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one who hesitates is lostA person who spends too much time contemplating what to do may miss a valuable but fleeting opportunity.Rate it:

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où il y a de la gêne il n'y a pas de plaisir (ironic.)There is nothing like making one’s self at home everywhere.Rate it:

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où la chèvre est attachée il faut qu'elle brouteOne must bow to circumstances; One must put up with the inconveniences of one’s position if one can get nothing better; One must not expect more from life than life can give; We must take things as we find them.Rate it:

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ou vai ou rachait's all or nothingRate it:

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out of workUnemployed, or having nothing to do.Rate it:

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out the wazooexcessive or excessively; too much.Rate it:

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pas plus gros que rienNext to nothing.Rate it:

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pecunia magna, grandis (multum pecuniae)much money.Rate it:

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peter outTo dwindle; to trail off; to diminish to nothing.Rate it:

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petite pluie abat grand ventA little rain lays much dust; Often quite a trifle calms a torrent of wrath.Rate it:

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peu importeIt does not much matter.Rate it:

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pie in the skyIt is an offer to give something good to someone, however there is nothing firm about it or it is unlikely to materialize.Rate it:

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plus on a, plus on veut avoirMuch would have more.Rate it:

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por mais quehowever muchRate it:

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pot, meet kettleUsed to draw attention to hypocrisy; a reference to the saying, "pot calling the kettle black" (see under another entry: "pot calling the kettle black"; it's the same as saying, "that's true of YOU" (and mayor may not be true of me, or not as much)Rate it:

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pourquoi restez-vous là les bras croisés?Why are you waiting there doing nothing?Rate it:

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protest too muchTo insist so passionately about something not being true that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.Rate it:

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Pull a Rabbit Out of HatTo magically produce something much needed, to find out a solution all of a sudden or unexpectedlyRate it:

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pull out all the stopsTo reserve or hold back nothing.Rate it:

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push itTo make an extraordinary or risky effort; to behave in a way which tests the limits; to expect too much.Rate it:

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quand on prend du galon on n'en saurait trop prendreAs well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; One cannot make too much of a favourable opportunity.Rate it:

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quand on veut trop serrer l'anguille, elle s'échappe“Much would have more and lost all”; He who is too greedy loses everything. Rate it:

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quanto custahow much does it cost?Rate it:

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quel est l'état de votre caisse?How much cash have you in hand?Rate it:

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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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qui terre a, guerre aMuch coin, much care; Much land, many lawsuits.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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rede wenig, rede wahr trinke mäßig und zahll bar.One should speak not too much and should say true and even drinking a lot should ever pay cash.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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res est multi laboris et sudoristhe matter involves much labour and fatigue.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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road movieA film in which much of the action takes place during a journey, especially one involving overland travel.Rate it:

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rob the cradleTo marry or become romantically involved with a much younger person.Rate it:

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roll aroundto be considered, without much coherence, in someone's mindRate it:

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run around withTo spend a lot of time with a person or group of people. Often used to talk about a person's group of friends that one does not like much.Rate it:

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sans autre forme de procèsWithout any more ado.Rate it:

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scare somebody to deathTo frighten someone very much.Rate it:

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scare someone to deathTo frighten someone very much.Rate it:

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sell a bargainA species of wit, much in vogue about the latter end of the reign of Queen Anne, and frequently alluded to by Dean Swift, who says the maids of honour often amused themselves with it. It consisted in the seller naming his or her hinder parts, in answer to the question, What? which the buyer was artfully led to ask. As a specimen, take the following instance: A lady would come into a room full of company, apparently frightened, crying out "It is white, and follows me!" As soon as someone responded "What?" she sold him the bargain, by saying "Mine arse".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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