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les deux font la paire (fam.)They are well matched; Arcades ambo.Rate it:

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les pots fêlés sont ceux qui durent le plusThe door with the creaking hinge hangs longest; The cracked pitcher goes oftenest to the well.Rate it:

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less is moreThat which is less complicated is often better understood and more appreciated than what is more complicated; simplicity is preferable to complexity; brevity in communication is more effective than verbosity.1855, Robert Browning, "Men and Women":Well, less is more, Lucrezia: I am judged.1954, "'Less Is More'," Time, 14 Jun.:The essence of Mies's architectural philosophy is in his famous and sometimes derided phrase, "Less is more." This means, he says, having "the greatest effect with the least means."2007, Gia Kourlas, "Dance Review: An Ordered World Defined With Soothing Spareness," New York Times, 3 Mar. (retrieved 22 Oct. 2008):The program, which features two premieresRate it:

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let alonenot to mentionRate it:

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let aloneMuch less; to say nothing of.Rate it:

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let aloneOr even.Rate it:

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let it beTo leave something to follow its natural course.Rate it:

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let sleeping dogs lieTo leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.Rate it:

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let the door hit you where the good Lord split youA command that another person leave, thereby impliedly having the door hit them on the buttocks as they pass through it.Rate it:

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let the good times rollTo have fun or live fully; may imply letting things that are going well proceed.Rate it:

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level upTo progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities. Often used in role-playing games when the character has aquired enough experience points.Rate it:

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life is like a s*** sandwich the more bread you have the less s*** you eatThe main point is bread is slang for money so money makes your sandwich a little less repulsive and your life a little less well whateverRate it:

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life's a bitchAn expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.Rate it:

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like a million bucksExtremely good or well.Rate it:

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like a million dollarsExtremely good or well.Rate it:

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like it or leave itAlternative form of like it or lump itRate it:

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live on the edgeTo be caught in an economic or societal situation which one did not choose, which threatens one's well-being or life, and which causes distress.Rate it:

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lone itTo go alone.Rate it:

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made for each otherWell suited to be in a relationship with one another, especially as romantic or marital partners.Rate it:

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made in the shadeIn a condition characterized by comfort, success, easy living, or general well-being.Rate it:

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magnam sui famam relinquereto leave a great reputation behind one.Rate it:

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make a livingTo earn enough income to support oneself and, if applicable, one's family.Rate it:

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make awayTo depart, leave; to make off.Rate it:

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Make Ends MeetTo have just enough money to have things that you needRate it:

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make like a banana and splitto leave, departRate it:

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make like a tree and leaveto leave, departRate it:

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make one's markTo make, or leave, a lasting impression, especially to achieve apparent success.Rate it:

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make oneself scarceTo leave or depart, or to avoid or stay away.Rate it:

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make tracksTo leave in a hurry.Rate it:

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make tracksTo leave or depart; to go away.Rate it:

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make yourself prettyimprove the way you look i.e. get dressed (especially in something nicer than what you are already wearing), put on makeup, brush your hair, brush your teeth, etc; connotes that you are not pretty enough at this moment and that you should improve the way you look; an insult sometimes used intentionally (or unintentionally) to make someone feel inferiorRate it:

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marching ordersDismissal: an instruction to leave.Rate it:

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may as wellUsed to reluctantly express that there is no better alternative to do than do a certain actionRate it:

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me neitherUsed to say that a negative-containing statement of the previous speaker applies to the speaker as well.Rate it:

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me tooThat applies to me as well.Rate it:

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memoriam rerum gestarum (rerum Romanarum) tenereto be well versed in Roman history.Rate it:

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might as wellUsed to reluctantly express that there is no better alternative to do than do a certain actionRate it:

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mind over matterWillpower alone can overcome a physical problem.Rate it:

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move onTo leave somewhere for another place.Rate it:

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much lessLet alone; to say nothing of.Rate it:

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multa cognita, percepta habere, multa didicisseto be well-informed, erudite.Rate it:

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multarum rerum cognitione imbutum esse (opp. litterarum or eruditionis expertem esse or [rerum] rudem esse)to be well-informed, erudite.Rate it:

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multitudinis suffragiis rem permittereto leave a matter to be decided by popular vote.Rate it:

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multum (mediocriter) in graecis litteris versarito be well (slightly) acquainted with Greek literature.Rate it:

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my way or the highwayYou can do it my way or you can leave - go down the highway (be excluded)Rate it:

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ne in re nota et pervulgata multus simnot to be diffuse on such a well-known subject.Rate it:

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

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ne'er do welluselessRate it:

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nearly never bulled a cow(Irish) Near enough is not good enough.Rate it:

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never leave anybody outNever forget a person dead or aliveRate it:

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