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streets aheadFar superior; much better or more advanced.Rate it:

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stuck upSnobbish, conceited; believing oneself to be better than others; haughty.Rate it:

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suck outTo win a hand, usually on a showdown, by hitting a card on the turn or river to make a better hand than one's opponent, even though one had a significantly inferior hand on the flop.Rate it:

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sugar coatedAlternative spelling of sugarcoated. (altered to seem better than it really is, made more attractive.)Rate it:

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take a turn for the betterTo start to become better; to improve.Rate it:

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talk upIn such a way as to make the thing or person sound better than it actually is.Rate it:

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tant mieuxSo much the better.Rate it:

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tant soit peu meilleurBe it ever so little better; A shade better.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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the grass is always greener on the other sideWhen one views other people's lives or situations as better than your own.Rate it:

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think better of itTo change one's mind; especially to decide against.Rate it:

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throw a sprat to catch a mackerelTo sacrifice something of little value in the hope of gaining something better.Rate it:

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to be the cat's whiskersTo perform better than was generally supposed possible.Rate it:

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toe the markYou Better 'Mind Your Business', Stick To The Essentials, Follow The Rules, Work With The Program, Pay Attention:Rate it:

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top it all offTo emphasize or underscore; to make something even better or worse.Rate it:

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top it offTo emphasize or underscore; to make something even better or worse.Rate it:

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tuitsIf I had more tuits.Rate it:

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two heads are better than oneSome problems may be solved more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.Rate it:

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two's company, three's a crowdOne companion is better than two.Rate it:

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un méchant accommodement est mieux que le meilleur procèsA bad arrangement is better than the best lawsuit.Rate it:

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une bonne fuite vaut mieux qu'une mauvaise attenteDiscretion is the better part of valour.Rate it:

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vaille que vailleAt all events; For better, for worse.Rate it:

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vaut bien que malAt all events; For better, for worse.Rate it:

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vieil ami et vieux vin sont vraiment deux bons vieux, mais vieux écus sont encore mieuxOld friends and old wine are good, but old gold is better than both.Rate it:

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vier Augen sehen mehr als zweitwo heads are better than oneRate it:

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vous aurez bon marché de luiYou will easily get the better of him.Rate it:

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vous l'avez échappé belleYou have had a narrow escape (or, shave).Rate it:

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what's goodwhat is your problem. Example: And now back to this bitch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press. Miley, what's good?Rate it:

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work smarter, not harderIt's better to be wise than vigorous.Rate it:

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workers of the world, uniteLaborers are encouraged to unionize or otherwise engage in collective action on a global scale in order to use the strength of their numbers to obtain better conditions.Rate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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you can't say fairer than thatThat is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot hope for a better decision or outcome.Rate it:

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you get what you pay forIn commercial transactions, the quality of goods and services increases as the prices increase, i.e., the more one pays, the better the merchandise.2003, Michael Blumenthal, "For Whom the School Bell Tolls," Time, 7 Dec.:Though it may sound unapologetically capitalistic to say soRate it:

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you had to be thereUsed to indicate to the interlocutor that the situation being talked about could only be properly understood if that person had been present.Rate it:

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you just had toUsed to scold someone.Rate it:

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you were sayingPrompts the interlocutor to resume what they had been saying prior to an interruption.Rate it:

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you were sayingDraws attention to something that has just happened that conflicts with what the interlocutor had said.Rate it:

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you'd better believe itUsed to emphasise a previous commentRate it:

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чтоб уж навернякаbetter safe than sorryRate it:

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冇咁嬲would be a better course of actionRate it:

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擇日不如撞日“to pick a date is not as good as to encounter a date”; as for to do something, it's better to do it now.Rate it:

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笑貧不笑娼the notion in society that it's better to get ahead in the world by abandoning one's scruples than to suffer povertyRate it:

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遠親不如近鄰Nearby neighbours are better than distant cousins.Rate it:

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