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happy trailsan expression wishing someone a good journey (typically on a road or path); short for 'happy trails to you'; a way of saying goodbyeRate it:

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heave toTo come to a halt.Rate it:

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heavy handedCome down hard on something or someone.Rate it:

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here today, gone tomorrowRefers to things that come then go quickly because they seem to be here one day then gone the next dayRate it:

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hope only lasts when you need itWhen you need hope it will come.Rate it:

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Horse of a Different ColourTotally different from something, to come out different from what is being observedRate it:

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hot stuffAn attractive person, often used as a come-on or pickup line.Rate it:

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hungry hungry hippoAn expression used to say you are very hungry; also hungry hippo, for short; also the name of a children's board game (Hungry Hungry Hippo) produced by Hasbro under its subsidiary, Milton BradleyRate it:

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idle hands are the devil's workshopOne who is idle will likely come to do evil.Rate it:

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il abonde dans mon sensHe is entirely of the same opinion as I am; He has come round to my opinion.Rate it:

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il est haut comme ma botteHe is a mere sixpennyworth of halfpence; He is very short.Rate it:

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il était dit que j'arriverais trop tardThe Fates had willed that I should come too late.Rate it:

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il faut lui serrer la courroieWe must curtail his allowance; We must keep him on short commons.Rate it:

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il la fait courte et bonneHe is having a short life and a merry one.Rate it:

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il prête de l'argent à la petite semaineHe lends money for a short time at a high rate of interest.Rate it:

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il se trouve à court (d'argent)He is short of money.Rate it:

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imprint onTo come to accept, inaccurately, that a creature or object is one's parent and consequently to act as if it is.Rate it:

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in alicuius manus venire, pervenireto come into some one's hands.Rate it:

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in brevi conspectu ponere aliquidto make a short survey of a thing.Rate it:

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in existimantium arbitrium venire (Brut. 24. 92)to come before the tribunal of the critics.Rate it:

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in lucem edito see the light, come into the world.Rate it:

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in nothing flatA very short amount of time; no time at all.Rate it:

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in possessionem alicuius rei venireto come into the possession of something.Rate it:

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in scaenam prodireto come upon the stage.Rate it:

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in the offingNearby, soon to come, in the near future.Rate it:

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incidere in aliquemto meet, come across a person; to meet casually.Rate it:

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is anyone here a doctorAsked to call upon a doctor to come forth from a group of people.Rate it:

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it is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how childIt is through our observation and analysis of what we observe that we begin to understand how children make meaning in their world, and we come to know what they know and can do.Rate it:

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j'arrive du fin fond de l'afriqueI have come from the very depths of Africa.Rate it:

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j'en sais le fonds et le tréfondsI know the ins and outs of it, the long and the short of it.Rate it:

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je reviens de loin(lit.) I come from a long distance; (fig.) I am recovering from a long illness.Rate it:

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je suis à court d'argent (fam. à sec)I am short of money (fam. hard up, broke).Rate it:

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join forcesto combine labour, to come together, to uniteRate it:

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just a minuteA short period of time, typically anywhere from several seconds to several minutes or more.Rate it:

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just a secondA short period of time, typically anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes or more.Rate it:

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kill the goose that lays the golden eggsTo seek short term gain at the sacrifice of long term profit.Rate it:

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knee-high to a grasshoppershort; especially relating to when the subject was a small childRate it:

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Knee-High to a GrasshopperToo short and youngRate it:

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la caque sent toujours le harengWhat is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.Rate it:

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la vida son dos díaslife is shortRate it:

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lange Rede, kurzer Sinnlong story shortRate it:

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lay backTo make a short backwards pass to a teammate in an attacking position.Rate it:

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le chemin le plus long est souvent le plus courtThe longest way round often proves to be the shortest; A short cut may be a very long way home.Rate it:

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lead offThe short distance that a player stands away from their current base.Rate it:

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leak outTo come out of, because of a leakRate it:

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les bons comptes font les bons amisShort reckonings make long friends.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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les deux armées en sont aux mainsThe two armies are in close combat, have come to close quarters.Rate it:

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les premiers vont devantFirst come, first served.Rate it:

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look-inA quick short pass to a receiver running diagonally toward the center of the field.Rate it:

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