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à laver la tête d'un maure (or, d'un âne, or, d'un nègre) on y perd sa lessiveTo endeavour to teach a fool is a waste of time.Rate it:

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ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)to lay down arms.Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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absque impetitione vastiWithout impeachment of waste.Rate it:

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alicui servitutem iniungere, imponereto lay the yoke of slavery on some one.Rate it:

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avoir du pois layStealing brass weights off the counters of shops.Rate it:

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barn findA valuable item recovered from an undeserving storage, usually in the countryside, where it lay more or less forgotten, especially vintage automobiles (Ferrari, Porsche, etc.)Rate it:

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barrelA waste receptacle.Rate it:

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beat offTo waste time.Rate it:

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beat one's head against a stone wallTo waste effort on a futile project.Rate it:

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beneficiis aliquem obstringere, obligare, devincireto lay any one under an obligation by kind treatment.Rate it:

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block outto begin to reduce to shape; to mark out roughly; to lay out.Rate it:

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breast upTo cut the face of on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.Rate it:

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broach toTo incline suddenly to windward, so as to lay the sails aback, and expose the vessel to the danger of oversetting.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo waste something in two directions at once.Rate it:

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Cast Pearls before SwineTo waste your feelings and sympathies on a person who won’t appreciate or care about,Rate it:

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chew the fatTo chat idly or generally waste time talking.Rate it:

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choked the gooseWaste the money on something uselessRate it:

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de potestate decedereto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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deponere magistratumto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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dick aroundTo waste time on an unproductive activity.Rate it:

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don't throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

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draw a line in the sandTo lay down a challenge; to provide a test of commitment (often one which carries a high risk) to a cause.Rate it:

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faff aboutTo waste time; spend time idly.Rate it:

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faff aroundTo waste time; spend time idly.Rate it:

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fall in lineC. 2004, Career Soldiers, "Won't Waste My Life".Rate it:

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fanny aboutTo waste time or fool around; to engage in activity which produces little or no accomplishment.Rate it:

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fart aboutTo waste time, or to fool about.Rate it:

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fart aroundTo waste time, or to fool about.Rate it:

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fiddle aboutTo waste time; spend time idly.Rate it:

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fiddle awayTo wasteRate it:

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fool aroundTo waste time.Rate it:

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fool awayto waste, squanderRate it:

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footle awayTo waste.Rate it:

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frapper d'estoc et de taille1. To cut and thrust. 2. To hit right and left; To lay about one.Rate it:

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fritter awayTo squander or waste.Rate it:

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fuck aboutTo waste time with unimportant activities, often used as an admonition to urge the other party to stop wasting time.Rate it:

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fundamenta iacere, agereto lay the foundations.Rate it:

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garder une poire pour la soifTo lay up something for a rainy day.Rate it:

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global community cleanlinessMovement, term, and hashtag created by Renowned Global Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe and encourage global litter eradication and resource preservation efforts-one community at a time. The movement is inspired by De Bouse's father, humanitarian Curtis Lassiter's continued commitment to global community cleanliness, safety, and beautification, one city at a time via litter prevention, prompt waste pickup/removal, properly set concrete, and more #global communitycleanliness #gccmovement #activistdebouseRate it:

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haste makes wasteOne makes mistakes when being too hasty.Rate it:

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IANAInitialism of I am not a, a caveat used by lay people to distinguish themselves from professionals on a subject.Rate it:

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imperium deponere (Rep. 2. 12. 23)to lay down one's power.Rate it:

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inimicitias deponereto lay aside one's differences.Rate it:

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iter facere(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare).Rate it:

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jack aroundto dawdle, to waste timeRate it:

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je m'en prends à vousI lay the blame at your door.Rate it:

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je ne suis pas ici pour enfiler des perlesI am not here to waste my time.Rate it:

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jerk offTo do nothing; to waste time.Rate it:

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killTo use up or to waste.Rate it:

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