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a man hasn’t lost when he’s fallen down, he’s lost when he’s too weak to get back upit explains that giving up is losingRate it:

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a pull of the hair for being unfairThe general response to "A kick and a flick for being so quick", which is in turn a response in itself to "A pinch and a punch for the first day of the month".Rate it:

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a quick drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death, especially by hanging.Rate it:

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a real hotdoggerA Reference to an energetic, active or talented person.Rate it:

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a real knock out!A very attractive woman. So deemed because her attractiveness is so stunning that it can (figuratively) knock you out.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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ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)to lay down arms.Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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above the foldThe term "above the fold" refers to the part of a webpage that users can see without scrolling down.Rate it:

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aegritudine afflictum, debilitatum esse, iacēreto be bowed down, prostrated by grief.Rate it:

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aestu rursus minuentewhen the tide begins to go down.Rate it:

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agmen, exercitum demittere in...to march down on to...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 ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position.Rate it:

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all fur coat and no knickersOf superficial appearance and with no real substance beneath.Rate it:

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all mouth and no trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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alter egoTrastorno de identidad disociativo, referido a quien lleva doble vida. Es un segundo yo, a quien se atribuye personalidad distinta de la normal u original. Se trata de una persona real o imaginaria, a quien admira y desearía ser como ella el individuo.Rate it:

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angle for farthingsTo beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.Rate it:

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animo esse humili, demisso (more strongly animo esse fracto, perculso et abiecto) (Att. 3. 2)to be cast down, discouraged, in despair.Rate it:

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annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fitthe price of corn is going down.Rate it:

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applaudir un acteur à tout rompreTo applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).Rate it:

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ardor animi resēdit, consedithis enthusiasm has abated, cooled down.Rate it:

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are you for real?Statements, actions. Body language, past history create an image of an individual in a particular situation.Rate it:

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argue downTo win an argument, verbal conflict or debate.Rate it:

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argue downTo haggle with to reach a lower price.Rate it:

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argue downTo campaign against a proposition or vote.Rate it:

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argue downUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see argue,‎ down.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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ass over teakettleTumbling upside down.Rate it:

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at heartIn spirit; according to one's beliefs, views or feelings; deep down, really, fundamentally.Rate it:

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back downTo take a less aggressive position in a conflict than one previously has or has planned to.Rate 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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bad money drives out goodDebased coinage (with low levels of precious metals) replaces purer coinage (with higher levels of precious metals).(metaphorically) Mediocre talent drives away real talent.Rate it:

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baisser le rideauTo close down, close shopRate it:

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balls aboutTo bullshit; to speak or act as a joke or with no real point.Rate it:

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batten downTo close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo.Rate it:

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batten down the hatchesPrepare for trouble.Rate it:

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Batten Down the HatchesTo prepare for any sort of emergency before time by taking proper measuresRate it:

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bautismo de fuegoPrimera experiencia de situación en combate real de un soldado o combatiente.Rate it:

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be still my heartCalm down, this situation is too exciting or overly distressing.Rate it:

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bear downTo intensify one's efforts.Rate it:

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bear downTo approach another vessel from windward.Rate it:

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bear downTo press down on someone.Rate it:

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bear downWhen giving birth, to push.Rate it:

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