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my very educated mother just served us noodlesMercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.Rate it:

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necker's knobA knob attached to the steering wheel of an automobile, especially before the widespread availability of power steering, helping the driver steer with one arm and leaving the other arm free to provide romantic attention to a companion.Rate it:

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new dawnA new beginning; a fresh start; an important, promising turning point.Rate 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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NIBMARAbbreviation of no independence before majority rule : a policy adopted by the United Kingdom requiring the implementation of majority rule in a colony, rather than rule by the white colonial minority, before the colony could be granted independence.Rate it:

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nightcapA beverage drunk before bed that is usually alcoholic.Rate it:

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nightcapA warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas. Nightcaps were common in northern Europe before central heating was available, when homes were cold at night.Rate it:

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nix the mayoomit the mayo; "nix"can be used with anything (not just mayo) you want to omit or delete from something or not add to something; often used when ordering something from a restaurantRate it:

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not a minute too soonat the last possible moment; just in timeRate it:

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not a sausageJill: Not a sausage I'm afraid, I'm just visiting.Rate it:

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not just a pretty faceSomeone who is more intelligent, talented, or emotionally complex than might be assumed.Rate it:

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Nothing New Under the SunEverything is almost the same as seen before, everything happening now has happened previouslyRate 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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nut-cutting timeTime to gather nuts before they are taken by other animals or buried in snow.Rate it:

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of that ilkUsed other than as an idiom. Of that kind; of the same kind of person or thing as the one just mentioned.Rate it:

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oh dark hundredSome unspecified hour in the early morning.Rate it:

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oh dark thirtySome unspecified hour in the early morning.Rate it:

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old moneyThe monetary system used in the United Kingdom before decimalisation and consisting of pounds, shillings, and pence.Rate it:

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on est puni par où l'on a péché“The Gods are just, and of our pleasant vices Make instruments to scourge us.”Rate it:

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on the side of the angelsFighting for or supporting that which is good, just, or benevolent.Rate it:

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one step at a timeSlowly and carefully, ensuring that each action has been completed successfully before taking the next.Rate it:

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oopsie daisySomething you say to a child or someone who has just fallen down as you pick the up to reassure them that they are okay/not hurt. It also alerts the person that you are going to pick them up.Rate it:

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

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open someone's eyesTo become or be made aware of something that was not known or fully understood before.Rate it:

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opening timehour at which a pub can start servingRate it:

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paperA written document that reports scientific or academic research and is usually subjected to peer review before publication in a scientific journal or in the proceedings of a scientific or academic meeting .Rate it:

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Perlen vor die Säue werfencast pearls before swineRate it:

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perp walkThe intentional public display before news cameras of someone in police custody, especially someone famous or notorious, for the purpose of satisfying public interest, demonstrating the authorities' effectiveness, or shaming the person.Rate it:

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piffle dinga response given when someone doesn't believe what they just heard; also piffle (without the ding after it, for short);Rate it:

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poner el carro delante de los bueyesput the cart before the horseRate it:

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power napA short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy.Rate it:

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prae se agere hostemto drive the enemy before one.Rate it:

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pre-warDescribing the period before the outbreak of World War II in 1939.Rate it:

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pre-warDescribing the period before a war.Rate it:

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prendre du champTo take a run (before leap); To have room before one (for an effort).Rate it:

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prendre son élanTo take one’s spring (before a jump).Rate it:

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pride goeth before a fallIf you have too arrogant of an attitude, you will failRate it:

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prior tobeforeRate it:

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pro lege dicereto support a bill (before the people).Rate it:

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pull the other legIn imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.Rate it:

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put not your trust in princesA warning that men of power and influence can be just as fickle and unreliable as the rest of us.Rate it:

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put that in your pipe and smoke itUsed after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.Rate it:

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put the cart before the horseTo put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities.Rate it:

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Put the Cart before the HorseTo carry out something in reverse order, to do opposite of somethingRate it:

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quarter ofFifteen minutes before the next hour.Rate it:

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quarter pastFifteen minutes past any hour.Rate it:

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qui a terme ne doit rienNo one is obliged to pay before a debt is due.Rate it:

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qui compte sans son hôte compte deux foisHe who reckons without his host must reckon again; Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched. Rate it:

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quod ante pedes est or positum est, non videreto fail to see what lies before one.Rate it:

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Rats Abandoning a Sinking ShipPeople who aren’t loyal to something, especially an enterprise and leave it before things get worseRate it:

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