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albatross around one's neckSomething that one is associated with that keeps one from succeeding in what they want to achieve.Rate it:

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Albatross Around Your NeckA person or a thing you feel like a burden and you always want to avoid and get rid of, something bad you did and want to avoid discussing or someone else recall it againRate it:

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albatross round one's neckAlternative form of albatross around one's neck.Rate it:

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avoir du pois layStealing brass weights off the counters of shops.Rate it:

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bold as brassVery bold; very brave.Rate it:

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bow-legged wi' brasswealthy, having lots of cash.Rate it:

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brass ceilingAn unwritten, uncodified barrier to promotion or progression for women in law enforcement or the military.Rate it:

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brass farthingSomething worthless or of small value.Rate it:

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brass monkeySaid of the weather when it is very cold.Rate it:

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brass monkeyAn Australian beer.Rate it:

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brass monkeyA kind of inexpensive liqueur.Rate it:

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brass monkeyA cocktail of vodka, rum and orange juice, sometimes with the addition of galliano.Rate it:

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brass monkeysVery cold.Rate it:

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brass neckGall, shamelessness, cheek.Rate it:

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brass neckA person with gall.Rate it:

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brass ringOne and one half inch diameter iron rings were offered riders on a Carousel by a dispensing device alongside: A Brass Ring was inserted into the dispenser at random. The Carousel Rider who succeeded in snatching the Brass Ring was rewarded A Free Ride upon return to the Operator of the Brass Ring:Rate it:

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brass ringFiguratively, a prize or goal. Often used with respect to employment goals e.g. promotion, better job, etc.Rate it:

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brass-neckTo behave boldly or shamelessly.Rate it:

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brass-neckedNervy; cheeky; shameless.Rate it:

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brass-neckedNervy; cheeky; shamelessRate it:

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breathe down someone's neckTo follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.Rate it:

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cervices (in Cic. only in plur.) frangere alicui or alicuiusto break a person's neck.Rate it:

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cet homme n'a pas un denier vaillantThat man is not worth a brass farthing.Rate it:

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cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkeyExtremely cold.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate it:

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être dans la merde jusqu'au couTo be up to your neck in trouble, to be up shit creekRate it:

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fall on someone's neckTo embrace someone affectionately or thankfully.Rate it:

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forget, when up to one's neck in alligators, that the mission is to drain the swampTo lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially/orthogonally related to the initial objective.Rate it:

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french hornbrass instrumentRate it:

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Get Down to Brass TacksTo directly hit the basic aspects of the issue; start an extremely important taskRate it:

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get down to brass tacksDeal with the important details.Rate it:

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gladius cervicibus impendeta sword hangs over his neck.Rate it:

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hackles risingAn emotional or mental reaction to an irritable situation or person which causes a physical response to ones patience and/or the hair on the back of the one's neck.Rate it:

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he has become a millstone around my neckA millstone means a burdenRate it:

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il a été mis à la porte par les oreilles et les deux épaulesHe was turned out ignominiously, neck and crop.Rate it:

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il n'a ni sou ni mailleHe has not got a rap, a brass farthing.Rate it:

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il n'a pas un radis (fam.)He has not a brass farthing. Rate it:

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il n'a pas un rouge liardHe has not a brass farthing. Rate it:

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neck and neckVery close in progress, as in a race or contest.Rate it:

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neck downTo alter by forcing it into a smaller calibre and size.Rate it:

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neck of the woodsA certain part of the city, neighborhood, area, or country.Rate it:

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neck of the woodsA local neighbourhood or region.Rate it:

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neck upto increase the size of a cartridge's chamber and calibre.Rate it:

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not worth a brass farthingWorth nothing or next to nothing.Rate it:

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pain in the neckIrritating personRate it:

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pain in the neckSomeone or something which is annoying, irritating or inconvenient.Rate it:

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pearl necklaceA sexual act whereby semen is ejaculated onto a partner's neck.Rate it:

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pencil-neckAn insubstantial person; a weakling.Rate it:

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pencil-neckA person with a very thin neck.Rate it:

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pencil-neckedHaving a very thin neck.Rate it:

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