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apa sâmbeteiSaturday's waters.Rate it:

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bio queenA biologically female performance artist who performs in female drag at drag shows, or acts like a drag queen. Essentially a woman pretending to be a man who is mimicking or parodying another woman.Rate it:

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bottom outTo touch or drag along the ground.Rate it:

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cet homme aime à pêcher en eau troubleThat man likes fishing in troubled waters.Rate it:

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deep waterWaters suitable for deep-draft ships, especially ocean-going.Rate it:

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dragTo pull along a surface or through a medium, sometimes with difficulty.Rate it:

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dragTo move slowly.Rate it:

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dragTo move a mouse cursor while holding down a button on the mouse, often to move something on the screen.Rate it:

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dragTo act or proceed slowly or without enthusiasm; to be reluctant.Rate it:

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drag downto cause to suffer the same fate.Rate it:

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drag inTo get into a course of action by forceful means.Rate it:

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drag kingA female who dresses up in men's clothing, typically for public performance.Rate it:

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drag onto last too longRate it:

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drag one's feetTo procrastinate, put off; to dawdle, avoid, or make progress slowly and reluctantly.Rate it:

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drag one’s heelsTo delay, to hold up progressRate it:

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drag outTo haul or bring out forcefully or as though with force.Rate it:

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drag outTo extend or lengthen excessively.Rate it:

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drag something outDelay a decision by dragging, stretching, extending the conversation by injecting incidentals or humdrum history/misinformation/disproved calculations and extrapolations:Rate it:

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drag through the mudto tarnish or spoil enough so that it is no longer respectableRate it:

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drag upTo educate reluctant pupils.Rate it:

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drag upTo remind people of something, usually unpleasant, from the past.Rate it:

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drag upUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see drag,‎ up.Rate it:

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fish in troubled watersTo take advantage from a chaotic situation.Rate it:

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il n'est pire eau que l'eau qui dortStill waters run deep.Rate it:

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main dragThe main street of a town or suburb, or the principal highway passing through a rural area.Rate it:

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main dragUsed other than as an idiom: see main, drag.Rate it:

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muddy the watersTo make something unclear and difficult to understand.Rate it:

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pour oil on troubled watersTo calm something or someone who is tenacious or misbehaving.Rate it:

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Pour Oil on Troubled WatersTo calm down the tense situation, to sooth someone in anger or tensionRate it:

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queen upTo get in drag; to get ready to perform as a drag queen.Rate it:

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slow-walkTo delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.Rate it:

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still waters run deepA person with a calm appearance has, or may have, considerable inner emotion, character, or intellect.Rate it:

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test the watersTo explore or probe, as before making a commitment.Rate it:

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wimba over troubled waters.Bridge over troubled Waters.Rate it:

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