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"before kicking the ball into the goal, think like a goalkeeper."GoalkeeperRate 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 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 flag should normally be hoisted to the truck.The truck is at the top of the flag staff.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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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 marathon is not a sprintThis means we need to pace ourselves—if we try to go too fast, we will run out of gas.Rate it:

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a purple patchBritish (Informal) a run of success or good fortune. "people expect him to score in every game now he's hit a purple patch."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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a whopper-dooperPrize Winning, Top Banana, First Rate, First Class, Winner, Great, Glorious, Grand, Super Duper. Superlative.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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against the run of playContrary to the flow of the game.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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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 students take calculusA mnemonic for the sign values of all the trigonometric functions in the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The initial letters ASTC — for all, sine, tangent, cosine — signify which of the functions are positive, in the order of the quadrants, starting at the top right and moving counterclockwise.Rate it:

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

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all-conqueringthis is used when you are describing someone or something as better than anyone else. They are at the top level they can beRate 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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any oldAny, absolutely any, any typical, a run-of-the-mill.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (T)A pitcher who leads the league in three major categories: earned run average, wins, and strikeouts.Rate it:

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around the HornVia shipboard communications, formerly metal tubes with earhorn-like ends.Rate it:

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as like as notprobablyRate it:

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at the top of one's lungsPossible.Rate it:

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at the top of one's voiceVery loudlyRate it:

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au bout du fossé la culbuteAt the end of the run comes the fall.Rate it:

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avoid like the plagueTo shun, or evade if at all possible.Rate it:

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avoir la tête dans le culto be knackered; to feel like shitRate it:

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AWALTInitialism of All Women Are Like ThatRate it:

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back upFor the non-striker to take a few steps down the pitch, in preparation to taking a run, just as the bowler bowls the ball.Rate it:

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bada bing bada boomjust like that--just that fast; quickly, simply, easily, predictably the desired outcome is achieved; shortened version of bada bing, bada bang, bada boom; even shorter version is: bada bingRate it:

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bassingReally top notch greatRate it:

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beat feetTo run.Rate it:

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big enchiladaSome item of high value, especially a top prize or reward.Rate it:

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big kahunaA boss, leader, chieftain, or top-ranking person in an organization.Rate it:

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big topcircus tentRate it:

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bio queenA biologically female performance artist who performs in female drag at drag shows, or acts like a drag queen. Essentially a woman pretending to be a man who is mimicking or parodying another woman.Rate it:

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black and whiteA type of giant cookie with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.Rate it:

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blow one's topTo be explosively angry. To lose one's temper.Rate it:

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