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chickens come home to roostA person's past wrongdoings will always return to negatively affect them.Rate it:

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Chickens Come Home to RoostCertain words or actions, which carry evil intentions, always haunt a person - who uses them or carries them outRate it:

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chien hargneux a toujours l'oreille déchiréeQuarrelsome folk are always in the wars.Rate it:

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Chinaman on one's backWithdrawal symptoms.Rate it:

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Chinaman on one's backA drug addiction.Rate it:

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Chip on Your ShoulderAlways ready to fight or get in some quarrel or having an aggressive and rude natureRate it:

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circle backTo revisit a topic, concept or idea after having put it on the back burner; to return to a place or locationRate it:

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claw backTo recover or retake, with great effort, something that was lost.Rate it:

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clean as a new pennyExtremely clean.Rate it:

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close one's eyes and think of EnglandTo accept (rather than fight)-and distract oneself so as to be able to endure-bad or unwanted sex, or by extension any unpleasant but inevitable experience.Rate it:

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come backTo return to a place.Rate it:

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come down to earthTo be brought back to reality; to lose one's dreams.Rate it:

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come home to roostBad consequences of actions inevitably coming to pass.Rate it:

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come out swingingTo display spunk and strength of character, especially when rising above or when fighting back against trouble or adversity.Rate it:

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come to lifeto bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrectRate it:

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comme quoiA phrase used to say that: this recent fact or result confirms what we always thought. : it goes to showRate it:

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conch don't grow on treesmeat that comes out of sea shellsRate it:

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cost a pretty pennyTo be expensive.Rate it:

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coug itTo suddenly lose a contest through reversal of fortune, mistakes, or bad judgment. The phrase is analogous to "blow it", or "snatch defeat from the jaws of victory".Rate it:

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could be written on the back of a postage stampIs very small or limited.Rate it:

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could fit on the back of a postage stampAlternative form of could be written on the back of a postage stampRate it:

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cowgirl positionA sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.Rate it:

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crawl back under your rockleave; get out of here; go back where you came fromRate it:

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crazy as all outdoorsA joking way of describing someone who is always getting into trouble from decisions they make.Rate it:

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cross that bridge when one gets thereThat is a discussion for another time; alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to itRate it:

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cross that bridge when one gets to itAlternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to itRate it:

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curate's eggA thing which has good and bad parts.Rate it:

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cut a sorry figureTo be regarded unfavorably by others by making a bad impression E.g. Looking embarrassed or humiliated in an unpleasant situation.Rate it:

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cut backTo reduce the amount of.Rate it:

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cut backTo reduce spending.Rate it:

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cut backTo reduce consumption.Rate it:

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d.c. al codaA music notation roughly meaning "go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda."Rate it:

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de perdidos al ríoin for a penny, in for a pound; there is nothing to loseRate it:

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de tanto aprontar, hoje conheço as artimanhas de quem pensa em me enganar.For those who want to fool me, I've learned how to behave after make a lot of bad things.Rate it:

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dead creature screecherGhost zombie enters your soul to eat your good deeds and bad deeds to enslave your spiritRate it:

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deadbeatOwes money but is unlikely to pay it backRate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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des gens de même farinePersons of the same kidney (generally in a bad sense); People tarred with the same brush.Rate it:

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dial backTo reduce; to restrain.Rate it:

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dici vix (non) potest or vix potest dici (vix like non always before potest)I cannot find words for...Rate it:

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die backto wither, particularly during the winter.Rate it:

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does Dolly Parton sleep on her backSynonym of is the Pope CatholicRate it:

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dog in the huntThis is often used erroneously to indicate that one has no stake in the outcome. As such this is a bastardization of two Southern idioms: "no dog in the fight," and "that dog won't hunt." (The latter indicates something is a bad idea or prone to fail.) Use of the phrase "no dog in the hunt" when one wishes to indicate they have no "dog in the fight" will generate funny glances from any Southerners who overhear it.Rate it:

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domus patet, aperta est mihiI am always welcome at his house.Rate it:

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don't bite the hand that feeds youDon't do something bad to the person who does something for you.Rate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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don't give me any of your guff!Depression Expression; "Don't Give Me Any Of Your Sassy, Back-Talk!"; "Don't 'Sass' ME!" "Don't Talk Back To Your Mother!"Rate it:

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don't shoot the messengerThe bearer of bad news should not be held accountable for the bad news.Rate it:

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Dose of One's Own MedicineThe same or a similar unpleasantness revert back to someone that has been giving othersRate it:

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double backTo retrace one's steps; to go back where one has already gone.Rate it:

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