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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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all outThe state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.Rate it:

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Appendix:Harry Potter/Draco Dormiens Nunquam TitillandusThe motto of the fictional European school Hogwarts.Rate it:

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as brown as a berryEntirely or almost completely brown; often referring to a suntanned skin.Rate it:

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bat a thousandTo reach first base on every at-bat.Rate it:

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bat a thousandTo achieve perfection.Rate it:

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bat a thousandTo achieve success at each attempt.Rate it:

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bat an eyelashTo react in any slight way; to respond.Rate it:

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bat an eyelidTo react in any slight way; to respond.Rate it:

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bat aroundWhen at least nine batters bat in a half inning.Rate it:

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bat aroundTo discuss.Rate it:

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bat awayTo knock an object, usually a ball.Rate it:

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bat awayTo avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.Rate it:

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bat five hundredTo be successful half of the time, to have a success rate of 50%.Rate it:

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bat for both sidesTo be a batter for both teams in an amateur baseball game.Rate it:

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bat for the other teamTo be homosexual.Rate it:

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bat inTo bat so that a runner on base effects.Rate it:

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bat on a sticky wicketTo take action in unfavourable conditions.Rate it:

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bat one's eyelashesTo signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.Rate it:

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bat one's eyesTo signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.Rate it:

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bat outto expel, using bats, paddles or similar things.Rate it:

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bat outto churn out, produce hurriedlyRate it:

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bat outto flatten somethingRate it:

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bat outto continue battingRate it:

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bat the breezeTo chat; to shoot the breeze.Rate it:

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black beetleThe European species Feronia nigrita.Rate it:

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black beetleA common name for many species of beetle that are black in color, including:The African black beetle, Hetronychus arator, a serious pest of grasses in New Zealand.The Asiatic rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, a pest of palm trees in tropical Asia.The European species Feronia nigrita.Rate it:

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blind as a batNearly totally blind, having a very poor sense of vision.Rate it:

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Blind as a BatNot able to see at all or get completely blindRate it:

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Bottle of DogNewcastle Brown AleRate it:

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bottom edgeTo hit the ball with the bottom edge of the bat.Rate it:

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bottom edgeA deflection of a ball off of the bottom edge of a bat, onto the ground and potentially into the wicket.Rate it:

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bottom edgeThe edge of a bat closest to the ground.Rate it:

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bottom handWith a standard batting grip, the hand placed further down the handle of the bat; the batsman's dominant hand, providing most power to a shot.Rate it:

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brown bagA short presentation or seminar on a given subject, especially one given at lunchtime.Rate it:

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brown breadBread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread.Rate it:

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brown noserOne who sucks up; a bootlicker, ass-kisser, sycophant.Rate it:

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brown outTo experience a partial loss of vision having the characteristics of a brownout, to suffer a brownout.Rate it:

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brown powerThe production of electricity made from conventional sources, such as coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power.Rate it:

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brown studyA melancholy mood accompanied by deep thought; a moody daydream.Rate it:

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brown thumbLack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.Rate it:

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brown-noserAlternative spelling of brown noser. (one who flatters others in an obsequious manner.)Rate it:

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BrusselsThe European Union.Rate it:

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c'est le diable qui bat sa femme et qui marie sa filleIt is raining and the sun is shining at the same time.Rate it:

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ce mari bat sa femme comme plâtreThat husband beats his wife like a dog.Rate it:

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chestnutA dark, reddish-brown colour/color.Rate it:

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chestnutOf a deep reddish-brown colour, like that of a chestnut.Rate it:

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chestnutA reddish-brown horse.Rate it:

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choke upTo hold the bat higher than is normal.Rate it:

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close the faceTo turn the face of the bat inwards, in order to hit the ball to the leg side.Rate it:

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