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the world is one's lobster(UK, humorous) intentional misrendering of the proverb "the world is one's oyster"Rate it:

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the world is one's oysterIn order to achieve something in this world, one has to grab the opportunity.Rate it:

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the world is one's oysterAll opportunities are open to someone, the world is theirs.Rate it:

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the world overAll over the world; globally; throughout the world.Rate it:

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there's a sucker born every minuteThere are a great number of fools in the world, and there always be.Rate it:

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there's no accounting for tastesDifferent people like different things The world would be incomplete if everyone were alike. Diversity is essential.Rate it:

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think the world ofTo have a good opinion; to esteem; to admire.Rate it:

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thorn in the fleshIvar Specto. The Soviet Union and the Muslim World, 1917-1958.Rate it:

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throw downTo cause something one is holding to drop, often forcefully.Rate it:

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too good for this worldOut of this world; of exceptionally high quality; wonderful; marvelous.Rate it:

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tune in, turn on, drop outPay attention to the new way of living; take drugs; abandon the established ways.Rate it:

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ultimae terraethe most distant countries, the world's end.Rate it:

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una goccia in un mare d'acquaa drop in the bucketRate it:

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une grande dame de par le mondeA great lady in the eyes of the world.Rate it:

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university of lifeThe real world as a source of instruction, as opposed to a formal education.Rate it:

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vale of tearsA symbolic "valley of tears"; meaning the world and the sorrows felt through life. Similar to the Old Testament Psalm 23's reference to the "valley of the shadow of death", the phrase implies that sadness is part of the physical world (i.e. part of human experience).Rate it:

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wait for the ball to dropTo wait in expectation of an occurrence.Rate it:

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wait for the other shoe to dropTo await a seemingly inevitable event, especially one which is not desirable.Rate it:

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wait for the other shoe to dropTo defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.Rate it:

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Waiting for the Other Shoe to DropAwaiting for a seemingly inevitable event, waiting for something bad to happenRate it:

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We only admire Sun Rise and Sun Set, like humansWe only admire humans when they are born and about to leave the world.Rate it:

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weight of the worldThe distressing combined burden of the problems, doubts, imperfections, and responsibilities associated with human existence.Rate it:

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welcome to my worldIndicates that the speaker is very experienced with a situation that is new to the interlocutor.Rate it:

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what color is the sun in your worldRhetorical question used to imply that the party addressed is out of touch with realityRate it:

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what the world ?What in the world is going on here?Rate it:

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who do you think you are, you've not been to cardiff?You dont know anything. You have no knowkedge of the world or any wisdom.Rate it:

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window on the worldSomething which provides information about or interaction with a variety of people, places, events, or things outside of one's immediate sphere of experience.Rate it:

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wolfpackDuring World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.Rate it:

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workers of the world, uniteLaborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better conditions.Rate it:

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worldHuman collective existence; existence in general.Rate it:

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worldA great amount.Rate it:

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worldA planet,especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.Rate it:

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worldAn individual or group perspective or social setting.Rate it:

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worldThe earth.Rate it:

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worldThe Universe.Rate it:

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world-beaterSomeone or something superior to all others of its sort.Rate it:

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you can't take it with youIt is not possible to take one's material wealth to whatever world may await one after death.1900, E. Phillips Oppenheim, A Millionaire of Yesterday, ch. 6:"The clause whichRate it:

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пролетарии всех стран, соединяйтесьworkers of the world, unite!Rate it:

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פועלי כל העולם התאחדוworkers of the world, unite!Rate it:

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“god is the doctor, the world is the hospital and i am the patient.”GodRate it:

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不知有漢，何論魏晉to be blissfully unaware of the surrounding worldRate it:

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咸家富貴"May your entire family drop dead".Rate it:

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咸家鏟“May your entire family drop dead.”Rate it:

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笑貧不笑娼the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer povertyRate it:

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算了forget it; forget about it; drop it; leave it at that; let it pass; let it be; leave it beRate it:

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聞名世界known the world over; world-famous; renownedRate it:

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