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throw cold water onTo belittle or dismiss; to cast doubt upon; to debunk.Rate it:

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thumb one's noseTo place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, usually while simultaneous wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.Rate it:

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timor aliquem occupat (B. G. 1. 39)fear comes upon some one.Rate it:

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touch uponAlternative form of touch onRate it:

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viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)to enter upon a route; to take a road.Rate it:

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viam vitae ingredi (Flacc. 42. 105)to enter upon a career.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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vous ne me ferez pas prendre le changeYou will not impose upon me, put me on the wrong scent.Rate it:

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wait uponTo wait on; to serve.Rate it:

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wait upon hand and footAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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war comes in three factions: the brutalizers; the brutalized; the neutrals (not my fight).When war is thrust upon a nation by another belligerent nation, a neutral nation suffers a dilemma of the collective state conscience.Rate it:

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who am I kiddingSaid by someone who, upon the realization that they were kidding themselves, wishes to start thinking in a more sensible, reasonable way.Rate it:

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wish upon a starHope that a wish will become fulfilled; usually upon seeing the first star of the evening.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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you can hang your hat on thatIt's something to put faith in, to rely upon or trust (when used in a positive connotation).Rate it:

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you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word aloneIt is advantageous not to rely solely on being nice.Rate it:

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活要見人，死要見屍A crude meaning normally used upon someone with a price on their head, to be brought upon either alive or dead.Rate it:

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