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'tis an ill wind that blows no goodSimilar to "every cloud has a silver lining" or "one man's gain is another's loss". This expression appeared in John Heywood's 1546 proverb collection and remains so well known that it is often shortened. (www.dictionary.com}Rate it:

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à brebis tondue dieu mesure le ventGod tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.Rate it:

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à quelque chose malheur est bonIt is an ill wind that blows no one any good.Rate it:

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all piss and wind like a barber catAll talk and noise with no actionRate it:

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angle of attackThe angle between a mid-sail and the direction of the wind.Rate it:

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AOBAway on break.Rate it:

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as the wind blowsaccording to circumstanceRate it:

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bag of windA windbag.Rate it:

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bash inTo break or dent badly by hitting violently.Rate it:

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bear upTo sail close to the wind.Rate it:

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beat upTo sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.Rate it:

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big breakA breakthrough, especially the first big hit of a previously unknown performer or performers in the entertainment industry.Rate it:

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bite the big oneo break down; to be impossible to repair or not worth repairing.Rate it:

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black ballStall, close ranks, make it impossible to make a break throughRate it:

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blaze a trailTo set precedent or do something novel; to break new ground.Rate it:

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blow downTo knock over with an air current, most often wind.Rate it:

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blow offTo pass gas; to break wind.Rate it:

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boldly go where no man has gone beforeTo break new ground.Rate it:

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brace abackto bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the shipRate it:

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brace of shakesThe time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.Rate it:

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break a butterfly on a wheelTo use unnecessary force to destroy something fragile or achieve something insignificantRate it:

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break a lawTo violate a law.Rate it:

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break a leggood luckRate it:

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break a legA wish for a successful performance; primarily a valediction to an actor wishing him or her a successful theatrical stage performance.Rate it:

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Break a LegTo wish good luck for a great performanceRate it:

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break a legTo perform well in a theatrical production or comparable endeavor.Rate it:

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break a leg!This is a common English phrase that is used to wish someone good luck before they perform in a play or other event.Rate it:

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break a sweat , Karon Karter - The Complete Idiots Guide to the Pilates Method page 119.Rate it:

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break a sweatJanuary 2008, The Age - Walkovers blaze a trail for women's equal-pay theory.Rate it:

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break a sweatTo put effort into something.Rate it:

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break a sweatTo start sweating.Rate it:

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break awayTo leave suddenly.Rate it:

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break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.Rate it:

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break coverUsed other than as an idiom. to come out of hiding; to become visible.Rate it:

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break coverto disclose one's real thoughts and intentions.Rate it:

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break downTo fail.Rate it:

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break downTo give more detail.Rate it:

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break downTo become unstable, mentally or otherwise.Rate it:

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break downTo decay.Rate it:

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break downcease to functionRate it:

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break evenTo stay the same; to neither advance nor regress.Rate it:

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break evenTo neither gain nor lose money.Rate it:

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break free fromget out ofRate it:

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break groundTo initiate a new venture, or to advance beyond previous achievements.Rate it:

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break groundTo begin digging in the earth at the start of a new construction, or, originally, for cultivation.Rate it:

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break groundTo lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.Rate it:

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break inTo enter by force or illicit means.Rate it:

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break inNew function more naturally through use or wear.Rate it:

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break in the caseA new discovery in a case.Rate it:

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break intoTo try to start in a profession or business.Rate it:

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