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aliquid animo meo obversatur (cf. sect. III, s. v. oculi)a vague notion presents itself to my mind.Rate it:

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aliquid in animo haeret, penitus insedit or infixum esta thing is deeply impressed on the mind.Rate it:

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aliquid in commentarios suos referre (Tusc. 3. 22. 54)to enter a thing in one's note-book.Rate it:

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aliquid in usum suum conferreto employ in the furtherance of one's interests.Rate it:

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aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrarito consider a thing beneath one's dignity.Rate it:

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aliquis est mihi in oculisto cherish as the apple of one's eye.Rate it:

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aliquis reus fit (Fam. 13. 54)some one is accused.Rate it:

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aliquis simulat aegrum or se esse aegrumsome one feigns illness.Rate it:

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aliquo teste utito use some one's evidence.Rate it:

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aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui)to think one thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions.Rate it:

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alive and kickingHealthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.Rate it:

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all and someone and allRate it:

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all and sundryAll, everyone.Rate it:

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all and sundryEach one.Rate it:

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all bark and no biteFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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all bets are offIndicates that a future event appears uncertain, especially one that before seemed more certain.Rate it:

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all dressed up and nowhere to goElaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.Rate it:

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all eyes and earsTo be attentive.Rate it:

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all fur coat and no knickersOf superficial appearance and with no real substance beneath.Rate it:

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all goodAnother way of saying it's all good; don't worry; everything is okayRate it:

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all hands on deck!Nautical call for all ships crew to come topside and man their usual station. Work challenge or approaching gale threatens safety of crew and vessel.Rate it:

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all hat and no cattleFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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all mouth and no trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all nationsA composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.Rate it:

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all of one's taste is in one's mouthAlternative form of all one's taste is in one's mouthRate it:

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all one's eggs in one basketDevoting all of one’s resources to one thing.Rate it:

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all one's eggs in one basketInvesting heavily in just one area.Rate it:

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all one's life's worthA momentous matter; a very serious risk; a difficult task or situation.Rate it:

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all one's taste is in one's mouthOne lacks good taste in aesthetic or cultural matters.Rate it:

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all over the mapWidely scattered or distributed; numerous and differing greatly.Rate it:

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all piss and wind like a barber catAll talk and noise with no actionRate it:

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all rights reservedThe copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.Rate it:

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all roads lead to romedifferent paths can take one to the same goalRate it:

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all sixes and ninesIn a state of confusion in which everything takes on an opposite meaningRate it:

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all sizzle and no steakSomeone or something does not live up to its reputationRate it:

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all sizzle and no steakA thing or person which fails to measure up to its description or advanced promotion.Rate it:

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all smoke and no firesimilar to all bark and no biteRate it:

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all students take calculusA mnemonic for the sign values of all the trigonometric functions in the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The initial letters ASTC — for all, sine, tangent, cosine — signify which of the functions are positive, in the order of the quadrants, starting at the top right and moving counterclockwise.Rate it:

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all talk and no actionSpeaking, promising, or boasting much, but doing littleRate it:

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all talk and no ciderAll talk and no results.Rate it:

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all that and a bag of chipseverything one would want and moreRate it:

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all the rageVery fashionable and popular, like a craze.Rate it:

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all the way to egery and backThe long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.Rate it:

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all things to all peopleSomeone or something that entirely satisfies the expectations of everyone, no matter how diverse and conflicting those expectations may be.Rate it:

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all well and goodBasically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.Rate it:

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all wool and a yard wideOf high quality.Rate it:

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all work and no play makes jack a dull boyToo much focus on one's career is often viewed unfavorably.Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy.Rate it:

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all's fair in love and warunpleasant behavior is acceptable during love and conflict.Rate it:

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all's oneIt is just the same; it makes no difference.Rate it:

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