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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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a big blow hardOne whom exaggerates, over emphasizes personal prowess and accomplishments.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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actum est de meit's all over with me; I'm a lost man.Rate it:

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adieu paniers, vendanges sont faitesYou come too late, it is all over.Rate it:

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adopt outTo expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.Rate it:

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agitare (in) mente or (in) animo aliquidto think over, consider a thing.Rate it:

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

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airmailTo throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.Rate it:

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airs and gracesTo act in a pretentious or pompous manner; to put on airs and graces, derogatory term for one acting above their social status.Rate it:

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alicui acceptum referre aliquid (Verr. 2. 70. 170)to put down to a man's credit.Rate it:

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alicui expensum ferre aliquidto put a thing down to a man's account.Rate it:

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aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducereto win a man over to one's own way of thinking.Rate it:

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aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differreto put off till another time; to postpone.Rate it:

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all holidayA saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to/.Rate it:

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all overDone; finished; complete.Rate it:

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all over but the shoutingThe substance of the contest is complete, leaving only the cheering.Rate it:

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all over grumbleUnsatisfactory.Rate it:

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all over grumbleInferior.Rate it:

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all over hell's half acreAll over the place; everywhere.Rate it:

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all over oneselfFeeling self-satisfied.Rate it:

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all over the boardShowing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.Rate it:

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all over the mapWidely scattered or distributed; numerous and differing greatly.Rate it:

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all over the placeInconsistent; lacking a clear pattern.Rate it:

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all over the placeEverywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.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 over the shopEverywhere, scattered, disorganised.Rate it:

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all over withCompletely finished; over.Rate it:

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all the whileAt the same time as, usually over an extended period.Rate it:

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all your base are belong to usUsed to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase.Rate it:

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all-over oneselfFeeling self-satisfied.Rate it:

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angle of attackThe angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.Rate it:

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animum alicuius ad laetitiam excitareto put a man in a pleasurable frame of mind.Rate it:

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apply oneselfTo put forth a concerted effort; to try; to focus.Rate it:

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arbitrio alicuius omnia permittereto put the matter entirely in some one's hands.Rate it:

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around robin hood's barnAll over the place.Rate it:

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arse over tipTumbling or falling; upside-down.Rate it:

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arse over titTumbling; falling; upside-down; unstable or unbalanced.Rate it:

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arsy varseyTumbling upside down; head over heels.Rate it:

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arsy varsyTumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.Rate it:

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arsy versyTumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.Rate it:

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as the crow fliesIn a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance.Rate it:

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ass over teakettleTumbling upside down.Rate it:

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ass over teakettleFrantically.Rate it:

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backfootTo put on the defensive; to put off balance.Rate it:

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balance the booksTo put or keep any closed or conservative system or its analysis in balance.Rate it:

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ball upTo hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.Rate it:

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base over apexFalling over in a jumbled heap.Rate it:

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battle outTo argue or fight over and reach a conclusion; to air out one's grievances.Rate it:

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be a manTo put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.Rate it:

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