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a mari usque ad mareD'un océan à l'autre.Rate it:

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born with a silver spoon in one's mouthNote. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.Rate it:

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c'est elle qui porte la culotteShe is mistress in this house (not her husband); The grey mare is the better horse.Rate it:

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Don't Take Any Wooden NickelsDon't allow anybody deceive you or take advantage of youRate it:

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don't take any wooden nickelsDo not permit yourself be cheated or duped; do not be naive.Rate it:

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il a trouvé la pie au nidHe has found a mare’s nest.Rate it:

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mare medium or internumthe Mediterranean Sea.Rate it:

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mare ventorum vi agitatur et turbaturthere is a storm at sea.Rate it:

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mariage d'épervier, la femelle vaut mieux que le mâleThe grey mare is the better horse.Rate it:

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paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrita peninsula projects into the sea.Rate it:

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pour un point (or, faute d'un point) martin perdit son âneFor want of a nail the shoe was lost (or, the miller lost his mare); Be careful of trifles.Rate it:

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promunturium in mare procurrita promontory juts out into the sea.Rate it:

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shanks' mareOne's own legs used for walking; to "travel by shanks' mare" or "ride on shanks' mare" is to walk to your destination.Rate it:

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talk the leg off a wooden indianExcessive talk.Rate it:

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touch woodHopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said.Rate it:

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una goccia in un mare d'acquaa drop in the bucketRate it:

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up the wooden hill to bedfordshireUpstairs, to prepare for bed.Rate it:

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widow's walkA roof-top walkway or balcony associated with the homes of early sea captains from which the wife could see far out to sea and hope to catch a glimpse of her returning husband's ship...or not. Sailing in wooden ships and/or whaling was a hazardous business.Rate it:

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wooden marea wooden horse, a torture deviceRate it:

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wooden spoonkitchen utensilRate it:

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wooden spoonAn ironic prize for finishing last in a competition.Rate it:

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wooden spoonA spoon made from wood.Rate it:

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wooden spoonistThe person or team who comes last in a contest.Rate it:

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wooden-topUniformed police officers.Rate it:

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wooden-topA uniformed police officer.Rate it:

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