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a bed of nailsa problematic, difficult, or uncomfortable situation or circumstance; anything painful, challenging, or unpleasantRate it:

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all eyesHaving prominent eyes.Rate it:

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all eyesGazing at devotedly.Rate it:

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all eyesWatching alertly or attentively.Rate it:

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all eyes and earsTo be attentive.Rate it:

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ante oculos ponere aliquidto bring a thing vividly before the eyes.Rate it:

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avoir des yeux derrière la têteto have eyes in the back of one's headRate it:

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avoir les yeux battusTo look tired about the eyes.Rate it:

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baby bluesBlue eyes.Rate it:

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bat one's eyesTo signal or feign by fluttering one's eyelids, as romantic interest.Rate it:

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beauty lies in the eyes of the beholderAlternative form of beauty is in the eye of the beholderRate it:

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bedroom eyesEyes that have a sexually suggestive expression.Rate it:

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believe one's eyesTo believe that something which one directly sees is truly the case.Rate it:

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blue-eyedOf a person or animal, having blue eyes.Rate it:

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cet homme rêve tout éveilléThat man dreams with his eyes open.Rate it:

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close one's eyesTo ignore.Rate it:

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close one's eyes and think of EnglandTo accept (rather than fight)-and distract oneself so as to be able to endure-bad or unwanted sex, or by extension any unpleasant but inevitable experience.Rate it:

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come to termsTo accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painful.Rate it:

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come to terms withTo accept or resign oneself to something emotionally painfulRate it:

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coon eyesThe state of the orbits of the eyes (especially the undereyes) having a blueish-purplish colorationRate it:

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cry one's eyes outTo moan.Rate it:

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cry one's eyes outTo weep for an elongated time, or in an excessive manner.Rate it:

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cry uncleTo beg for mercy; to give up; to ask to stop (something painful or unbearable).Rate it:

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deer in the headlightsA mental state of high arousal caused by anxiety fear, panic, surpriseand/or confusion, or substance abuse. The behavioral signs are like a deer subjected to a car's headlights, such as widely opened eyes and a lack of motor reactions.Rate it:

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des yeux à fleur de têteGoggle eyes. Rate it:

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dichosos los ojos que te venlong time no see, you're a sight for sore eyesRate it:

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dollar-sign eyesgreedRate it:

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dry one's eyesTo cease crying.Rate it:

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duck duck gooseA children's game where kids sit in a circle facing each other with their eyes closed. One child is designated "it" and walks around the outside of the circle saying "duck" as he/she touches each child's head. Finally, instead of saying "duck" the person who is it says "goose!" then runs forward around the circle and tries to sit down in the spot where the "goose" was sitting. The goal of the game is for the person who is "it" to sit down before the "goose" catches him/her. If he/she does sit down before being touched/tagged, then the "goose" becomes "it" and the process begins again. If the "goose" catches the person who was "it" then the person who was "it' is out of the game and the circle moves in closer/smaller until only one sitting winner remains.Rate it:

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dusky eyesGrey beautiful Eyes that seem to express much feelings.Rate it:

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easy on the eyeAlternative form of easy on the eyes.Rate it:

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easy on the eyesAttractive; beautiful.Rate it:

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elle a des yeux à la perdition de son âmeHer eyes are so lovely that they will be her ruin.Rate it:

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elle fait la carpe pâmée (fam.)She turns up the whites of her eyes; She pretends to be ill; She looks like a dying duck in a thunderstorm.Rate it:

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eyes closed all earsto listen to high fidelity music in the fullest senseRate it:

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Eyes in the Back of Your HeadTo be able to imagine and feel what is happening behind or outside of one's field of visionRate it:

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eyes on the prizeConcentration on one's goal; mindfulness of the desired outcome.Rate it:

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eyes upoglesRate it:

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faire les yeux en coulisseTo make sheep’s eyes; To ogle.Rate it:

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familiarity breeds contemptThe more acquainted one becomes with a person, the more one knows about his or her shortcomings and, hence, the easier it is to dislike that person.1894, H. Rider Haggard, The People Of The Mist, ch. 25:This was the beginning of evil, for if no man is a hero to his valet de chambre, much less can he remain a god for long in the eyes of a curious woman. Here, as in other matters, familiarity breeds contempt.Rate it:

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feast for the eyesVisually pleasing sight.Rate it:

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fermer les yeuxto shut one's eyesRate it:

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four-eyesA person who wears spectacles.Rate it:

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glance overto quickly inspect something with the eyesRate it:

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ground ball with eyesA weakly hit ground ball that barely evades the infielders.Rate it:

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handsome is as handsome doesA person's good actions, rather than his outward appeal, define his handsomeness in the eyes of others.Rate it:

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hard on the eyesuglyRate it:

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harpoon is good for the whale, painful for humans.The phrase usually refers to how people treat each other. Borrowed from native tribes, it translates to how people feel when they meet similar fate as that of their nemesis.Rate it:

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have eyes bigger than one's bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; to be greedyRate it:

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have eyes forTo be romantically interested in [someone].Rate it:

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