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a lie has no legsYou can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.Rate it:

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a mille passibusa mile away.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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a vero abducito be led away from the truth.Rate it:

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absent le chat, les souris dansentwhen the cat's away the mice will playRate it:

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abstract awayto generalize concepts or their application by using abstraction into a more usable formRate it:

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abstract awayto omit, ignoreRate it:

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adopt outTo send a son or daughter away to live in another country..Rate it:

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aegritudine, curis conficito be wasting away with grief.Rate it:

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alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducereto draw away some one's attention from a thing.Rate it:

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aller au diable vauvert (corrupted into au vert)To go very far away, a devil of a way; To disappear.Rate it:

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amuser le tapisTo talk a great deal without coming to the point; To talk time away.Rate it:

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amuser le tapis (or, la galerie)To amuse people by talking the time away.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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AOBAway on break.Rate it:

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arma abicereto throw away one's arms.Rate it:

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ashes to ashes, dust to dustyou are made of dust and return to ashes and dust after passing away.Rate it:

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assume the positionTo turn away, with your hands in a visible and unmovable position so that you can be searchedRate it:

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at arm's lengthAt a distance, away from one's body.Rate it:

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at onceImmediately; now; right away.Rate it:

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away gameAn athletic contest played in the opposing team's geographic area.Rate it:

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away with the fairiesNot with it, dreaming, not all there.Rate it:

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back awayOf your attention on the thing in front being avoided.Rate it:

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back offTo move backwards away from something.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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bang awayto strike or hit repeatedlyRate it:

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bang awayto work tirelesslyRate it:

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bang awayto constantly and irritatingly talk (about)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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bargain awayTo dispose of in a bargain, usually with a sense of loss or disadvantage.Rate it:

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bat awayTo knock an object, usually a ball.Rate it:

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bat awayTo avoid by diverting the focus of a discussion.Rate it:

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be offTo be away from.Rate it:

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be off with youGo away; get out.Rate it:

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beat itTo go away.Rate it:

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beat offTo drive something away with blows.Rate it:

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beaver awayTo busily undertake a large task.Rate it:

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bell curvea graph of a normal (Gaussian) distribution, with a large rounded peak tapering away at each end.Rate it:

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bitch, pleaseWhen you want a bitch to shut up, you hold up your hand, turn away, and say “bitch, please” Similar to the saying “talk to the hand”Rate it:

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blame canadaA catch phrase for shifting attention away from a serious social issue by laying responsibility with Canada.Rate it:

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blast awayto continue shooting rapidly.Rate it:

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blast awayTo destroy by blasting explosivesRate it:

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blaze awayto fire (firearms) repeatedlyRate it:

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blow awayFlabbergast; scintillate; impress greatly.Rate it:

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blow awayTo cause to go away by blowing.Rate it:

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blow awayTo be dispersed as a result of being blown.Rate it:

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blow overTo pass naturally; to go away; to settle or calm down.Rate it:

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bog offTo leave, to go away.Rate it:

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bottle awayto store up or stock up.Rate it:

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break awayTo leave suddenly.Rate it:

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