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done and dustedCompleted thoroughly and satisfactorily.Rate it:

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done dealAn agreement that has been finally resolved or decided.Rate it:

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done forThrough, over with, completed; failed or to be doomed or likewise finished (off), washed up, defeated Also- to be ruined, destroyed, or fatally injuredRate it:

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donner un ouvrage à façonTo put out a job to be done.Rate it:

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dormir comme une marmotte, comme un sabot, comme une souche, les (or, à) poings fermésTo sleep like a top, like a log.Rate it:

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down at heelShabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished.Rate it:

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drank the koolaidDid what the Blind majority did, like a lemming, walking off a cliff.Rate it:

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dressed to a teaDressed very nicelyRate it:

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dressed to killvery fashionableRate it:

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dressed to the ninesVery fancily or formally dressed; wearing very showy or splendid clothing.Rate it:

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Dressed to the NinesTo wear stylish clothing; wearing clothes to draw attentionRate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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drink like a fishThe words; "He can 'DRINK LIKE A FISH"; WAS AN AWKWARD ASSERTION THAT THE INDIVIDUAL 'DRINKS TO EXCESS!Rate it:

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drop like fliesDie en masse, one after the other.Rate it:

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drop outPrematurely and voluntarily leave (school, a race, or the like).Rate it:

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Drop You like a Hot PotatoTo disassociate oneself with something/someone as soon as possibleRate it:

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dropping like fliesFalling down, leaving, or dying in large numbers.Rate it:

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drugstore cowboyDresses like a cowboy to show off at the drugstore; looks like a cowboy, but ain't.Rate it:

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dry powdercash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.Rate it:

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ear tunnelA piece of jewelry that fits into a stretched earlobe hole and makes it seem like a peephole and makes it see-through.Rate it:

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easier said than doneEasy to propose, but difficult to accomplish.Rate it:

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eat like a birdTo eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.Rate it:

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eat like a horseto consume a large amount of foodRate it:

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eat like a pigTo chew noisily, with one's mouth open, or with much greed.Rate it:

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eat one's own dog foodTo use or consume the economic goods or services that oneself is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.Rate it:

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eat one's own dog foodTo test the beta programs that are in the test phase on one's own computers; to dogfood.Rate it:

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eaten bread is soon forgottenKind deeds or favours are often forgotten by the beneficiary/beneficiaries once they have been done.Rate it:

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elle a quelque chose de votre airShe takes after you; She looks somewhat like you.Rate it:

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elle fait la carpe pâmée (fam.)She turns up the whites of her eyes; She pretends to be ill; She looks like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.Rate it:

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elle jase comme une pie borgneShe chatters like a magpie.Rate it:

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en veux-tu? en voilà!As much as ever you like.Rate it:

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enfin de compte(lit.) When the addition is made; (fig.) When all is told; When all is said and done.Rate it:

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entre chien et loupbetween a dog and a wolf.Rate it:

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entrer comme un gantfit like a gloveRate it:

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essa é velhabeen there, done thatRate it:

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être sur son trente-et-un (fam.)To be dressed up to the nines.Rate it:

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every dog has its dayEveryone has a time of success and satisfaction.Rate it:

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everybody and their dogA large number of people; most people.Rate it:

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everyone and their dogA large number of people; most people.Rate it:

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everything happens for a reasonAll events are purposeful.Everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as failure. Mary-Kate OlsenPeople like to say "everything happens for a reason." If you repeat that in your head long enough that starts to sound like "anything can happen with a razor." Laura KightlingerI believe that everything happens for a reason, but I think it's important to seek out that reason - that's how we learn. Drew BarrymoreRate it:

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ex eo navium concursu magnum incommodum est acceptummuch damage was done by this collision.Rate it:

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fait à la diable (i.e. à la manière du diable)Done anyhow, in a slipshod way.Rate it:

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fear engulfed him like a blanketfear was taking over himRate it:

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ferarum ritu pugnareto fight like lions.Rate it:

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file withTo follow closely, like one soldier after another in file; to keep pace.Rate it:

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fine words butter no parsnipsTalking about doing something does not get it done.Rate it:

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fingernails on a chalkboarda phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like thatRate it:

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first in, best dressedThose who arrive or get in sooner will receive a more desirable outcome.Rate it:

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fit as a butcher's dogVery fit; in good shape.Rate it:

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fit like a gloveTo be a perfect fit, to be exactly the right size.Rate it:

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