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above one's stationOf higher social status than is suitable for one's position, standing or rank.Rate it:

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above the saltOf high standing or honor.Rate it:

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all y'all'sPossessive of all y'all (standing in for all your).Rate it:

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anybody who is anybodyAny person who is well-known or important, especially one who has prominent social standing.Rate it:

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barber's signA standing pole and two wash-balls, historically used outside barber's shops.Rate it:

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below the saltCommon, vulgar; of low standing.Rate it:

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bend overTo bend one's upper body forward and down while standing or kneeling.Rate it:

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bred-in-the-boneInveterate or habitual; long-standing.Rate it:

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by way ofPossessing the characteristics, nature, or standing of; in the state or condition of.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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charity muggerA person employed by a charity, or by an intermediary fundraising agency employed by the charity, who stands in the street and invites passersby to set up standing orders or direct debits to make regular donations to the charity.Rate it:

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coucher dans son fourreauTo go to sleep without undressing; To turn in all standing (nav.).Rate it:

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curb appealThe visual attractiveness which a house, commercial establishment, or other real estate property has when initially seen by a prospective buyer or other person standing in front of the property "at the curb".Rate it:

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dwarf standing on the shoulders of giantsA person who discovers by building on previous discoveries.Rate it:

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everybody who is anybodyAll of the people who are well-known or important, especially those who have prominent social standing.Rate it:

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fall overTo fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position.Rate it:

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fashion policeThe mythical fashion police are always standing in the wings eyeballing female employees as they pursue their careers in the executive offices of New York City.Rate it:

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honorable mentionAn award or recognition given to something that does not make it to a higher standing but is worth mentioning in an honorable way.Rate it:

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hors ligneStanding out from the rest; Out of the common run; Beyond comparison; Incomparable.Rate it:

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hurler on the ditchA person standing on the side of a hurling field issuing (unsolicited and usually unwanted) instructions to the hurlers.Rate it:

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keep downTo lie low. To stay concealed by not standing up.Rate it:

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les cheveux en brosseHair cut short (standing up like the bristles of a brush).Rate it:

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old hatSomething uninteresting, hackneyed, or passé due to overuse or long-standing familiarity..Rate it:

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on one's feetBeing standing up.Rate it:

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out on one's feetStanding erect but not consciously aware of one's surroundings, or only minimally aware, and having little or no ability to control one's bodily actions, as a result of physical injury or exhaustion.Rate it:

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peel outTo start abruptly from a standing stop, accelerating rapidly, especially so as to produce skid marks.Rate it:

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quaestiones perpetuae (Brut. 27. 106)the standing commissions of inquiry.Rate it:

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sit downTo assume a sitting position from a standing position.Rate it:

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SROstanding room onlyRate it:

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stand upTo bring something up and set it into a standing position.Rate it:

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take a load offTo go from a standing position to a sitting one.Rate it:

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tally onTo man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.Rate it:

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toe outTo have the toes of each foot, in standing or walking, pointing outward, the right foot pointing to the right and the left foot pointing to the left, from the the body.Rate it:

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