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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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like one's life depended on itdesperatelyRate it:

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little engine that could (the)a reference to a children's story about an engine that tried even when he didn't think he could succeedRate it:

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main froide cœur chaudExpression que l’on emploie pour décrire une personne qui paraît distante au premier abord, mais qui s’avère à la longue avoir beaucoup de cœur.Rate it:

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mal lui en a prisAvoir tort de faire ce qu’on a fait, étant donné le résultat.Rate it:

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mama's boyA male person, especially a young man or boy, who is overly attached to or influenced by his mother; a sissy; alternate spelling: Momma's boyRate it:

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mater semper certa estLa mère est toujours certaine, par opposition au père, pour l’établissement d’une filiation.Rate it:

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mauvaise garde permet au loup de se repaîtreSi les moutons ne sont pas bien gardés, le loup va avoir plus à manger .Rate it:

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mauvaise herbe croît toujoursSe dit par plaisanterie des enfants qui grandissent beaucoup. Rate it:

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mauvaise herbe croît toujoursIll weeds grow apace.Rate it:

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mettre (quelqu'un) à pied(fam.) To dismiss (a functionary); To deprive a cabman of his licence.Rate it:

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mind one's ps and qsTo be very careful to behave correctly; an alternate spelling of mind one's p's and q's; same as mind your mannersRate it:

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mr. potato headA popular, commercially available, children's game featuring a plastic potato onto which a variety of features can be added for amusing results.Rate it:

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n'avoir que la cape et l'épéeTo be titled but penniless (generally used of young officers who have nothing but their pay).Rate it:

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n'est pas marchand qui toujours gagneOn doit s’attendre à des contrariétés et à des vicissitudes dans les affaires de la vie.Rate it:

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n'y avoir pas photoIl n’y a pas de doute, c’est clair et évident.Rate it:

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ne faites pas attention à ses menaces, autant en emporte le ventPay no attention to his threats, they are as light as air.Rate it:

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ne pas savoir sur quel pied danserTo be unsure of what to do.Rate it:

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ne prenez pas ce que je dis au pied de la lettreDo not take what I say literally.Rate it:

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ne'er do wellsomeone who isn't going anywhere in lifeRate it:

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news to methis is the first time I have heard that; something said after someone just told you something you didn't know before; often said like this: "That's news to me", "It's news to me" or for short, "News to me"Rate it:

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no time like the presentA shortened form of there's no time like the present; Now (i.e., the present time) is an appropriate time to take a particular action.Rate it:

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none of your bee's waxAlternative form of none of your beeswax.Rate it:

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nose in the airThe body language most of us have experienced when a friend passes you in public and with head tilted back and nose in the air gives you a first class snub!Rate it:

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not worth a hill of beanssomething is of no value; worthless; also said like this:didn't amount to a hill of beansRate it:

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now you're cookingA phrase, often given in response, meaning that the subject has switched to a more suitable or more efficient approach; short for: Now you're cooking with gas; this phrase can be used with anything, not just cooking.Rate it:

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now you're talkingA phrase indicating agreement with a previously stated suggestion to change a course of action.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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olly olly oxen freeA call in a children's game to say that players in hiding are free to come out.Rate it:

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on all foursOn one's hands and knees.Rate it:

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on fait toujours le loup plus gros qu'il n'estA tale never loses in the telling.Rate it:

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on loge à pied et à chevalGood entertainment (accommodation) for man and beast.Rate it:

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on n'a jamais bon marché de mauvaise marchandiseLa mauvaise marchandise coûte toujours trop cher relativement à ce qu’elle vaut.Rate it:

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on n'est pas sorti de l'aubergeManière plaisante d’exprimer qu’une situation embarrassante, désagréable, pénible est loin d’avoir trouvé son terme.Rate it:

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on ne peut pas être et avoir étéOne cannot have one’s cake and eat it. Rate it:

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on ne saurait si peu boire qu'on ne s'en senteCeux qui boivent trop disent ou font toujours quelque chose de mal à propos.Rate it:

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on one's gamePerforming brilliantly; with optimum skillRate it:

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on peut toujours à bon compte revenirThere is no harm in examining an account twice.Rate it:

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on revient toujours à ses premières amoursOne always returns to one’s first love; Who loves well, forgets ill.Rate it:

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on the airbroadcasting usually over radio waves or on live televisionRate it:

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open mouth, insert footsaid when someone just said something they shouldn't have saidRate it:

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out of one's gourd.loony, batty displaying crazy, eccentric, erratic, or extreme ideas and expressionRate it:

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out of thin airFrom non-existent resources.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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partir du bon piedTo put one’s best foot foremost.Rate it:

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partir du mauvais piedTo start off on the wrong foot.Rate it:

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pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over againdon't quit. keep tryingRate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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pigeon-toedTo stand, walk, or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of each foot face toward each other and the knees also turn inward toward each other--like a pigeon's toes.Rate it:

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please eat mom's delicious apple strudelsA 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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