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à fond de trainAt full speed.Rate it:

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à franc étrierAt full speed. Rate it:

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à l'anglaisethe English way, in the English fashionRate it:

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à toute voléeAt random; At full swing.Rate it:

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all bark and no biteFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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all hat and no cattleFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/in Soviet Russia, Y Xs youThe Russian reversal, a joke in which the subject and the statement are reversed, usually to reference the propaganda of an enemy that is the exact opposite of the interlocutor. It is usually told in broken English, without articles.Rate it:

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as English as apple pieHaving characteristics considered quintessential to English or British life.Rate it:

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at full tiltAt full speed; very quickly.Rate it:

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at largeIn full, fully.Rate it:

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avoir les coudées franches(lit.) To have elbow-room; (fig.) To have full scope.Rate it:

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avoir mangé du lionto be full of energyRate it:

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balls to the wallFull throttle; (at) maximum speed. [since the 1960s]Rate it:

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barrelThe quantity which constitutes a full barrel. This varies for different articles and also in different places for the same article, being regulated by custom or by law. A barrel of wine is 31 1/2 gallons; a barrel of flour is 196 pounds; of beer 31 gallons; of ale 32 gallons; of crude oil 42 gallons.Rate it:

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barrow manA man under sentence of transportation; alluding to the convicts at Woolwich, who are principally employed in wheeling barrows full of brick or dirt.Rate it:

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battre son pleinTo be in full swing.Rate it:

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bestes Wissen und Gewissenthe best of one's knowledge; good faith; roughly combining the senses of both English idioms, namely that one does or says something in the honest conviction of its correctness but under the condition of the fallibility of one’s knowledge and competencesRate it:

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blue moonThe third full moon in a quarter that contains four rather than the usual three full moons.Rate it:

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body EnglishA body motion made to coax an object already propelled go in a desired direction. For example, a nervous leaning or twisting movement while playing sports such as golf or bowling, to "persuade" the ball to go in a desired direction.Rate it:

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boucler la boucleto come full circleRate 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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bright-eyed and bushy-tailedAlert and in an eager, frisky, or playful mood; full of life.Rate it:

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brûler le pavéTo dash along at full speed, to “scorch.”Rate it:

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bucket of militancyFull of aggressionRate it:

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bursting at the seamsFull to capacity. Both literally and figuratively.Rate it:

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bustle withTo teem with; abound with; to exhibit an energetic and active abundance of a thing; to be full of a certain activity or active beings.Rate it:

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c'est un songe-creuxHe is full of idle fancies (or, day dreams); He is a wool-gatherer.Rate it:

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ce portrait est pris de faceThat portrait is taken full face.Rate it:

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cet homme n'est pas très honnête, tranchons le mot, c'est un coquinThat man is not very honourable, in plain English, he is a rascal. Rate it:

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cet homme se tirerait d'un puitsThat man would get out of any difficulty, is full of resource.Rate it:

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chirpy as a cricketVery chirpy; full of energy; very energeticRate it:

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come full circleTo complete a cycle of transition, returning to the point of origin.Rate it:

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come full circleTo make a complete change or reform.Rate it:

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cómo se dice...en ingléshow do you say...in English?Rate it:

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cup of teaA cup full of tea.Rate it:

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deadFull and complete.Rate it:

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do justiceTo really allow to be apprehended in its full scope.Rate it:

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do you have a menu in EnglishA question used to ask for a restaurant menu in the English languageRate it:

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do you speak EnglishAsks the interlocutor whether or not he or she is able to speak in the English language.Rate it:

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does anyone here speak EnglishDoes anyone here speak English?Rate it:

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don't ask, don't tell, don't harass, don't pursueFull name of the U.S. Military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy concerning the service of homosexuals in the military as defined in 10 USC § 654.Rate it:

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donner carte blancheTo give full permission; To grant a person full liberty to act according to his judgment.Rate it:

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donner un soufflet à vaugelasTo murder the King’s English; To offend Lindley Murray.Rate it:

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double talkSpeaking in a mixture of real English and English-sounding gibberish, for humorous effect.Rate it:

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dressed/done up like a dog’s dinnerThe root of this idiom, chiefly used in the UK and Australia, is the phrase ‘a dog’s dinner’ which means- very disorganized, untidy, or messy. When it becomes the full idiom, to be ‘dressed up’ or ‘done up like a dog’s dinner’ it takes on the meaning of being inappropriately overdressed - garish or tastelessly. To attract attention by wearing formal or decorative clothing when it is not called for. This phrase is quite similar to ‘a dog’s breakfast’ in that the implication is of something messy and averse, as something socially distasteful or out of place, --an unappealing muddle.Rate it:

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Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:

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east angliaenglish regionRate it:

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east sussexenglish countyRate it:

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eat like a birdTo eat in small amounts rather than in a single full meal.Rate it:

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edicere, ut senatus frequens adsit (Fam. 11. 6. 2)to issue a proclamation calling on the senators to assemble in full force.Rate it:

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