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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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drift apartTo lose contact, to lose one's friendship or closeness.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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dry upTo become dry; to lose water.Rate it:

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du fil à retordrea hard time, some difficultiesRate 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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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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enough to make the angels weepSomething so distressing that it causes one to lose hope and faith.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 timeUsed to express a strong preference for something.Rate it:

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every timeAt each occasion that.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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fade awayTo lose strength, become weaker; to waneRate 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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fall from graceTo lose God's favour through sins or wrongdoings.Rate it:

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fall from graceTo fall from one's current social position to something lower, to lose one's prestige, status or power.Rate it:

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fall offA hip hop term; to completely lose the plot in terms of artistic direction.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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fiddle aboutTo waste time; spend time idly.Rate it:

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fiddle while Rome burnsTo neglect helping when one's time is needed most; to ignore the major problem at hand (whilst doing something less important); to be idle, inactive, or uninterested in a time of great need.Rate it:

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field dayA great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense.Rate it:

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field dayA great time or a great deal to do.Rate it:

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fifteen minutes of fameA very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.Rate it:

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final curtainThe end to something which has longed for a long time.Rate it:

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finest hourA point in time or a relatively brief period of time when an especially distinguished, admirable, or effective set of actions is performed.Rate it:

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first things firstDeal with matters of highest priority first; deal with matters in logical sequence.1922, H. G. Wells, The Secret Places of the Heart, ch.4,"First things first," said Sir Richmond. If we set about getting fuel sanely, if we do it as the deliberate, co-operative act of the whole species, then it follows that we shall look very closely into the use that is being made of it.1999, Frank Pellegrini, "House Republicans Quell Mutiny Over Tax Bounty," Time, 23 Jul.,Judging by the pollsRate it:

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fit inmake time or spaceRate it:

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