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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate 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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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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who are youShort for: Who are you and what have you done with {the person I know--ie. my friend, my wife, etc, whatever relationship you have with the listener) Besides the normal meaning to ask who someone is, this phrase is something usually said in jest ( jokingly) to someone when they are acting very differently than normal; to insinuate or assert that they aren't acting like themselves or that they have become a different personRate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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why on god's green earth"on God's green Earth" is used to add emphasis to the question "Why...?"; precedes the rest of the question while conveying that the speaker is astonished as to why some situation exists.Rate it:

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Wikimedia CommonsUn repositorio de imagenes, audios y otros recursos multimediales sin derechos de autor, que se emplean en otros proyectos de servidores Wikimedia, incluyendo diversos languajes de sitios Wiktionary, Wikipedia, Wikibooks y Wikinews.Rate it:

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wits' endLimit of one's sanity or mental capacity; point of desperation; often said when you can't find an answer and you don't want to try any more.Rate it:

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wouldn't want to walk from here to thereUsed to denote a massive difference/distance when comparing (usually 2) ideas, items, people, or anything else.Rate it:

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wrap one's head aroundTo come to a good understanding of; believe or accept something shocking; also to wrap one's mind aroundRate it:

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y dale con que va a lloverExpresión de fastidio ante la insistencia de una persona en un asunto o ante la falta de novedad de un argumento.Rate it:

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y la cacha de la espadaForma burlesca de concluir la enumeración de cosas o razones que se consideran poco importantes o falsas. Puede ir precedido o seguido por la pata de la guagua, la pata de la cama y otras expresiones equivalentes.Rate it:

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y'a plus qu'àUtilisé pour dire qu’il est temps de commencer un travail, souvent après une longue phase préparatoire.Rate it:

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ya no estar para esos trotesExpresión con la que se dice que uno ya está demasiado viejo o enfermo para realizar la actividad señaladaRate it:

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ya queIntroduce la razón, motivo o causa de algo que se ha mencionado o se va a mencionar después.Rate it:

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yerba matecon cuyas hojas y tallos se hace una bebida de uso similar al té y al café, que se sirve en una calabaza seca y vaciada y se bebe con una bombilla metálica.Rate it:

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yeso negroEn albañilería, tipo de yeso grosero y gris para un primer enlucido, sobre el que después se pone el yeso blanco.Rate it:

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yetsiá bisheiláAquel que ha abandonado la religión judía para llevar una vida completamente secular.Rate it:

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yo que túif I were youRate it:

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yogurt de pajaritosProducto lácteo producido mediante la fermentación de leche usando "pajaritos", una mezcla de bacterias y levaduras que usan la leche como sustrato alimenticio. La bebida que se produce tiene aspecto similar al yogurt, pero contiene algo de alcohol y su sabor es más ácido.Rate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegarIt's easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude than with rude demands and negativity.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:

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you can run but one can't hideThere is nothing someone can do to evade something.You can run but you can't hide.Rate it:

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you can't make this stuff upThe reality is so bizarre, ironic, or comically coincidental as to be unbelievable.Rate it:

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you can't squeeze blood out of a turnipyou can't force a situation when there is no possibility of successRate it:

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you don't know shit from shinola1. Like calling someone ignorant 2. Often said in reference to something specific, the person saying this phrase is expressing that they don't think the subject of their complaint knows what they are talking about, or doesn't know what they are doing or that they don't know anything at all 3. Same as the phrase: "You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground"Rate it:

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you got a bus to catch?What's your hurry? Why are you rushing me out of here?Usually said when someone feels they are being rushed out of a placeRate it:

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your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your stomachTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; Also and more often said "your eyes are bigger than your, belly"Rate it:

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zampullín canosoAve zambullidora de unos 28cm de longitud que habita en lagos y lagunas de agua dulce. Se le encuentra en el oriente de Australia y Tasmania.Rate it:

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zapatero, a tus zapatosSe usa para criticar a los que opinan de materias de las que no entienden.Rate it:

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zapote negroÁrbol ebenáceo de hojas verde brillante, copa compacta originario de México y América Central, que da un fruto redondo, ligeramente aplanado de una decena de cm de largo, de piel verde oscura y pulpa color café, dulce y sabroso.Rate it:

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zapote negroFruto de este árbol, que se consume fresco, en conservas y es usado para preparar zumos.Rate it:

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zona abisalZona más profunda del océano, por debajo de los 1.800 metros que se extiende hasta la llanura abisal, situada a unos 4.000 m, sobre la que se depositan sedimientos abisales.Rate it:

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zona turísticaTerritorio con gran concentración de actividades turísticas, o en el que el turismo es la actividad económica preferente.Rate it:

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¡qué asco!Manera de expresarse ante un estímulo repugnante, asqueroso o desagradable.Rate it:

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¿de cuándo acá Marica con guantes?Expresión que denota extrañeza en quien la pronuncia.Rate it:

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¿de cuándo acá Perico con guantes?Expresión que muestra extrañeza.Rate it:

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¿estamos aquí, o en Jauja?Expresión con que se reprende una acción o un dicho inoportuno o indecoroso.Rate it:

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