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nickel and dimea verb; the process of trying to extract small amounts of money (i.e. from someone, from people)Rate it:

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no man is an islandAll people are connected to other people and dependent on other people.1623, John Donne, Rate it:

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no rest for the wicked(humorous) People who are wicked must work harder than normal people.Rate it:

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not the brightest bulb in the chandelierThere are more intelligent (i.e. brighter) people in the room or in existence generally.Rate it:

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not to rewrite other people's wordsThe act of compromising to limiting ones word usage.Rate it:

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nothing specialOrdinary, run-of-the-mill.Rate it:

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nothing succeeds like successPeople who are already successful tend to have additional successes.Rate it:

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nothing to lose but their h'sDescriptive of people in England whose speech is proper or upper-class, but who are poor.Rate it:

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odds and sodsOrdinary people who lack distinction.Rate it:

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of all peopleEspecially; more than other people.Rate it:

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oh, ye of little faithPointing out one's lack of faith; people sometimes leave the "O" or "Oh" out of the saying when they say itRate it:

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old boy networkA presumed unacknowledged system of association between childhood friends (especially those at school or university together), used for mutual assistance or favouritism and usually at the exclusion of certain other people; often specifically at the exclusion of womenRate it:

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on travaille à façon (of small tailors, etc.)People’s own materials made up.Rate it:

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one anotherUsed of a reciprocal relationship among a group of more than two people or things; compare each other.Rate it:

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one fleshTwo people united by marriage.Rate it:

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one man's meat is another man's poisonPeople have differing tastes; what pleases one person may displease another.Rate it:

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one word leads to anotherSaid of a conversation which suddenly develops in a way that was not planned or anticipated by any of the people involved, sometimes in a positive context, but especially of an escalating argument.Rate it:

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only fools and horses workPhilosophy of life that people who do not look for an easy way of earning a living are foolish.Rate it:

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opposites attractpeople who are completely different make ideal partners.Rate it:

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os brancos que se entendamSaid by someone who wishes to stay away from a fight or discussion between other people.Rate it:

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other days, other waysPeople of the past thought and acted differently.Rate it:

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other sideThe afterlife, as a supernatural realm inhabited by spirits of deceased people.Rate it:

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ou caga, ou desocupa a moitaEither do it, or let other people do it.Rate it:

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out of placeAmongst all those horsey people I felt quite out of place.Rate it:

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Out of Sight, Out of MindYou forget people that are no longer visible, if you don’t see someone for a while, you tend to forgetRate it:

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Out of the Mouths of BabesYoung or inexperienced people often say remarkable things, children sometimes say insightful thingsRate it:

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out of the ordinaryUnusual or exceptional, especially for the better (often used in the negative).Rate it:

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out of the wayUnusual or out of the ordinary.Rate it:

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over/underAlso expressed as over-under; In sports betting, a sportsbook predicts the combined teams' score for a certain game. In an over/under bet, people bet on whether the combined teams' score will be more than (over) or less than (under) the sportsbook's predicted total combined score of the gameRate it:

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p.e makes dinosurds all sweatA common mnemonic that is used to help people remember the order of operations when calculating mathematical equations (² x / + -), in the PEMDAS order: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, SubtractionRate it:

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pair offTo join two people into a relationship.Rate it:

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panier de crabesA rat race; any organization where people metaphorically claw at one another to come out on top.Rate it:

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panis cibariusordinary bread.Rate it:

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parade of horriblesA parade featuring a progression of people wearing comic and grotesque costumes.Rate it:

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parting of the waysa separation of two things or people because of a disagreement, a point of divergence, especially an important oneRate it:

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pass the hatTo ask for money, especially from a group of people; to solicit donations or contributions.Rate it:

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PEDMASA common mnemonic that is used to help people remember the order of operations, in the PEMDAS order.Rate it:

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people are peoplePeople are basically the same everywhere.Rate it:

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people everywhere made decisions about sumsA common mnemonic that is used to help people remember the order of operations when calculating mathematical equations (² x / + -), in the PEMDAS order: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition, SubtractionRate it:

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people personSomeone who is happier or more skilled at dealing with people rather than things or concepts.Rate it:

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people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stonesDo not criticize others if you have weaknesses yourself.Rate it:

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People Who Live in the Glass House Shouldn't Throw StonesYou should not point fingers at other and first look at yourselfRate it:

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people with almost virginous minds.Naive, trusting, honest, loving people that want to believe that all other people are as honest and trustworthy as themselves.Rate it:

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people's republicUsed other than as an idiom: see people, 's, republic.Rate it:

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people's republicA particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomyRate it:

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people's republicA self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments.Rate it:

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per stirpesA method of distributing an estate to the descendants of a deceased legatee in which the estate is divided equally among the branches of a family, without regard to differing numbers of people in different branches.Rate 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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pig latinA made up language often used as a way to speak in front of people (often children and often by parents) without them knowing what you are sayingRate it:

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placare aliquem alicui or in aliquemto reconcile two people; to be a mediator.Rate it:

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