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more by accident than by designsomething done without deliberate intention; more by coincidence or luck than thanks to one's own skill or planning.Rate it:

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não custa nadaSaid to justify doing something that is easy to be done, especially when one is reluctant or doubtful about doing it.Rate it:

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navem remis concitare, incitareto row hard.Rate it:

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necessary evilAn unfavorable thing that must be done or accepted, especially because the available alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse.Rate it:

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needs a swift kick in the slats!Depression Expression; Threats and assertions of physical violence toward certain individuals during 'hard times' was common. Circa 1929-1939.Rate it:

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no gosomething which should not or cannot be doneRate it:

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no guts, no glorySuccess will not be achieved without hard work and struggle.Rate it:

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no hard feelings(I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); There's no bad blood between (us, etc.).Rate it:

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no harm doneUsed to express that someone's action had no serious adverse consequences.Rate it:

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no sooner said than doneAs soon as something is said, it will be done.Rate it:

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nose to the grindstoneHard at work.Rate it:

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not yetNot completed or not doneRate it:

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nothing for itNo alternative; nothing else to be done or to have recourse to.Rate it:

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now whatA request for advice or instruction on what should be done, when a situation has turned negative, particularly if a contingency has failed.Rate it:

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old habits die hardExisting habits are hard to change.Rate it:

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on a whimDone without much thought--without thinking seriously about the consequencesRate it:

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on fait comme on peutWe must do the best we can; We have done the best we could.Rate it:

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on ne fait pas d'omelettes sans casser des œufsNothing is done without trouble and sacrifice.Rate it:

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on prend plus de mouches avec du miel qu'avec du vinaigreMore is done by kindness than by harshness.Rate it:

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on the flySpontaneously or extemporaneously; done as one goes, or during another activity.Rate it:

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one can't fight city halltaking on any government entity in a contest is difficult and easier said than done.Rate it:

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one could do it in one's sleepSaid of something that can be done very easily.Rate it:

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pain and sufferingA species of damages that one may recover for physical or mental pain that results from a wrong done.Rate it:

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paint the wagonTo get things done.Rate it:

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parece mentiraIt's hard to believeRate it:

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part and parcelAn integral or essential piece; that which must be done or accepted as part of something else.Rate it:

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party hardyto party very hard, possibly not remembering later what happened at the partyRate it:

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payer argent comptantTo pay ready money; To pay in hard cash.Rate it:

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payer en bonnes espèces sonnantes (et trébuchantes)To pay in hard cash.Rate it:

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pew pew pewIs like shoot the shit out of it, get it doneRate it:

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pick up the slackto do the work which someone else has stopped doing, but which still needs to be doneRate it:

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pif that troon!Troon: A irritating, aggravating, rude entity, who's sole purpose is to irritate & harass, unsuspecting, innocent people. A purposeful frustrating annoyer. "Pif"{3-step}: A special forces teckneik. A sheath knive issued to silently eliminate a enemy sentinel. 1:Approaching the enemy silently from the rear, stricking the back of the knees, as to buckle them, while cupping the mouth & cutting the throat & jugular vien simotancely. 2:Next immediately using the hand holding your knife, you in a upward thrust pierce the base of the skull fully sinking the length of blade & twist or jiggle. 3: Imeadiatly removing and reversing the blade to a downward position raming it down the spinelcoard & repeat the twist or jiggle. Done correctly it should take 3 seconds or less, with no scream, twitching or jerking of the enemy guard, or solder. Plop, drop, done, done, on to the next one! " Troon Pifing". The prefured "Pif" Knife is a Double edged Military Commando style sheath knife. "Pif that Troon!"Rate it:

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play the race cardDonald A. Carson, Love in Hard Places p.94.Rate it:

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practise makes a man perfectDo more practice and hard work to gain something that you want....Rate it:

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promptDone quickly and fast. Doing it with no hesitationRate it:

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punch outTo rule that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.Rate it:

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push against an open doorTo do something pointless or unnecessary; to try doing something already done.Rate it:

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Put Your Shoulder to the WheelTo work really hard for something, making great effort to accomplish somethingRate it:

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que faire?What am I (or, are we) to do? What is to be done?Rate it:

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que voulez-vous?1. What do you want? What can I do for you? 2. What was to be done? 3. What can you expect?Rate it:

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Queer StreetHard times; a difficult circumstance, especially financially.Rate it:

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qui aime bien, tard oublieTrue love dies hard.Rate it:

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qui s'excuse, s'accuseIf you try to excuse yourself you practically acknowledge that you have done wrong; A guilty conscience needs no accuser.Rate it:

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quick-and-dirtyDone or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.Rate it:

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quod erat faciendumWhat / which was to be done. Abbreviated Q.E.F. Cf. Quod Erat Demonstrandum.Rate it:

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race against timeA situation in which something must be done hurriedly, by a deadline.Rate it:

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reinvent the wheelTo redo work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily; to rethink an already working system, technique, etc. in a pointless attempt to improve it.Rate it:

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remis contendereto row hard.Rate it:

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revenge is a dish best served coldAn expression that emotional detachment is ideal when taking revenge, as one is righting the wrongs that have been done to the doer.Rate it:

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ridden hard and put away wetMistreated; not properly cared for.Rate it:

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