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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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"before kicking the ball into the goal, think like a goalkeeper."GoalkeeperRate it:

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"those who don't know how to look will never find it."TroseRate it:

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"those who know the sea of god do not water their lives with tears."TearsRate it:

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"we're peanut butter and jelly"by Curtis Lassiter to describe his extraordinarily unbreakable bond with daughter Renowned Global Activist Greshun De Bouse, and to describe how neither of them is good or as good without the other-like peanut butter and jelly #curtislassiter #activistdebouseRate it:

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...and that's the way it isThe phrase "...and that's the way it is" is used to repeat Walter Kronkite's quote and/or to signify the conclusion of something like a piece of new news or that elude to the fact that what was just said is true or an account of something that really did happen; a way of putting a stamp of approval on what was just stated; same as "and there you have it folks"Rate it:

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a bad penny always comes backAlternative form of a bad penny always turns up.Rate it:

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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bushIt is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.Rate it:

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a bird of passageSomeone who never stays long in one place; a wanderer, like a swallow which migrates according to season.Rate it:

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a fool and his money are soon partedIt is easy to get money from foolish people, especially rich ones.Rate it:

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a goose has wandered onto one's midsection.To experience a warm and fuzzy feeling inside ones chest; to feel content and happy.Rate it:

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à la bonne heure!Well done!; That’s right!; Capital!; That is something like!Rate it:

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à la mainin one's handRate it:

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à la mainby hand, manuallyRate it:

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a lie comes back sooner or laterYou can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.Rate it:

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a man hasn’t lost when he’s fallen down, he’s lost when he’s too weak to get back upit explains that giving up is losingRate it:

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a mão esquerda não sabe o que faz a direitathe left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doingRate it:

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à propos de bottesWith reference to nothing in particular; With no reference to the subject in hand.Rate it:

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à qui le dites-vous?Am I not perfectly aware of it? Don’t I know it?Rate it:

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à qui mal veut, mal arriveHarm watch, harm catch; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.Rate it:

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a seat of learningA retreat for scholars where learning is an end in itself, like the universities.Rate it:

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accepimuswe know; we have been told.Rate it:

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act like a bull in a china shopTo act rudely or clumsily in a delicate situation.Rate it:

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ad opus faciendum accedereto take a task in hand, engage upon it.Rate it:

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ad propositum reverti, redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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ad rem redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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ad sanitatem adducere, revocare aliquemto bring some one back to his senses.Rate it:

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AFFORDABLE UTILITY VEHICLEHatch back (two box) vehicle with 'utility vehicle' appearance/some features; 'donut tires', e.g. Ford Ecosport. Who Sez?Rate it:

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age before beautyA phrase said to allow older people to go before younger ones.Rate it:

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ah! le bon billet qu'a la châtrePromises are like pie-crust, made to be broken.Rate it:

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aimer biento likeRate it:

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

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aimer quelqu'un comme la prunelle de ses yeuxTo love somebody like the apple of one’s eye.Rate it:

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Albatross Around Your NeckA person or a thing you feel like a burden and you always want to avoid and get rid of, something bad you did and want to avoid discussing or someone else recall it againRate it:

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aliquid compertum habereto know a thing for certain.Rate it:

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all hat, no cattleDresses like a cowboy, but isn't really a cowboy; a "drugstore cowboy"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 piss and wind like a barber catAll talk and noise with no actionRate it:

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all the rageVery fashionable and popular, like a craze.Rate it:

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all the way to egery and backThe long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.Rate it:

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all-out brawlA brutal fight without honor, often referring to spontaneous conflicts that erupt in a public place like a bar.Rate it:

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aller comme un chat maigreTo run like a lamplighter. Rate it:

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always be yourselfdon´t change the way you are. be you, be special. don´t be like othersRate it:

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and the likeAnd other similar items.Rate it:

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another one in the rowBeing normal/like anybody else/ nothing special, you are another person in the row youre not extraordinary one way or anotherRate it:

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answer backTo reply to a question at a later time.Rate it:

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answer backTo reply impertinently; to talk back.Rate it:

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answer backTo issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.Rate it:

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anticonstituellementin french, this word is the biggest word in the whole history of french... it means: I Constantly think you are bugging me, back off or you will regret it.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/if that's not X, I don't know what isUsed to point at something that is obvious, clearly seen from the context.Rate it:

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