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a mal tiempo buena caraface the musicRate it:

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artem musicam discere, tractareto learn, study music.Rate it:

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back in the knife drawer, Miss SharpSaid as a retort to somebody who has made a cutting remark.Rate it:

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better than a poke in the eyeAlternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stickRate it:

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better than a poke in the eye with a burnt stickAlternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stickRate it:

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better than a poke in the eye with a rusty nailAlternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stickRate it:

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better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stickBetter than nothing; not unsatisfactory but also not a reason for enthusiastic excitement.Rate it:

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better than a poke in the eye with a shitty stickAlternative form of better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stickRate it:

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blue noteNotes added to the major scale for expressive quality in jazz and blues music, particularly the flatted third, fifth and seventh.Rate it:

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cake walkFrom the mid 1900s, a game at a fair or party in which people walk around a numbered circle along to music. When the music is stopped, the caller draws a number from a jar and whoever is standing on or closest to that number that number wins a cake.Rate it:

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cakewalkThe style of music associated with such a contest.Rate it:

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carry a tuneTo produce music, especially to sing, with accurate pitch.Rate it:

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chalkfaceA musical concept or genre in which music is completely improvised and never played twice. Most often mixing elements of hip-hop, metal, punk and avant-garde jazz.Rate it:

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chin musicIdle chatterRate it:

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cry the bluesTo sing in the style of blues music.Rate it:

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cut like a knifeTo be very sharp (of a character, or remark)Rate it:

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cutting edgeThe sharp edge of the blade of a knife.Rate it:

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d.c. al codaA music notation roughly meaning "go back to the beginning, playing everything again up to the coda."Rate it:

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en dos d'âneSloping on both sides, sharp-ridged.Rate it:

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

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Face the MusicTo confront the consequences of ones decisions and actions, or to accept the responsibility of one’s actionsRate it:

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face the musicTo accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions.Rate it:

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faire écoleTo found (or, to be a leader of) a school of art, literature, music, &c.Rate it:

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fin comme l'ambreAs sharp as a needle.Rate it:

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fingernails on a chalkboarda phrase used to liken the sharp or shrill sound that is made when fingernails are scratched across a chalkboard to something that sounds sharp or shrill like thatRate it:

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get your sh-t together!Collect Your Thoughts, Get The Tools, Get Prepared, Gird Your Loins, Be Fully Focused, Be Wide Awake, Be Guarded Expect About Anything, Be Sharp.Rate it:

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Hot ShotSharp Person, Really With-It, "In the Swing of It, Svelte, Mayhaps Be Swell? Sophisticated. Sharp Kat et alRate it:

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in focusSharp and clear with no fuzziness.Rate it:

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jam sessionAn ad-hoc meeting where whoever shows up joins the group to play music.Rate it:

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keep timeTo control the beat or rhythm of a song played by a music groupRate it:

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like a hawkWith particular vigilance or attention, implying sharp vision.Rate it:

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liven things upAppropriate actions, music, decorations, singing, props, verbal directing, recitations can assist to liven things up at a party or celebration.Rate it:

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make beautiful music togetherTo have a great romantic relationship with each other.Rate it:

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make someone's ears sadTo displease the ears of someone; to cause someone to hear music or sounds that are not to their liking.Rate it:

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middle of the roadOf a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.Rate it:

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modos facereto compose, put to music.Rate it:

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music hallvaudevilleRate it:

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music to one's earSome unexpected good news; a favorable outcome after some initial confusion or delay.Rate it:

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music to someone's earsSome good news; a spoken expression or a sound which is pleasing; a welcome remark or information.Rate it:

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música para os ouvidos demusic to earsRate it:

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nervorum et tibiarum cantusinstrumental music.Rate it:

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on pins and needlesFeeling sharp anticipation or anxiety; in a state of suspense.Rate it:

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opera housemusic venueRate it:

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payer les pots cassésTo stand the racket; To pay the damage; To face the music.Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'Vigorous playing of folk or country music on a stringed musical instrument, especially the guitar or banjo, while smiling broadly.Rate it:

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play outTo play music to accompany the end of, or as a final segment in.Rate it:

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plus vite que ça (fam.)Look sharp about it.Rate it:

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power chordA chord or combination of notes used in rock music and typically selected to sound good at high volume and high levels of distortion. Power chords make extensive use of intervals such as open fourths and fifths.Rate it:

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put onTo play recorded music.Rate it:

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