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quelle affaire! en voilà une affaire! (ironic.)What a to-do! What a row about nothing!Rate it:

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qui dit trop ne dit rienHe who wants to prove too much proves nothing.Rate it:

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qui ne demande rien n'a rienLose nothing for want of asking; If you do not ask, you will not get.Rate it:

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qui ne risque rien n'a rienNothing venture, nothing win.Rate it:

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qui perd pècheHe who loses sins; Nothing succeeds like success.Rate it:

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qui rien ne sait, de rien ne douteWho knows nothing, doubts nothing; Ignorance is bliss.Rate it:

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rabattre le caquet à quelqu'un (pop.)To take a person down a peg; To stop his jaw; To cut his cackle.Rate it:

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raw dealA situation in which a person is taken advantage of or treated unfairly; a situation in which a person is led to expect something, but receives nothing or much less than expected.Rate it:

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rearrange the deck chairs on the titanicTo do something pointless or insignificant that will soon be overtaken by events, or that contributes nothing to the solution of a current problem.Rate it:

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red lightA warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating ‘stop’..Rate it:

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red mistAnger sufficient to cloud judgement, to stop clear thinking.Rate it:

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rein inTo stop or slow a horse by pulling the reins.Rate it:

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rein inTo stop or slow something, by exercising control.Rate it:

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rein upTo stop, to halt riding a horse by pulling on the reins.Rate it:

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rein upTo stop, to cause to come to a halt.Rate it:

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rem actam or simply actum agere (proverb.)to have all one's trouble for nothing.Rate it:

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rendre un homme camusTo stop a man’s mouth; To make a man look small.Rate it:

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rien de semblableNothing of the sort.Rate it:

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rien n'y faitNothing has any effect upon him (or, on it); It is all of no use.Rate it:

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rien ne lui coûteHe sticks at nothing; He spares no trouble.Rate it:

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rien ne vous fera fauteYou will want for nothing.Rate it:

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say whenAn imperative form used to request that the interlocutor indicate when one should stop doing something, esp. pouring a drink, because one has reached a sufficient amount.Rate it:

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seize upTo stop functioning; to come to a halt.Rate it:

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seize upTo stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.Rate it:

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semper memoria eius in (omnium) mentibus haerebitnothing will ever make me forgetful of him.Rate it:

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shit happensBad things happen, and there is nothing we can do about it.Rate it:

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shut downTo turn off or stop.Rate it:

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shut offTo stop or turn off by closing something.Rate it:

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shut one's faceTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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shut one's mouthTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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shut one's trapTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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si peu que rienNext to nothing.Rate it:

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silence is goldenPeace and quiet have immense value.Often the best choice is to say nothing.Rate it:

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silent as the graveSaying absolutely nothing.Rate it:

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Six of One and a Half of the OtherSomething that is equal, nothing to choose or select between,Rate it:

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smoking like a chimney !this is used to describe a person who is chain smoker or smoking non stop.Rate it:

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snuff outTo extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.Rate it:

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sod allNothing.Rate it:

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spaz outTo stop working properly.Rate it:

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stall for timeTo intentionally cause a delay; to stop; to wait.Rate it:

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stand byTo do nothing. To be inactive in a situation.Rate it:

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stand downTo wait; to stop pursuing or fighting.Rate it:

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stand downFor me this means stop being mean a bullyRate it:

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stand patTo stop hitting.Rate it:

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stem the tideTo slow or stop the increase.Rate it:

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step backTo stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.Rate it:

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sticking at nothingBeing ruthlessRate it:

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stop an eight-day clock and throw it into reverseBefore batteries and household electricity were used to power clocks, most clocks had to be wound by hand to keep operating. Eight-day clocks were designed so they only had to be wound every eighth day and the movement only turned in a clockwise direction. Therefore, someone with an appearance objectionable enough to stop the clock and send the movement spinning in the wrong and opposite direction would be ugly indeed.Rate it:

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stop and goheavy traffic with a lot of pausing during the driveRate it:

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stop and smell the rosesTo relax; to take time out and enjoy or appreciate life.Rate it:

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