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forbidden friut is the sweetesta fruit or food that is forbidden (religious meanings) is usually desired the mostRate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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fortunam periclitari (periculum facere)to run a risk; to tempt Providence.Rate it:

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fortune favors the boldLuck is usually on the side of those who take chances and risks.Rate it:

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from hungerOf poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances.Rate it:

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fugam facere (Sall. Iug. 53)(1) to put to flight, (2) to take to flight.Rate it:

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funus alicui facere, ducere (Cluent. 9. 28)to carry out the funeral obsequies.Rate it:

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funxuWhen a person is having an absolute blast of a time no thanks to anyone else but only because of themselves.Rate it:

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game overA message usually signaling that the player failed a computer or video game, for example by losing all of their lives, although the phrase sometimes follows the score after successful completion of a game.Rate it:

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game, set, matchAn expression indicating finality, announcing that a series of events—usually involving some form of rivalry—has reached a conclusion.Rate it:

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gather upto gather, assemble or collect, usually into a groupRate it:

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German wheelAn apparatus made up of two large, usually steel rings joined together by a set of parallel steel bars.Rate it:

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get busyStart working, usually in opposition to idleness.Rate it:

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get changedTo change one's clothing (usually for a specific purpose).Rate it:

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get downTo duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm. Commonly used as a caution or warning in the imperative.Rate it:

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get on someone's wickTo annoy or upset someone, usually by repeated disagreeable actions.Rate it:

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get out of my faceleave; the speaker is telling the hearer to leave; usually said when someone does not want to be confronted any moreRate it:

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ghost of a chanceusually negative meaning is will not happen.Rate it:

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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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give someone a big headTo flatter someone excessively; to overpraise someone, usually resulting in them becoming proud, arrogant or conceited.Rate it:

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go moggy(usually in the past tense, as in "gone moggy") To break something or to cause something to become disorganized or dysfunctional.Rate it:

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God knowsIt is only known to God; i.e., it is unknown to mortals, no one knows, I don't knowRate it:

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God only knowsAlternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.Rate it:

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Goddess only knowsSynonym of God knowsRate it:

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golden parachuteAn agreement between a company and an employee, usually an executive, specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated.Rate it:

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golden showerThe act of a person urinating on another, usually for sexual stimulation of one or both persons.Rate it:

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gooseberry seasonA period, usually during the summertime, when news media tend to place increased emphasis on reporting light-hearted, offbeat, or bizarre stories.Rate it:

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grab atTo grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.Rate it:

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gradum facereto take a step.Rate it:

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grammar policeOne or more people who make negative comments, which are usually unsolicited and unwanted, concerning the correctness of someone's English usage.Rate it:

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gratum (gratissimum) alicui facereto do any one a (great) favour.Rate it:

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grease paymentA bribe or extorted money, usually relatively small in amount, provided to a low-level government official or business person, in order to expedite a business decision, shipment, or other transaction, especially in a country where such payments are not unusual.Rate it:

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greenbackGreenback is a slang term for money. Usually for american dollars.Rate it:

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grey matterA collection of cell bodies and (usually) dendritic connections, in contrast to white matter.Rate it:

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guess whatUsed to dramatize the introduction of a usually unsurprising outcome.Rate it:

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gussied updress fancy; wear makeup; usually said to or about womenRate it:

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handle your shitTo take care of one's necessary business, usually, but not necessarily, said by another person.Rate it:

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harpoon is good for the whale, painful for humans.The phrase usually refers to how people treat each other. Borrowed from native tribes, it translates to how people feel when they meet similar fate as that of their nemesis.Rate it:

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hate abounds, eye's awaken/ still your heart, the grounds only quakin'The cumulative mindset of our human condition and how we affect matter without even realizing it, yet we fail or refuse to see exactly what’s we/you’re doing no matter the consequences.Rate it:

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have to do with the price of tea in chinaTo have any relation or bearing whatsoever on the topic at hand, usually used to emphasize the lack of relationship of a non sequitur.Rate it:

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head offTo avoid some usually negative consequence.Rate it:

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heaven only knowsAlternative form of God knows, in sense of something unknown to mortal men.Rate it:

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here you areSaid when you hand something over to someone or do a favour to them, usually to draw the recipient's attention to the exchange; Equivalent to “thank you” when receiving something..Rate it:

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high noteThe highest and usually climactic note of a song or composition, especially one that is difficult to reach.Rate it:

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histoire de rire1. For the fun of the thing. 2. It was only a joke.Rate it:

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historical figureA person who lived long ago, usually of some historical note or importance.Rate it:

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hit the fanTo have a dramatic, usually negative, effect.Rate it:

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home field advantageUsually in sports, the heightened performance enjoyed by the team playing on its own familiar field in front of its home crowd.Rate it:

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honey do lista collection of requests, usually by a spouse for a partner to perform a series of tasks, assignments, or jobs dealing with the maintenance of a household.Rate it:

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