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"if i told a herd of oxen they are on the wrong path, would they believe me?"WrongRate it:

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(2) cavere (in iure) (Off. 2. 65)to point out what precautions, what formal steps must be taken to insure immunity.Rate it:

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à contresensContrary to the meaning; In the wrong way.Rate it:

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a definitione proficiscito start from a definition.Rate it:

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a falsis principiis proficiscito start from false premises.Rate it:

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a good beginning makes a good endingGood beginnings promise a good end; start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.Rate it:

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a party animalAn individual whom lives, thinks, reflects, promotes, enjoys, raucous, wild, off the deep end, exotic; parties, gatherings, happenings and blasts.Rate it:

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à peu de chose prèsNot far off.Rate it:

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à rebrousse poilAgainst the grain; (To rub) the wrong way.Rate it:

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ab exiguis initiis proficiscito start from small beginnings.Rate it:

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ab iniuria aliquem defendereto protect any one from wrong.Rate it:

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ABCA type of poem in which the lines start with the letters of the alphabet in order.Rate it:

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ad vulgarem sensum or ad communem opinionem orationem accommodare (Off. 2. 10. 35)to express oneself in popular language.Rate it:

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adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain.Rate it:

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aequa iuris descriptio (Off. 2. 4. 15)a sound judicial system.Rate it:

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alere exercitum (Off. 1. 8. 25)to support an army.Rate it:

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aliquem in servitutem abducere, abstrahereto carry off into slavery.Rate it:

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aliquem proficiscentem prosequito accompany any one when starting; to see a person off.Rate it:

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aliquid cadit in deliberationem (Off. 1. 3. 9)a subject becomes matter for reflection.Rate it:

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aliquid in aliud tempus, in posterum differreto put off till another time; to postpone.Rate it:

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all bets are offIndicates that a future event appears uncertain, especially one that before seemed more certain.Rate it:

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amber gamblerA driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber (instead of stopping, as required by law), gambling that no vehicle will cross his or her path; a driver who starts off when the traffic lights show red and amber together, but not yet green.Rate it:

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an apple a day keeps the doctor awayApples are healthy and stave off illness.Eat healthy and you won't get sick.Rate it:

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animo, cogitatione aliquid praecipere (Off 1. 23. 81)to form a conception of a thing beforehand.Rate it:

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anticonstituellementin french, this word is the biggest word in the whole history of french... it means: I Constantly think you are bugging me, back off or you will regret it.Rate it:

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après skiA place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.Rate it:

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après-skiA place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.Rate it:

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aquam ex flumine derivareto draw off water from a river.Rate it:

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armar la de san Quintínto start a fightRate it:

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armé de pied en capArmed from head to foot, cap-à-pie.Rate it:

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arse aboutThe wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.Rate it:

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arse is gone right out of 'erMatters, especially economic matters, have gone very wrong; things are out of control.Rate it:

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ass into gearGet going; get moving; start producing.Rate it:

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ass-backwardsHopelessly misguided; having taken the utterly wrong choice.Rate it:

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at firstInitially; at the start.Rate it:

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at the coal faceTo be directly engaged in the operations of a business, rather than in a hands-off, managerial position.Rate it:

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at the end of the roadNo longer in the competition. Voted off. Eliminated.Rate it:

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attacher Pierre avec Paulto fasten a button in the wrong buttonholeRate it:

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au fond, il a tortHe is wrong in reality.Rate it:

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auction offTo sell something at an auction.Rate it:

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auf dem falschen Dampferon the wrong trackRate it:

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auf dem Holzweg seinto bark up the wrong treeRate it:

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auf dem Holzweg seinto be on the wrong trackRate it:

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avaler d'un traitTo drink off at one gulp, at a draught.Rate it:

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avoir du foin dans ses bottesTo be well off.Rate it:

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avoir du pois layStealing brass weights off the counters of shops.Rate it:

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avoir la berlue (fam.)To see things which do not exist; To have a wrong idea of anything.Rate it:

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back offTo move backwards away from something.Rate it:

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back offTo become less aggressive, particularly when one had appeared committed to act.Rate it:

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back offTo lower the setting of.Rate it:

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