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(The terms for the different ages of man are infans, puer, adulescens, iuvenis, senior, senex, grandis natu.)Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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a different ballparkSomething totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.Rate it:

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ab aliquo in re publica dissentireto hold different views in politics.Rate it:

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actions speak louder than wordsPeople will believe what you do more than they will hear what you say. They will not believe you if you say one thing and do something different than what you say..Rate it:

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against the grainContrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.Rate it:

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agmen, exercitum demittere in...to march down on to...Rate it:

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agmine quadrato incedere, ireto march with closed ranks, in order of battle.Rate it:

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all nationsA composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.Rate it:

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all roads lead to romedifferent paths can take one to the same goalRate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I'm an X, not a YClarifies that one is X, while dissociating oneself from Y. X and Y are usually professions or beliefs, and significantly different from one another.Rate it:

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ask aroundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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ask roundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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autre pays, autres mœursLes règles, les lois et les coutumes diffèrent selon les pays.Rate it:

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averso itinere contendere in...to change one's route and march towards...Rate it:

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barrelThe quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.Rate it:

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battre la campagne1. (lit.) To scour the country. 2. (fig.) To talk nonsense. 3. (of invalids) To wander. 4. To beat about the bush.Rate it:

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battre la retraiteTo beat tattoo (or, the retreat.)Rate it:

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battre quelqu'un à plate coutureTo beat some one hollow.Rate it:

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beat a dead horseTo persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.Rate it:

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beat a retreatTo leave hastily in the face of opposition.Rate it:

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Beat Around the BushTo avoid getting to some point or answering any question that is relevant, the approach of some people, which is quite far from the real objective or center of focus.Rate it:

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beat around the bushevasive responses, implausible explanations, extrapolations instead of explanations.Rate it:

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beat around the bushTo delay or avoid talking about something difficult or unpleasant.Rate it:

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beat around the bushTo treat a topic but omit its main points, often intentionally.Rate it:

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beat as oneTo share the same feelings.Rate it:

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beat banaghanAn Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories, or of something which is amazing and remarkable.Rate it:

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beat downTo severely beat someone up.Rate it:

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beat downTo haggle someone to sell at a lower price.Rate it:

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beat downTo strike with great force.Rate it:

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beat feetTo run.Rate it:

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beat feetTo flee.Rate it:

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beat intoTo teach or instil by harsh repetition.Rate it:

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beat itTo go away.Rate it:

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beat it!Get the heck out of here!Rate it:

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beat me to the punchSomeone Arrived Sooner, It Happened Too Fast:Rate it:

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beat offTo drive something away with blows.Rate it:

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beat offTo masturbate.Rate it:

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beat offTo waste time.Rate it:

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beat one's brainTo struggle to think or remember somethingRate it:

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beat one's head against a stone wallTo waste effort on a futile project.Rate it:

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beat one's meatTo masturbate.Rate it:

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beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo refrain from doing aggressive activities and to do peaceful ones.Rate it:

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beat one's swords into ploughsharesTo create a peaceful civilian instrument from military technologies.Rate it:

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beat one's swords into plowsharesAlternative spelling of beat one's swords into ploughsharesRate it:

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beat outTo sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum.Rate it:

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beat outTo win by a narrow margin.Rate it:

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beat outTo extinguish.Rate it:

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beat somebody to the punchTo do something before somebody else is able to.Rate it:

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beat someone at their own gameto win against someone who is good, better or best at something (not necessarily a literal game) or in their fieldRate it:

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