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à la guerre comme à la guerreOne must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.Rate it:

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a little bit of bread and no cheesethe song of the yellowhammer.Rate it:

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avoir son pain cuitTo have one’s bread and cheese, a competency.Rate it:

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big cheeseA very important figure, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.Rate it:

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c'est le jour et la nuitThey are as different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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c'est une économie de bouts de chandelleThat is penny-wise and pound-foolish; That is spoiling the ship for a ha’porth (halfpennyworth) of tar; That is a cheese-paring policy.Rate it:

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chalk and cheeseSaid of things that are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:

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cheese cutterSomeone who flatulates; especially someone who is known for their flatulation; someone who cuts the cheese.Rate it:

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cheese downTo coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.Rate it:

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cheese itA minced oath used as a warning to stop, hide, or flee.Rate it:

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cheese offTo annoy.Rate it:

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cheeseburgerA hamburger with cheese on itRate it:

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cinq à septafternoon get-together similar to a happy hour, cocktail party, or wine and cheese, held approximately between 5 and 7 p.m.Rate it:

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cock cheesesmegma or dried semen on the glans penis usually underneath the foreskinRate it:

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cream cheeseA soft cheese suitable for mixing or spreading.Rate it:

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cut a cheese?To Break Wind:Rate it:

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cut the cheeseTo flatulate.Rate it:

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different as chalk and cheeseTwo things which are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:

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even keelA situation in which the boat is level and balanced for a smooth ride.Rate it:

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grosse légumebig cheese, bigwigRate it:

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hard cheeseExpressed to someone suffering misfortune.Rate it:

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honey-mouthedHaving a sweet and smooth voice; eloquent.Rate it:

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honey-mouthedHaving a sweet and smooth voiceRate it:

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hunger is a good sauce(dated) Being hungry makes one less concerned about the taste of one's food.1854, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman, Punch, Vol. XXVI, Punch Publications Ltd., page 74:His bread and cheese were somewhat dry, to be sure; his ale had become flat, and considerably warmer than was desirable; but hunger is a good sauce, and thirst is not particular.Rate it:

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il faut prendre le bénéfice avec les chargesOne must take the rough with the smooth.Rate it:

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il veut nous faire prendre des vessies pour des lanternesHe wishes us to believe the moon is made of green cheese.Rate it:

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interpret awayto smooth out undesired concepts and teachings in a text, often one of fundamental importance to a religion or ideology, by interpreting that text contrary to its spirit or original meaningRate it:

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knife-edgeA piece of steel sharpened to an acute edge or angle, and resting on a smooth surface, serving as the axis of motion of a pendulum, scale beam, or other piece required to oscillate with the least possible friction.Rate it:

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like chalk and cheeseAlternative form of different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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like cheese at fourpenceOf a person, to be waiting idly or timewasting.Rate it:

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line upto put in alignment; to put in correct adjustment for smooth runningRate it:

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make upTo resolve, forgive or smooth over an argument or fight.Rate it:

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monkey wrenchA wrench with a smooth adjustable jaw to grip different sizes of nuts.Rate it:

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more holes than a swiss cheeseSomething that has a lot of faults and problems.Rate it:

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ordered an unbelievably massive box of cheese packetsIts about a box of cheeseRate it:

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peaches-and-creamOf facial complexion, smooth, with attractive yellow-pink coloring.Rate it:

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porcelain skinsmooth skinRate it:

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potato skinsAn appetizer made by halving a baked potato, scooping out most of the inside, mixing that with cheese, sour cream, and chives and placing that mixture back into the potato skin then baking until crisp.Rate it:

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prick upTo apply an undercoat of plaster in order to create a smooth surface for the final coat.Rate it:

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punch itSynonym of cheese itRate it:

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rock alongTo progress in a smooth fashion.Rate it:

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say cheeseUsed imperatively to elicit a smile from someone for a photograph by their saying "cheese" (the vowel of which, when pronounced as is usual in English, forces a somewhat smile-shaped mouth).Rate it:

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shake outTo agitate a piece of cloth or other flexible material in order to remove dust, or to try to make it smooth and flat.Rate it:

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silky smoothExtremely smoothRate it:

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smood n creamy, and ever so dreamySo smooth. So very smoothRate it:

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smooth as a baby's bottomextremely smooth.Rate it:

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smooth as a cheese graterMeans he is really happyRate it:

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smooth as silkExtremely smooth (in any sense).Rate it:

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smooth downTo render smooth, to remove roughness fromRate it:

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smooth like butterTo be suave, charming, smooth-talking.Rate it:

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