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donkey's earsA long time.Rate it:

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donkey's yearsA long time.Rate it:

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double bookedOf a single resource, reserved for two different users at the same time.Rate it:

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double dippingObtaining money from two sources at the same time. Dipping your food into a sauce, eating a portion of that food then re-dipping that food into the sauce.Rate it:

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double dutchSex using a condom and the contraceptive pill at the same time.Rate it:

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down and outIn trouble; in a bad time or situation or having very bad luck.Rate it:

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down lowAfter asking you to "high five" or saying "up top" someone will then say "down low". This means they are asking you to "high five" or tap the palm of their hand with the palm of your hand down lower--about waist high--as they extend their hand out toward you. If you don't respond timely they may take their hand away and say "too slow" then laugh. It's just something Americans do to have fun.Rate it:

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down the lineFurther along, in terms of time or progress.Rate it:

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down the roadFurther along, in terms of time or progress.Rate it:

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down the trackFurther along, in terms of time or progress.Rate it:

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Down to the WireRight up to the closing date/time, Running out of time;Rate it:

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drain awayTo diminish over time; to disappear or leak out gradually.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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draw outTo make something last for more time than is necessary; prolong; extend.Rate it:

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drill in and drill outTo work on something for a small time, before ultimately giving up.Rate it:

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dripTo fall one drop at a time.Rate it:

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drone onto talk in a boring manner for a long time.Rate it:

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drop the ballto fail in one's responsibilities or duties; to not complete somethingRate it:

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du fil à retordrea hard time, some difficultiesRate it:

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duck duck gooseA children's game where kids sit in a circle facing each other with their eyes closed. One child is designated "it" and walks around the outside of the circle saying "duck" as he/she touches each child's head. Finally, instead of saying "duck" the person who is it says "goose!" then runs forward around the circle and tries to sit down in the spot where the "goose" was sitting. The goal of the game is for the person who is "it" to sit down before the "goose" catches him/her. If he/she does sit down before being touched/tagged, then the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. If the "goose" catches the person who was "it" then the person who was "it' is out of the game and the circle moves in closer/smaller until only one sitting winner remains.Rate it:

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dust offTo use something after a long time without it.Rate it:

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Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:

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eat an elephant one bite at a timeTo do something one step at a time; to do something in steps rather than all at once.Rate it:

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eat, breathe, and sleepTo devote one's time obsessively to.Rate it:

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eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.Rate it:

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einmal ist keinmalOne time won’t hurt; just try itRate it:

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Eleventh HourLittle before the exact deadline; the latest possible timeRate it:

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en moins de rienIn less than no time.Rate it:

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end of the lineFinal cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.Rate it:

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érase que se eraonce upon a timeRate it:

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érase una vezonce upon a timeRate it:

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es war einmalonce upon a timeRate it:

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être sujet à l'heureTo be tied to time.Rate it:

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

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every timeAt each occasion that.Rate it:

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every timeUsed to express a strong preference for something.Rate it:

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every time i turn aroundFrequently; at every turn; with annoying frequency.Rate it:

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every time one fartsEvery time one does any small thing.Rate it:

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every time one turns aroundEvery time, to an annoyingly repetitive or consistent degree.Rate it:

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ex quo tempore or simply ex quosince the time that, since (at the beginning of a sentence).Rate it:

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eye & smile at same timeSuggestive coincidenceRate it:

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faff aboutTo waste time; spend time idly.Rate it:

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faff aroundTo waste time; spend time idly.Rate it:

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Fair-Weather FriendSomeone who is your friend only when you are successful and prosperous but leave you in the time of needRate it:

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fake it 'til you make it(it's ok to) pretend until you get there (make it real)Rate it:

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fanny aboutTo waste time or fool around; to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment.Rate it:

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fart aboutTo waste time, or to fool about.Rate it:

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fart aroundTo waste time, or to fool about.Rate it:

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fashionably lateArriving behind time to an event which does not normally require one to be punctual.Rate it:

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feets don't fail me nowwhen you really need to get somewhere, you don't want your feet to fail and not get you thereRate it:

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