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stumble uponTo meet somebody by chance.Rate it:

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suck upTo adulate or flatter somebody excessively, generally to obtain some personal benefit or favour.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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you can't educate porkWhen somebody won't listen to reason.Rate it:

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pick upTo meet and seduce somebody for romantic purposes, especially in a social situation, sometimes used with "on".Rate it:

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damp squibAnything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations..Rate it:

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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 day late and a dollar shortCome into the picture minus some necessary fundamental factors or entities.Rate it:

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ear trumpetold hearing aidRate it:

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give someone pauseTo give somebody cause for concern.Rate it:

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lock hornsTo come into conflict.Rate it:

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pie in the skyA belief that one's wildest dreams shall come true. A devotee, of pie in the sky is prone to believe the most impossible possibility. The taller the tale you can spin, the greater chance he'll buy into it!Rate it:

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à la guerre comme à la guerreOne must take things as they come; We must take the rough with the smooth.Rate it:

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break coverUsed other than as an idiom. to come out of hiding; to become visible.Rate it:

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butt outdon't be involved in (stop interfering in) what someone else is doingRate it:

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cold comfortMuch less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.Rate it:

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eat out of someone's handTo behave in a docile, submissive way towards somebody.Rate it:

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fresh legsSomebody who has yet to play in a match, and therefore has plenty of energy.Rate it:

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mark down asTo come to a conclusion about someone or something; to make a note of one's conclusion about someone or something.Rate it:

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#pitstoptoyourpurposeHashtag, phrase, ministry, movement by Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe how the storms of life are just a temporary stop en route to one's divine destiny; As creator of the phrase and hashtag, De Bouse is the first to use #pitstoptoyourpurpose on social media and online anywhere.Rate it:

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"you are going to be late, bup! (better hurry up!)BUP or B'up = is an abbreviation for the phrase, "Better Hurry Up".Rate it:

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(se) ex aqua emergereto come to the surface.Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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a otro perro con ese huesoyou can't fool me, go tell that to somebody else; tell it to the marinesRate it:

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à propos, viendrez-vous ce soir?By the way, shall you come this evening?Rate it:

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à qui mal veut, mal arriveHarm watch, harm catch; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.Rate it:

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ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidereto come to some one's ears.Rate it:

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ad omnes casus subsidia comparareto be prepared for all that may come.Rate it:

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ad propositum reverti, redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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ad rem redireto come back to the point.Rate it:

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ad teli coniectum venire (Liv. 2. 31)to come within javelin-range.Rate it:

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adieu paniers, vendanges sont faitesYou come too late, it is all over.Rate it:

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aggredi ad dicendumto come forward to make a speech; to address the house.Rate it:

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aimer quelqu'un comme la prunelle de ses yeuxTo love somebody like the apple of one’s eye.Rate it:

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aliquis, aliquid mihi curae or cordi estsomebody, something is never absent from my thoughts.Rate it:

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all goodAnother way of saying it's all good; don't worry; everything is okayRate it:

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allons!Come, now!Rate it:

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allons-ycome with me, follow meRate it:

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amores et deliciae alicuiussomebody's darling.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X, thy name is YUsed to say that something or somebody embodies a particular quality, usually a negative one. This phrase is said using this format: "X, thy name is Y", where X is the quality and Y is the person or thing with that quality.Rate it:

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après lui il faut tirer l'échelleOne cannot do better than he has; No one can come up to him in that; That takes the cake.Rate it:

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arriver en trois bateauxTo come with great fuss, in great state, with unnecessary ceremony.Rate it:

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ask outTo invite somebody, especially on a date.Rate it:

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at bayUnable to come closer; at a distance.Rate it:

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atomic cocktailA drinkable liquid containing a radioactive substance, used in health care either as a diagnostic aid or as a treatment, especially for cancer of the thyroid.Rate it:

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

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auxilio alicui venireto come to assist any one.Rate it:

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auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicuito bring aid to; to rescue.Rate it:

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back in the knife drawer, Miss SharpSaid as a retort to somebody who has made a cutting remark.Rate it:

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bear in uponInduce somebody to realize something, to impress a realization upon a person, usually in a gradual way.Rate it:

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