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in one's armourHaving the courage of drunkenness; pot-valiant.Rate it:

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in one's bookUsed other than as an idiom: see in, one's, book.Rate it:

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in one's bookIn one's opinion.Rate it:

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in one's cupsDrunk.Rate it:

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in one's dreamsUsed to express the speaker's belief that a preceding statement expressed a desired rather than an actual state of affairs.Rate it:

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in one's elementIn a situation which is entirely appropriate or familiar.Rate it:

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in one's faceOnto or into someone's face.Rate it:

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in one's faceIn front of someone's face; before someone's eyes.Rate it:

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in one's headUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see in,‎ one's,‎ head.Rate it:

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in one's headWithin one's intellect, memory, or mind.Rate it:

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in one's headWithin one's imagination; without basis in reality.Rate it:

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in one's headMentally.Rate it:

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in one's pocketSubject to one's whims because of bribery.Rate it:

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in one's right mindSane, sensible, reasonable; thinking clearly.Rate it:

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in one's stockinged feetWearing socks, stockings or other hosiery on one's feet but no shoes.Rate it:

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in one's wildest dreamsMuch better than one could ever expect.Rate it:

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in ore omnium or omnibus (hominum or hominibus, but only mihi, tibi, etc.) esseto be in every one's mouth.Rate it:

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in periculum capitis, in discrimen vitae se inferreto recklessly hazard one's life.Rate it:

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in potestate, in dicione alicuius esseto be subject to some one, under some one's dominion.Rate it:

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in proposito susceptoque consilio permanereto persevere in one's resolve.Rate it:

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in provinciam proficisci (Liv. 38. 35)to set out for one's province.Rate it:

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in rebus atque in usu versatum esseto have had practical experience.Rate it:

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in rem publicam omni cogitatione curaque incumbere (Fam. 10. 1. 2)to devote one's every thought to the state's welfare.Rate it:

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in sententia manere, permanere, perseverare, perstareto abide by, persist in one's opinion.Rate it:

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in shapeI guess I'd better get my room in shape if I have guests.Rate it:

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in strideWithout disturbing one's course of activities.Rate it:

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in suis nummis versari (Verr. 4. 6. 11)to have no debts.Rate it:

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in suspicionem alicui venireto be suspected by some one.Rate it:

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in terrorem conicere aliquemto overwhelm some one with terror.Rate it:

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In the Catbird SeatTo have authority and superiority to others, to get advantage than othersRate it:

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in the flower of one's youthwhen one was young and happyRate it:

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in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kingAmong others with a disadvantage or disability, the one with the mildest disadvantage or disability is regarded as the greatest.Even someone without much talent or ability is considered special by those with no talent or ability at all.Rate it:

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in the same breathSaid or done almost simultaneously, in one sequence.Rate it:

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in the zoneIn a mental state of focused concentration on the performance of an activity, in which one dissociates oneself from distracting or irrelevant aspects of one's environment.Rate it:

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in through the back doorTo introduce a measure in a way which one's opponents will not notice.Rate it:

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

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in troubleTo be in a situation where you have said or done something which is illegal, prohibited, forbidden or proscribed that makes you subject to punishment, reprimand, consequences, punishment, retribution and/or legal action (usually an undesirable situation, unless said sarcastically or humorously)Rate it:

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in unum locum convenire, confluereto collect together at one spot.Rate it:

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in viam reducere aliquemto bring a person back to the right way.Rate it:

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in vincula (custodiam) dare aliquemto put some one in irons, chains.Rate it:

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in vincula, in catenas conicere aliquemto put some one in irons, chains.Rate it:

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in vino veritasdrunken folks speak truth, one tells the truth under the influence of alcoholRate it:

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in vitae discrimine versarito be in peril of one's life.Rate it:

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inanem laborem suscipereto lose one's labour.Rate it:

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incepto or conatu desistereto give up one's project.Rate it:

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inconnu au bataillon (fam.)I don’t know him; No one knows him.Rate it:

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incumbere in (ad) aliquidto be energetic about, throw one's heart into a thing.Rate it:

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inimicitias cum aliquo suscipereto make a person one's enemy.Rate it:

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inimicitias deponereto lay aside one's differences.Rate it:

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inmates running the asylumAlternative form of lunatics have taken over the asylumRate it:

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