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set the thames on fireTo achieve something amazing; to do something which brings great public acclaim.Rate it:

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set the world on firehave sensational successRate it:

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shoot upTo fire many bullets at.Rate it:

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slack-jawedWith the mouth in an open position and the jaw hanging loosely, especially as indicating bewilderment or astonishment.Rate it:

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stick to one's gunsTo persist in faithfully attending to cannons while under fire.Rate it:

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sub divoin the open air.Rate it:

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tape outOf a piece of land, to measure out so as to be able to accurately fire upon itRate it:

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tenir table ouverteTo keep open house.Rate it:

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testamentum resignareto open a will.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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the world is one's oysterAll opportunities are open to someone, the world is theirs.Rate it:

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there may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnaceEven if a person is in his or her senior years, with gray hair, he or she can still have ambition and energy, especially sexual energy.Rate it:

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tip backTo open such a beverage.Rate it:

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tire fireA disaster; a chaotic person, thing, or situation.Rate it:

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tirer un coup (de pistolet, etc.) à brûle-pourpointTo fire point-blank.Rate it:

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to be an open bookAn individual's life can be unrestricted in intimate details and become as an open book.Rate it:

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tomber de fièvre en chaud malTo fall out of the frying-pan into the fire.Rate it:

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tomber de fièvre en chaud mal (or, de la poêle dans la braise, de charybde en scylla)To fall out of the frying-pan into the fire.Rate it:

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tomber de la poêle dans la braiseTo fall out of the frying-pan into the fire.Rate it:

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trial by fireA test in which a person is exposed to flames in order to assess his/her truthfulness, commitment, courage, etc.Rate it:

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trial by fireA situation in which a soldier or other combatant faces the discharge of opposing weapons, as a test of his or her fortitude.Rate it:

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trial by fireAny ordeal which tests one's strength, endurance, or resolve.Rate it:

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under fireSubjected to enemy attack.Rate it:

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under fireCriticized or held responsible for something.Rate it:

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up frontOpen, honest; tending to disclose information; truthful.Rate it:

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urban fabricThe physical aspect of urbanism, emphasizing building types, thoroughfares, open space, frontages, and streetscapes; while excluding without prejudice to this useful term, environmental, functional, economic and sociocultural aspects.Rate it:

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viam patefacere, aperireto open a route.Rate it:

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volumen explicareto open a book.Rate it:

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wash overOf open water. To surge over the banks, or other retaining structure.Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heart; often when this is said, it is said when it is more than the listener wants or needs to hear about it--so it is often said in a negative way or with a negative connotationRate it:

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were you born in a tentAn admonishment said to someone who has left a door open.Rate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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where's the fireWhat's the big rush?Rate it:

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wide openat full speed; maximum velocity or momentumRate it:

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with open armsWith enthusiasm, as if embracing.Rate it:

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開口埋口every time they open their mouth they always talk about or say…Rate it:

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