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"...three philosophical problems that are ineliminable from any version of theism"the phrase comes from a philosophical book (by Alasdair MacIntyre, professor at Notre Dame University)Rate it:

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a bad penny always comes backAlternative form of a bad penny always turns up.Rate it:

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a lie comes back sooner or laterYou can't run from a lie, it will return to you at some point.Rate it:

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a pyrrhic victoryAn apparent victory, but one which is no victory at all, due to the great cost incurred. The phrase comes from the victory won by King Pyrrhus at Asculum in 279BC which cost him many of his best men. After the battle Pyrrhus remarked: "One more such victory and we are finished."Rate it:

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Add Fuel to the FireTo boost up one’s anger or trouble more with your deeds or words, when he/she is already facing worst situationRate it:

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after Saturday comes SundayA phrase sometimes attributed to fundamentalist Muslims, implying that they wish to kill the Jews, whose sabbath is Saturday, and then the Christians, whose sabbath is Sunday.Rate it:

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after Saturday comes SundayUsed other than as an idiom: see after, Saturday, comes, Sunday.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/with great X, comes great YStates a causation in which Y follows X. Often, this phrase is used in a solemn tone, employed sarcastically for minor things that are not nearly as serious as suggested.Rate it:

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au bout du fossé la culbuteAt the end of the run comes the fall.Rate it:

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au pis allerShould the worst come to the worst.Rate it:

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be one's own worst enemyTo cause problems for one's self, act contrary to one's own interest, self-sabotage.Rate it:

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bear the bruntTo endure the worst part of something.Rate it:

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BOHICAAcronym of bend over, here it comes again. Used colloquially to indicate that an adverse situation is about to repeat itself, and that acquiescence is the wisest or only course of action.Rate it:

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bottom of the lineThe worst, the most lackluster, or lowest quality currently on the market, especially among selections in a product line.Rate it:

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brace of shakesThe time taken for a sail to shake or shiver twice as a ship comes into the wind.Rate it:

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bread and butterthe main way you make your living; where the bulk of your money comes fromRate it:

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Bull in a China ShopAn awkward person who actually does not care about the delicate situation, a rough person who comes near the brittle things, an insensitive person who makes people angry with his/her deeds and words to create disturbance in their work or plansRate it:

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c'est de la moutarde après dînerIt comes too late to be of any use; It is a day after the fair.Rate it:

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c'est tout commeIt comes to the same thing.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas tous les jours fête1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.Rate it:

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ce qu'il dit coule de sourceWhat he says comes from the heart, comes fluently from his lips.Rate it:

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cela arrive comme marée en carêmeThat comes very seasonably, just at the right time.Rate it:

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cela arrive comme mars en carêmeThat comes regularly, like clockwork.Rate it:

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cela vient à pointThat comes opportunely.Rate it:

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conch don't grow on treesmeat that comes out of sea shellsRate it:

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cross that bridge when one gets thereThat is a discussion for another time; alternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to itRate it:

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cross that bridge when one gets to itAlternative form of cross that bridge when one comes to itRate it:

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doctors make the worst patientsIt's often difficult to advise people on subjects that they are usually experts on.Rate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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Easy Come, Easy GoAnything that comes very easily mostly goes or can be lost easily,Rate it:

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friend with benefitsA friendship with no reserves when it comes to the release of shared sexual tension thus leading to sexual fraternization.Rate it:

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god helps those who help themselvesFortune comes to those who make a genuine effort to accomplish things.Rate it:

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ice maidenA woman who comes from a frozen climate.Rate it:

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il ne tardera pas à venirIt will not be long before he comes.Rate it:

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in the scheme of things it was a small victory.As with climate change the slow improvement of gas amounts discharged into the atmosphere comes too late. We are screwed Rate it:

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in the worst wayUrgently; desperately; to an extreme degree.Rate it:

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in the worst wayUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see in,‎ the,‎ worst,‎ way.Rate it:

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it comes and goesSometimes you might feel like nothing is right and everything is against you, but don't give up. Things could change for the good in a matter of seconds.Rate it:

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le plus fort est faitThe worst is over; The most difficult part is done.Rate it:

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lentejas, si quieres las comes y si no, las dejasExpresión que indica que una determinada acción es de cumplimiento obligatorio.Rate it:

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lentejas, si quieres las comes y si no, las dejastake it or leave itRate it:

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les cordonniers sont les plus mal chaussésThe shoemaker’s wife goes the worst shod.Rate it:

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les tonneaux vides sont ceux qui font le plus de bruitThe worst wheel makes the most noise.Rate it:

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life's a bitch and then you dieOne should expect the worst.Rate it:

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long ways, long liesSomeone who comes back from a far-off country can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.Rate it:

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make heavy weather ofTo overcomplicate things, to make things appear worst than they are.Rate it:

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mihi in mentem venit alicuius reisomething comes into my mind.Rate it:

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money can't buy happinessMoney can buy external things, but true happiness comes from inside.Rate it:

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no filterSaying whatever comes to mind, without regard for what is appropriate.Rate it:

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nomen amicitiae (or simply amicitia) dicitur ab amandothe word amicitia comes from amare.Rate it:

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