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kiss my gritsA nice way of saying "eff you." Its a spin on the phrase "kiss my a**", written into a TV show from the 80s called "Alice". The saying was usually preceded by the name "Mel" who was the owner of the diner where Flo, the waitress who made the saying famous, worked.Rate it:

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kiss your money goodbyeThe giving, lending of one's funds to individuals or investing or buying-into an irresistible scheme, agenda, lottery program or unknown proposition.Rate it:

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knock some sense intoto reprimand or reform someone vigorouslyRate it:

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knock some sense into his headDepression Expression: During the Depression, there was little empathy for the unemployed. Pundits identified the loafer, the hobo, the bum, the specified lazy-boy, the uninspired, those lacking ambition as needing a wakeup Call.Rate it:

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knocked into a cocked hatAn expression of such nature and composition so as to capture rapt attention, create an air of suspense, curiosity or mystery.Rate it:

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lace intoTo vigorously attack, either physically or verbally.Rate it:

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lace intoTo consume with gusto.Rate it:

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lacrimae simulataecrocodiles' tears.Rate it:

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lacrimas or fletum alicui movereto move to tears.Rate it:

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lacrimas tenere non posseto be hardly able to restrain one's tears.Rate it:

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lacrimas, vim lacrimarum effundere, profundereto burst into a flood of tears.Rate it:

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lacrimis obortiswith tears in one's eyes.Rate it:

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lacrimula (Planc. 31. 76)crocodiles' tears.Rate it:

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last burst of fireA final effort or warning.Rate it:

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last burst of fireA state of exertion where one gives one's all; expending all of one's remaining energy in a final effort to achieve one's goal.Rate it:

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lay intoTo beat up.Rate it:

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lay intoTo berate; to scold.Rate it:

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lean intoTo accept something negative but unchangeable; to find a way to benefit from, or alleviate the harm of, risk, uncertainty and difficult situations.Rate it:

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leave you into the dirtSomeone pushes you away, and forgets you.Rate it:

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lick into shapeTo exert considerable effort to change something or someone into a desired state.Rate it:

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light intoAttack.Rate it:

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light paintingThe artistic technique of moving a light source to selectively illuminate parts of the subject or scene a camera is recording (at a slow shutter speed), or to shine directly into the camera and in this way sketch.Rate it:

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like a bull at a gatecharging into some task without much thought, taking action hastilyRate it:

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line upTo get into a lineRate it:

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lock hornsTo come into conflict.Rate it:

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long shotA master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene into which the closeups will be edited later.Rate it:

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look before you leapDon't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.Rate it:

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look intoTo investigate, explore, or consider.Rate it:

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look intoInvestigationRate it:

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lotus eatingDreaming of things that can never be put into practiceRate it:

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louse upMess up; confuse; put into a state of disorder.Rate it:

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luck intoto find by chance, to chance uponRate it:

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lucky dipA game in which prizes are covered up and mixed together in a container, so that contestants can dip their hand into the container and randomly pull out a prize.Rate it:

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magno cum fletuwith many tears.Rate it:

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make hayTo cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.Rate it:

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make intoTo cause to become; to change or transform.Rate it:

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male-to-femaleThat changes a male end (with pins, usually a plug) of a connection into a female one (usually a socket).Rate it:

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Mary Celestea British-flagged Nova Scotian brigantine that crossed the Atlantic Ocean, gone through the Straits of Gibraltar, and into the Mediterranean Sea under full sail, without a crew or any occupants.Rate it:

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meet one's makerTo die or to pass into the afterlife.Rate it:

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melt downTo melt a metal, especially so that it can be remade into something else.Rate it:

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melt intoTo disappear into.Rate it:

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melt intoTo become a liquid by melting.Rate it:

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memoria alicuius rei obscuratur, obliteratur, evanescitto be forgotten, pass into oblivion.Rate it:

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mess upTo discombobulate, utterly confuse, or confound psychologically; to throw into a state of mental disarray.Rate it:

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Midas touchthe ability to turn everything one touches into gold.Rate it:

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mihi in mentem venit alicuius reisomething comes into my mind.Rate it:

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move inTo start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.Rate it:

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muddy upTo make muddy; to make clear water into muddy water.Rate it:

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multa verba facereto go deeply into a matter, discuss it fully.Rate it:

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multis cum lacrimiswith many tears.Rate it:

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