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"never mind your mother sonny.... eat your bleedin' orange"I worked with a man from Foulridge, Lancashire for over 35 years who often used this phrase whenever there was a problem and he wasn't sure of the answer!.. Said the phrase came from a "chap I used to work with in Colne... but he didn't know what it meant either"Rate it:

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a big blow hardOne whom exaggerates, over emphasizes personal prowess and accomplishments.Rate it:

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à grande montée grande descenteThe higher the rise, the greater the fall; He who climbs too high is near a fall.Rate it:

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a quick drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death, especially by hanging.Rate it:

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a short drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death by hanging.Rate it:

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actum est de meit's all over with me; I'm a lost man.Rate it:

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ad pedes alicuius accidereto fall at some one's feet.Rate it:

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adieu paniers, vendanges sont faitesYou come too late, it is all over.Rate it:

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agitare (in) mente or (in) animo aliquidto think over, consider a thing.Rate it:

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aimer la besogne faiteTo hate work; To like to get work over.Rate it:

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airmailTo throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.Rate it:

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aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducereto win a man over to one's own way of thinking.Rate it:

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all holidayA saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to/.Rate it:

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all overDone; finished; complete.Rate it:

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all over but the shoutingThe substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering.Rate it:

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all over grumbleInferior.Rate it:

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all over grumbleUnsatisfactory.Rate it:

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all over hell's half acreAll over the place; everywhere.Rate it:

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all over oneselfFeeling self-satisfied.Rate it:

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all over the boardShowing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.Rate it:

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all over the mapWidely scattered or distributed; numerous and differing greatly.Rate it:

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all over the placeEverywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.Rate it:

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all over the placeInconsistent; lacking a clear pattern.Rate it:

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all over the place like a mad woman's custardMoving about randomly.Rate it:

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all over the shopEverywhere, scattered, disorganised.Rate it:

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all over withCompletely finished; over.Rate it:

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all the whileAt the same time as, usually over an extended period.Rate it:

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all your base are belong to usUsed to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase.Rate it:

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all-over oneselfFeeling self-satisfied.Rate it:

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ancient historyA period of history generally seen as occurring before the Middle Ages, that is, before the fall of the Roman Empire. Includes Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.Rate it:

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angle of attackThe angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the stemAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the treeA child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the trunkAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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apple never falls far from the treeAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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around robin hood's barnAll over the place.Rate it:

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arse over tipTumbling or falling; upside-down.Rate it:

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arse over titTumbling; falling; upside-down; unstable or unbalanced.Rate it:

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arsy varseyTumbling upside down; head over heels.Rate it:

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arsy varsyTumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.Rate it:

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arsy versyTumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.Rate it:

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artus somnus aliquem complectitur (Rep. 6. 10)to fall fast asleep.Rate it:

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as the crow fliesIn a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.Rate it:

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ass over teakettleTumbling upside down.Rate it:

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ass over teakettleFrantically.Rate it:

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ass-backwardsHopelessly misguided; having taken the utterly wrong choice.Rate it:

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ass-backwardsOriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.Rate it:

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ass-backwardsMoving backwards, that is, rear end first.Rate it:

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ass-backwardsIn a hopelessly misguided manner.Rate it:

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au bout du fossé la culbuteAt the end of the run comes the fall.Rate it:

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