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(in) otio languere et hebescere	to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
a rolling stone gathers no moss	A person who never settles in one place will never be successful.A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy.	Rate it: (4.25 / 4 votes)
absence makes the heart grow fonder	When someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love (or miss) them or it.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
chub up	To become chubby; to grow fat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
conch don't grow on trees	meat that comes out of sea shells	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
cop on	Grow up.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
exalbescere metu	to grow pale with fear.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
find one's feet	To grow in confidence in a new situation as one gains experience.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1	'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
great oaks from little acorns grow	Alternative form of mighty oaks from little acorns grow.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Green Thumb	Having a great ability to grow flowers and plants, someone who is skill full in growing plants	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
grow a pair	To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation in which one has so far failed to do so.	Rate it: (1.00 / 1 vote)
grow a set	Synonym of grow a pair	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grow apart	To gradually become estranged.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grow cold	To wane; to lose interest or enthusiasm for something or someone; to become disenchanted or to fall out of love with someone.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grow into	To grow in size, so as to be able to fit something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grow into	To become accustomed to something by maturing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grow on	To become more likeable to someone.	Rate it: (4.00 / 2 votes)
grow out	To allow to grow unimpeded.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grow out of	To become too physically large for something, especially clothes.	Rate it: (3.75 / 4 votes)
grow out of	To become too mature for something.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
grow some balls	To act in a mature way to a given situation or problem.	Rate it: (4.00 / 1 vote)
grow up	To mature and become an adult.	Rate it: (4.00 / 3 votes)
grow up	To flourish.	Rate it: (3.00 / 1 vote)
hear the grass grow	To hear very well due to being in an exceptionally quiet environment.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hear the grass grow	To have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
hear the grass grow	To be very aware or discerning; to pay attention to every small detail.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
let the grass grow under one's feet	To be idle; to fail to make progress.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mauvaise herbe croît toujours	Ill weeds grow apace.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
mighty oaks from little acorns grow	Something great can come from a modest beginning. Don't give up on the project - mighty oaks from little acorns grow!	Rate it: (4.67 / 3 votes)
money doesn't grow on trees	You must work in order to have money.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
otio diffluere	to grow slack with inactivity, stagnate.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
pork up	To grow fat.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
promittere crinem, barbam	to grow one's hair, beard long.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
shoot up	To grow taller rapidly.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
splinter up	To attach splints to a broken limb in order to allow it to grow together.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
the ivy can grow no higher than its host	A remark made by the French philosopher Descartes about critics: No matter how clever a critic may be, he can never surpass the writer on whom he is dependent.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to attain one' age of wisdom	To reach an age of maturity, to grow old.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
to not let any grass grow under one's feet	to be always active and never delay in taking an action	Rate it: (1.33 / 3 votes)
water the love and dreams will grow.	Love	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
руки из жопы растут	all thumbs; literally, hands grow from the arse )	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
руки не из того места растут	all thumbs; literally, hands grow from the wrong spot )	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)