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après lui il faut tirer l'échelleOne cannot do better than he has; No one can come up to him in that; That takes the cake.Rate it:

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back intoTo back up or walk backwards and hit something.Rate it:

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beefcakeUsed other than as an idiom: see beef, cake.Rate it:

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blowtorch a marshmallow cakeTo vilify a benefactor, ridicule the boss, scorn a well-to-do friend in public.Rate it:

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bread-and-butterA saying specifically used to ward off bad luck when separating hands to walk either side of a treeRate it:

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bring up the rearTo be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.Rate it:

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brush byTo walk past another person, touching them slightly, normally by accident, and ignoring them.Rate it:

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cake crumbsHardly anything.Rate it:

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cake crumbsCrumbs from a cake.Rate it:

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cake walkSomething extremely easy.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cake walkA type of dance originating in the United States in the 19th century.Rate it:

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cakewalkA contest in which cake was offered for the best dancers.Rate it:

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cela enlève la paille“That takes the cake.”Rate it:

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cerise sur le gâteauthe icing on the cakeRate it:

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cock of the walkA proud or conceited person.Rate it:

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cock of the walkW:The Pogues - w:The Irish Rover.Rate it:

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come outTo walk onto the field at the beginning of an innings.Rate it:

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coser y cantarA piece of cakeRate it:

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crawl before you walkTo learn the basics before doing something at a more advanced level.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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duck soupEasy, or a piece of cake.Rate it:

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easy as pieVery easy. See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; easy peasy; easy-peasy lemon squeezy; as easy as falling off a logRate it:

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easy peasy (lemon squeezy)a rhyming expression for saying something is very easy, straight forward; also written easy-peasy; See also: piece of cake; a walk in the park; as easy as falling off a log; easy as pieRate it:

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eat one's cake and have it tooAlternative form of have one's cake and eat it tooRate it:

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eat the windTo take a walk.Rate it:

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elle prime par sa laideurShe takes the cake for ugliness.Rate it:

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faire huit kilomètres à pied, à cheval, en voitureTo walk, ride, drive, five miles.Rate it:

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faire marcherto make someone walkRate it:

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fall forTo be fooled; to walk into a trap or respond to a scam or trick.Rate it:

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fasces praeferre, summittereto walk before with the fasces; to lower the fasces.Rate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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Have Your Cake and Eat It TooTo have something both ways, to have something in possession and be able to exploit or use itRate it:

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hoof itTo walk, especially when as a result of regular transportation being unavailable.Rate it:

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hulk offTo leave or walk away, especially in an angry or enraged manner, and said especially of large and physically imposing persons or objects.Rate it:

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il est le coq du villageHe is the cock of the walk.Rate it:

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il voudrait avoir le drap et l'argentHe would like to have his cake and eat it too.Rate it:

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in a walkEasily; without difficulty.Rate it:

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it's a piece of cakeEasily accomplished, nothing to itRate it:

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le beurre et l'argent du beurreone's cake and eating it too; two mutually exclusive things, such that one can only choose one over anotherRate it:

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marche ou crèvemove/walk or expireRate it:

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marcher à quatre pattesto walk on four legsRate it:

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marcher à reculonsTo walk backwards.Rate it:

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marcher de frontTo walk abreast.Rate it:

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marchez au pasDrive slowly; Walk in step.Rate it:

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on ne peut pas être et avoir étéOne cannot have one’s cake and eat it. Rate it:

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patty cakeChildhood clap and sing along songRate 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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piece of cakeA job, task or other activity that is easy or simple to do.Rate it:

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piece of cakeeasyRate it:

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