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"lord god, don't let the noise of the world keep me from hearing you."something someone says that they will be able to get or hear an answer to their prayer without worldly things getting in the way of being able to receive itRate it:

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a beau mentir gui vient de loinA traveller may lie with impunity; Travellers tell fine tales.Rate it:

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à chacun son métier et les vaches seront bien gardées (florian , fables, i. 12)Let the cobbler stick to his last.Rate 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 lie has no legsYou can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.Rate it:

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a otra cosa, mariposaLet's change the subject, shall we?Rate it:

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ab officio abduci, avocarito let oneself be perverted from one's duty.Rate it:

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alere equos, canesto keep horses, dogs.Rate it:

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allons au-devant de luiLet us go and meet him.Rate it:

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angle for farthingsTo beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.Rate it:

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at all hoursLate into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.Rate it:

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barking dogs never biteAlternative form of barking dogs seldom bite.Rate it:

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barking dogs seldom bitePeople who make big threats never usually carry them out.Rate it:

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barking-up the wrong tree:{Coon Hunters Remark:} Coon Dogs Chase Raccoon up Trees. They Bark at the Tree so Hunter Can 'Shoot' Coon out of the Tree:Rate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:

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bed them downAnimal husbandry term. Domesticated animals are treated in the USA with tender loving care. Caretakers of animals provide comfortable resting and sleeping places for the nighttime.Rate it:

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better let your glasses up. it's fixing to come up a cloud.Roll the car windows up, a thunderstorm is happening soon.Rate it:

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boire le calice jusqu'à la lieTo drink the cup to the dregs.Rate it:

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brisons là!Let us have no more of that; That will do.Rate it:

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bullshit!An untruth; an exaggeration; a lie. Syn: a load of shit; horse shit.Rate it:

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bunk togetherTo share a sleeping arrangement, such as a bed, bedroom or stack of bunk beds.Rate it:

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buy to letTo purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it.Rate it:

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bygones be bygones, and fair play for time to comeLet all past wrongs be forgotten, with a resumption of cordial relations.Rate it:

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c'est la cour du roi pétaudThis is bedlam let loose; Dover Court—all speakers, no hearers.Rate it:

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call off the dogsTo ease up on after inflicting great punishment.Rate it:

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call off the dogsDuring a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.Rate it:

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cast offTo let go a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf etc so that she may proceed.Rate it:

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ce qui me lie, c'est ma folieStraw bands will tie a fool’s hands.Rate it:

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chacun le sien n'est pas tropLet each have his own, then all is fair.Rate it:

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come along!Join me, move forward, let's stay together.Rate it:

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come throughNot to let somebody down, keep one's promise.Rate it:

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comme on fait son lit, on se coucheAs you make your bed, so you must lie on it.Rate it:

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como diria Jack o Estripador, vamos por partesLet's carefully analyze the situation.Rate it:

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consilium abicere or deponereto let a plan fall through.Rate it:

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cook upTo manufacture; to falsify; to devise an elaborate lie.Rate it:

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coucher sur la dureTo lie on the ground, on the floor.Rate it:

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coupons la poire en deuxLet us split the difference.Rate it:

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coupons le câbleLet us take the decisive step.Rate it:

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cuddle upTo lie or sit in a comfortable, relaxed position, especially holding someone else.Rate it:

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cut someone looseTo let someone go from something, such as a position, relationship, or obligation.Rate it:

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dead asleepSleeping in a deep sleepRate it:

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dimittere e manibus hostesto let the enemy escape.Rate it:

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do you think you can walkAsked to find out whether an ill or wounded person is able to walk or needs to sit down or lie down.Rate it:

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dog in a mangerone who denies others what he cannot consume himself: hay in a manger (cattle feeder) cannot be eaten by cows if a (barking) dog is in it - though dogs don't eat hayRate it:

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dog racismPaying large sum of money for "pedigree dogs", attaching great importance to the breed of a pet.Rate it:

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dogsWith the, a greyhound racing event.Rate it:

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dogsPlural form of dog.Rate it:

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dogsFeet.Rate it:

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dogs barkFeet hurt.Rate it:

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