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a re publica deficereto betray the interests of the state.Rate it:

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aliquid in usum suum conferreto employ in the furtherance of one's interests.Rate it:

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balancing actAn effort to manage many conflicting or competing items or interests.Rate it:

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birds of a featherPeople having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs.Rate it:

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blue wall of silenceStrict secretiveness maintained by the members of a police force with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable police actions.Rate it:

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broaden someone's horizonsTo increase someone's interests, skills, or experiences beyond their current range.Rate it:

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carry someone's waterTo do someone's bidding; to serve someone's interests.Rate it:

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Christmas tree billA bill consisting of many riders that attracts many, often unrelated, floor amendments, which may provide special benefits to various groups or interests.Rate it:

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commoda alicuius tuerito look after, guard a person's interests, welfare.Rate it:

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commoda publica or rei publicae rationesthe interests of the state.Rate it:

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commodis alicuius servireto look after, guard a person's interests, welfare.Rate it:

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company manA male employee who has a great-and often, in the view of others, an excessive-commitment to serving the interests of the organization which employs him.Rate it:

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contemplate one’s navelto excessively think or focus on one’s self or one’s own interests, concerns, or personal problems - usually to their detrimentRate it:

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cup of teaWhatever suits or interests one.Rate it:

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devil take the hindmostAn imprecation that everyone should look after their own interests, leaving those who cannot cope to whatever fate befalls them.Rate it:

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e re publica (opp. contra rem p.)for the advantage of the state; in the interests of the state.Rate it:

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eat one's youngTo betray a constituent or charge out of self-serving interests or desperation; savaging.Rate it:

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fight one's cornerTo vigorously promote or defend one's interests, views, etc.Rate it:

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friends in high placesFriends who have authority or influence and who can ensure that one's interests will be protected or furthered.Rate it:

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full of oneselfEgotistical, believing oneself to be superior to others; preoccupied with one's own work, interests, point of view, etc.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed as an armed guard, enforcer, or mercenary and who is prepared to use gunplay or similar violent methods in order to assert the interests of his or her employer.Rate it:

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hired gunA person who is employed to advance the interests of his or her employer, especially in a vigorous manner using such methods as political lobbying, legal advocacy, or persuasion.Rate it:

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in someone's wheelhouseMatching a person's interests or abilities well.Rate it:

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look out for number oneTo act in one's own interests; to act in a manner advantageous primarily to oneself.Rate it:

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meae rationes ita tuleruntmy interests demanded it.Rate it:

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negotia habere (in Sicilia)to have commercial interests in Sicily.Rate it:

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perpetuum fenus (Att. 5. 21. 13)simple interests.Rate it:

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rationibus alicuius prospicere or consulere (opp. officere, obstare, adversari)to look after, guard a person's interests, welfare.Rate it:

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rei publicae rationibus or simply rei publicae consulereto further the public interests.Rate it:

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saluti suae consulere, prospicereto take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests.Rate it:

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sell ice to eskimosTo persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.Rate it:

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shoot oneself in the footTo act against one's own interests, e.g., by saying what one is really thinking.Rate it:

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stand in one's own lightTo take a position which is harmful to one's own interests.Rate it:

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suis rebus or sibi consulereto take measures for one's safety; to look after one's own interests.Rate it:

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thread the needleTo find harmony or strike a balance between conflicting forces, interests, etc. Normally used to indicate the difficulty of doing so; also, sarcastically, for a failed attempt.Rate it:

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up one's alleyMatching a person's interests or abilities well.Rate it:

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up someone's alleyMatching a person's interests or abilities well.Rate it:

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up someone's streetperfectly suitable to someone; matching someone's interests and abilities.Rate it:

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wall of silenceStrict secretiveness maintained by the members of a group with respect to information which might be contrary to their interests, especially information concerning questionable actions by members of the group.Rate it:

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Wall Street American financial markets, financial institutions as a whole, or by extension, big-business interests.Rate it:

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which foot the shoe is onWhich point of view is considered or whose interests are used as a basis.Rate it:

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