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to not let any grass grow under one's feetto be always active and never delay in taking an actionRate it:

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tout fait nombreEvery little helps.Rate it:

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turkey shootA situation in which numerous weapons are discharged against prey, opponents, or victims who have little ability to protect or defend themselves.Rate it:

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um passarinho me contoua little bird told meRate it:

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under lock and keyImprisoned with little or no chance of escape.Rate it:

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vivre de l'air du tempsTo live upon nothing (i.e. to eat very little).Rate it:

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votre enfant est gentil à croquerYour child is a charming little fellow.Rate it:

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water the love and dreams will grow.LoveRate it:

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well i thought it was little sylvie hopprunning there for meThis phrase appears in a song by Harry Belafonte. The song is “Sylvie”. I got the lyrics from Internet.Rate it:

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what mattersIt takes all the little things that makes the big things matterRate it:

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whipper snappera young person who is being unruly or who causes trouble. Usually said by an older person when they are frustrated with an unruly child or younger person; typically preceded by the word "young" or "little"Rate it:

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whistle in the darkTo speak of something despite having little knowledge of it.Rate it:

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whistle past the graveyardTo enter a situation with little or no understanding of the possible consequences.Rate it:

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wine tosserA person who talks a great deal about wine but actually knows very little.Rate it:

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wing itTo improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; or to perform with little or no preparation.Rate it:

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winter ratAn old, unattractive automobile, purchased for little money, to be driven during brutal Great Lakes winters while the owner's "good" car remains garaged and protected from corrosive road salt for the season.Rate it:

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wolf in sheep's clothingGrammar school stories told of the Wily wolf wearing a sheepskin costume as he stealthily circles the grazing sheep seeking to snatch a helpless little lamb in his sharp-toothed and drooling vicious jaws!Rate it:

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wouldn't pay a quarter to see jesus ride a bicycle.Somone so tight with their money they wouldn't pay even a little bit to see something miraculous !Rate it:

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wrap around one's little fingerTo successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time.Rate it:

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wrap someone around your little fingerA feeling, a sense, an awareness one realizes when another is deeply devoted, lovingly loyal and shares a mutuality in myriad areas in each other and their lives.Rate it:

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you can't make a silk purse of a sow's earIt is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.Rate it:

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руки из жопы растутall thumbs; literally, hands grow from the arse )Rate it:

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руки не из того места растутall thumbs; literally, hands grow from the wrong spot )Rate it:

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слухом земля полнитсяa little bird told meRate it:

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сорока на хвосте принеслаa little bird told meRate it:

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מעט מדי, מאוחר מדיToo little, too late.Rate it:

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冇嘢到have/produce little to no resultsRate it:

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小狗懶擦鞋a phrase that literally means "little dog lazy to wipe shoes" but is actually a phrase which contains words with similar sounds to the five profanities in Cantonese: 屌, 鳩, 撚, 柒, 閪.Rate it:

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愛媠莫命to be fashionable rather than comfortable; to wear little on a cold day to look attractiveRate it:

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要靚唔要命to be fashionable rather than comfortable; to wear little on a cold day to look attractiveRate it:

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要風度不要溫度be fashionable than comfortable; wears little on a cold day to look attractiveRate it:

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