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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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nothing built can last foreverEverything that is created, constructed or established is temporary and will eventually come to an endRate it:

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nothing flatAmount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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nothing is sacredUsed to lament the lack of respect for traditions, ideas, values, etc. and conveys that not much is still considered inviolable or untouchableRate it:

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noughts and crossespen and paper gameRate it:

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nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondusWe went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.Rate it:

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now and againSometimes; occasionally; intermittently.Rate it:

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now and thenSometimes; occasionally; also said with the word every in front: every now and thenRate it:

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now hear thisAn instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.Rate it:

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now or neverat this opportunity, or never at allRate it:

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nuit blancheAn all-night celebration or festival.Rate it:

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null and voidHaving no legal validity, not enforceable legallyRate it:

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nullam moram interponere, quin (Phil. 10. 1. 1)to make all possible haste to...Rate it:

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nuts and boltsThe basic, inner workings of something; the fundamentals or basics; that which makes something operate, on a basic level.Rate it:

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o prazer é todo meuthe pleasure is all mineRate it:

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oculos figere in terra and in terramto keep one's eyes on the ground.Rate it:

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odd and curiousA way to designate special coins, namely coins that are both odd and imperfect or seriously damaged.Rate it:

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odd and curiousOn the Isle of Man, the common or general man.Rate it:

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odds and endsMiscellaneous things.Rate it:

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odds and sodsMiscellaneous items.Rate it:

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odds and sodsOrdinary people who lack distinction.Rate it:

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of all peopleEspecially; more than other people.Rate it:

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of all the gin jointsan expression of astonishment (and possibly of good or bad luck) at a coincidence, especially of seeing someone somewhere unexpectedly; A shortened version of, "Of all the gin joints, in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine."Rate it:

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of all thingsEspecially; more than other things.Rate it:

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of all thingsSurprisingly.Rate it:

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off and onoccasionallyRate it:

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off and runningLaunched or launching vigorously into a course of action.Rate it:

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off like a bride's nightieMoving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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off like a bride's nightieMaking a rapid departure; away. [From 1960.](Australia, horse racing) Moving quickly and resolutely.Rate it:

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off one's gameC. 1910, Ralph Henry Barbour, "The Dub" in The New Boy at Hilltop and Other Stories.Rate it:

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off the chainCrazy and exciting; delirious and wild. By analogy to a frenetic dog when unleashed.Rate it:

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off the railsWhen you've lost it all, When your world and life is upside down!Rate it:

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oil and waterTwo things which are incapable of mixing or coexisting harmoniously with each other.Rate it:

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old boy networkA presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism and usually at the exclusion of certain other people; often specifically at the exclusion of womenRate it:

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old man stuffWe all have aches and pains once we reach a certain age. Part of the cost of growing older. My trainer uses this phrase when I complain about some age related pain , like my arthritis.Rate it:

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old moneyThe monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation and consisting of pounds, shillings, and pence.Rate it:

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old saltA seasoned sailor, especially one who is hardy and forthright in manner.Rate it:

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old schoolCharacteristic of a style, outlook, or method employed in a former era, remembered either as inferior to the current style, or alternately, remembered nostalgically as superior or preferable to the new style, the older denoting something that would be considered out of date or out of fashion to some, but as such, is considered by others as cool and hip.Rate it:

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oll korrectAll right; okay.Rate it:

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omegaThe twenty-fourth letter of the Classical and the Modern Greek alphabet, and the twenty-eighth letter of the Old and the Ancient Greek alphabet, i.e. the last letter of every Greek alphabet. Uppercase version: Ω; lowercase: ω.Rate it:

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omissis pilis gladiis rem gerereto throw down the javelins (pila) and fight with the sword.Rate it:

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omne (otiosum) tempus in litteris consumereto devote all one's leisure moments to study.Rate it:

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omne studium in litteris collocare, ad litteras conferreto employ all one's energies on literary work.Rate it:

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omnem humanitatem ex animo exstirpare (Amic. 13. 48)to stifle, repress all humane sentiments in one's mind.Rate it:

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omnem humanitatem exuisse, abiecisse (Lig. 5. 14)to be quite insensible to all feelings of humanity.Rate it:

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omnem humanitatis sensum amisisseto be quite insensible of all feelings to humanity.Rate it:

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omnem luctum plane abstergereto banish all sad thoughts.Rate it:

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omnem religionem tollere, delereto annihilate all religious feeling.Rate it:

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omnes (uno ore) in hac re consentiuntall agree on this point.Rate it:

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omnes cogitationes ad aliquid conferreto give all one's attention to a thing.Rate it:

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