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à prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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abire ex oculis, e conspectu alicuiusto go out of sight, disappear.Rate it:

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abondance de biens ne nuit pasStore is no sore; One cannot have too much of a good thing.Rate it:

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all eyesHaving prominent eyes.Rate it:

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all eyesWatching alertly or attentively.Rate it:

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all eyesGazing at devotedly.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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c'est un beau venir y voirA pretty sight indeed!Rate it:

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catch sight ofto see for a brief period; to get a glimpse ofRate it:

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cet homme est ma bête noire (mon cauchemar)That man is my pet aversion; I hate the very sight of that man.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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comme vous voilà arrangé!What a sight you look!Rate 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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coup de foudrebolt from the blue; love at first sightRate it:

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coup de foudreA sudden unexpected event, especially an emotional one; love at first sight.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 one's eyes outTo moan.Rate it:

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de prime abordAt first sight; At the first blush.Rate it:

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dead menThe ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled.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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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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drain the swamp when up to one's neck in alligators(idiomatic) When performing a long and complex task, and when you've gotten utterly immersed in secondary and tertiary unexpected tangential subtasks, it's easy to lose sight of the initial objective. This sort of distraction can be particularly problematic if the all-consuming subtask or sub-subtask is not, after all, particularly vital to the original, primary goal, but ends up sucking up time and resources (out of all proportion to its actual importance) only because it seems so urgent.Rate 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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eye candyAny object or sight with considerable visual appeal.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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