursOne always returns to one’s first love; Who loves well, forgets ill.Rate it:

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on the clockWorking at one's job; occupied in some manner during one's hours of remunerated employment.Rate it:

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on the down-lowSecretly sleeping with someone other than one's partner.Rate it:

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on the edge of one's seatIn suspense; waiting eagerly or anxiously for some resolution.Rate it:

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on the fenceUndecided; wavering in one's opinion.Rate it:

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on the flySpontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.Rate it:

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On the Hot SeatIn a difficult position, in a situation where one is subject to criticism, situation in which one is scrutinizedRate it:

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on the internet nobody knows you're a dogIt is easy to conceal one's identity on the internet.Rate it:

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on the tip of one's tongueKnown but not quite remembered.Rate it:

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on the trotsuccessively, in succession; one after the other.Rate it:

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once bitten, twice shyOne is cautious in the future if one has been hurt in the past.Rate it:

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one after anotherIn single file.Rate it:

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one after the otherOne by one; singularly; not occurring all at the same time (of a person or thing).Rate it:

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one age withthe same age as, (followed by a name).Rate it:

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one and allEach one.Rate it:

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