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here be dragonsA place/thing that has not yet been ventured; unfamiliar territoryRate it:

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here's your signA sarcastic remark and gesture that is said and done when someone says something stupid. This is said while holding the back of your right hand in a fist to your forehead with the index finger and thumb extended to form an "L" for "Loser." This is done and said to someone when they ask an obvious question and they should have known the answer; it points out to someone how dumb the question was that they just asked.Rate it:

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here's the thingPrecedes the key point of an explanation.Rate it:

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high five. down low. too slow.Something Americans do to have fun and form friendships--a bonding thing; camaraderie.Rate it:

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high impactThe striking of one thing against another at a high altitude.Rate it:

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histoire de rire1. For the fun of the thing. 2. It was only a joke.Rate it:

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hit the bulls eyeRemarkably accurate, Good shot, right on the mark.Rate it:

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hit the nail on the headTo do the right thing at the right time and in right way.Rate it:

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hit the nail on the headTo identify something exactly; to arrive at exactly the right answer.Rate it:

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Hit the Nail Right on the HeadTo say something exactly accurate or correct, to reach at right conclusion of somethingRate it:

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hit the spotTo be particularly pleasing or appropriate; to be just right.Rate it:

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horse's assA thing or person which is visually unappealing.Rate it:

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hot messRefers to a person, thing, or situation in such a state of disarray or disapproval by peers, often in reference to physical appearance, perceived to be disastrously embarrassing, pitiful, or beyond repair.Rate it:

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hot shitAn exceptionally impressive person or thingRate it:

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hottest thing in townA particular late model car, a startlingly appearing item or super-styled article of dress.Rate it:

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humane, modice, moderate, sapienter, constanter ferre aliquidto bear a thing with resignation, composure.Rate it:

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i bags first goAustralian children's expression of reserving the right to somethingRate it:

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I don't fancy yoursUsed to reserve the right to chat up an attractive woman, who is with an unattractive woman.Rate it:

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i know you know i knowYou already know that this is not a new thing to meRate it:

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I'm all right, JackIndicates a selfish attitude, not worried about any problems one's friends and neighbours might have. Often associated with strikes and other trade union industrial actions.Rate it:

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if it quacks like a duck, waddles like a duck and looks like a duck, chances are it's a duckif something has all the attributes and appearances of being a certain thing, the probability exists that it is that thing.Rate it:

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if it's not one thing it's anotherMany problems are happening simultaneously or in close succession.Rate it:

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if it's the last thing I doAt any cost; for certain; indicates the speaker is determined, resolute in doing something.Rate it:

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if the shoe fitsMore common version of the original "If the shoe fits, wear it"; If it has all of the characteristics of a thing, it probably is that thing.Rate it:

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if you want a thing done well, do it yourselfIt is better to do something oneself, than rely on others to do it well.Rate it:

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il a l'esprit de l'escalierHe never thinks of the right answer at the proper moment.Rate it:

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il n'y a rien à redire à celaThere is no fault to be found with that; That is quite all right.Rate it:

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il répète la même chose à tout bout de champHe repeats the same thing every instant, every time he has the chance.Rate it:

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il se pique d'un rienHe takes offence at the slightest thing.Rate it:

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in acesRight on the money. Exactly. Two thumbs up.Rate it:

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in aliqua re dicito be used in speaking of a thing.Rate it:

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in bonam (malam) partem accipere aliquidto take a thing in good (bad) part.Rate it:

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in brevi conspectu ponere aliquidto make a short survey of a thing.Rate it:

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in controversiam vocare, adducere aliquidto make a thing the subject of controversy.Rate it:

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in dubio ponereto throw doubt upon a thing.Rate it:

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in dubium vocareto throw doubt upon a thing.Rate it:

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in feeOf an estate in land, inherited or owned by one who has the absolute right to dispose of the land as they desire, including the right to select an inheritor of the land.Rate it:

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in lucro ponere aliquid (Flacc. 17. 40)to consider a thing as profit.Rate it:

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in maius accipere aliquidto overestimate a thing.Rate it:

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in maius ferre, in maius extollere aliquidto exaggerate a thing.Rate it:

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in memoriam alicuius redigere, reducere aliquid (not revocare)to recall a thing to a person's mind.Rate it:

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in memoriam alicuius redireto recall to mind a thing or person.Rate it:

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in mentionem alicuius rei incidereto mention a thing incidentally, casually.Rate it:

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in nostros mores inducere aliquid (De Or. 2. 28)to introduce a thing into our customs; to familiarise us with a thing.Rate it:

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in one's right mindSane, sensible, reasonable; thinking clearly.Rate it:

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in ordinem redigere aliquidto systematise, classify a thing.Rate it:

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in ore habere aliquid (Fam. 6. 18. 5)to harp on a thing, be always talking of it.Rate it:

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in possessionem alicuius rei invadereto take forcible possession of a thing.Rate it:

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in scaenam aliquid inducereto bring a thing upon the stage.Rate it:

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in tabulas publicas referre aliquidto enter a thing in the public records.Rate it:

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