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the lady with rocky determination and her own choices best suited to human beingsThe Gibraltar is rock formation of very hard lime stone. One can break it but with lot of pursuing.Rate it:

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the whole nine yardsAnd everything. Often used, like etc., to finish out a list.Rate it:

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the whole shooting matchEverything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.Rate it:

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there's no such thing as a free lunchNothing is free; everything has a price.Rate it:

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thinking out loudTo come up with an idea or solution in your head but not verbally talking about itRate it:

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this, that, and the otherParticular items belonging to a large, diverse set, but items of the general kind of item indicated.Rate it:

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tickle the ivoriesI don't have as much time as I'd like, but I still enjoy tickling the ivories from time to time.Rate it:

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to shine someone on. (“i’m just shining you on”)To falsely lead someone on, with a false but true-sounding idea or opinion.Rate it:

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tomorrow is another dayTomorrow will bring new opportunities and a fresh start for one's endeavors.1600, author unknown, "Phillidaes Love-call to her Coridon, and his replying" (song), in England's Helicon, printed at London by I.R. for John Flasket:Phil. Yonder comes my Mother, Coridon,whether shall I flie?Cor. Under yonder Beech my lovely one,while she passeth by.Say to her thy true-Love was not heere,remember, remember,to morrow is another day:1896, Amelia E. Barr, A Knight of the Nets, ch. 8:"Well, well, my dear lass, to-night we cannot work, but we may sleep. . . . Keep a still heart tonight, and tomorrow is another day."1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, ch. 63:"Tomorrow, I'll think of some way to get him back. After all, tomorrow is another day."2005, Fran Schumer, "JERSEY: In Princeton, Taking On Harvard's Fuss About Women," New York Times, 19 June (retrieved 18 Aug. 2009):"Half of me is depressedRate it:

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too clever by halfShrewd but flawed by overthinking or excessive complexity, with a resulting tendency to be unreliable or unsuccessful.Rate it:

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tooth and nailTaking everything bodily you possibly could offer/ use to get the job or task done, usually referring to an tough battle ahead. Battle usually a physical fight, or harsh obstacles were to be meet with this plight, but you or many were going to give it your all.Rate it:

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total packageeverything someone would ever want; often used in reference to all the qualities someone would want in another personRate it:

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tous les chemins mènent à RomeIl existe plusieurs manières d’atteindre un seul et même but, même si certaines peuvent être plus longues et complexes que d’autres.Rate it:

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tout est à l'abandonEverything is at sixes and sevens, in utter neglect, in confusion.Rate it:

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tout lui est égalEverything is the same to him.Rate it:

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tout s'use à la longueEverything wears out in time.Rate it:

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tout vient à point à qui sait attendreEverything comes to the man who waits.Rate it:

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toute la boutique (pop.)The whole show (i.e. a thing and everything connected with it); The whole boiling; The whole bag of tricks.Rate it:

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trade-offa balance achieved between two desirable but incompatible features; a compromise.Rate it:

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triple threatgood at everything, do three things well at the same timeRate it:

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turd in the punchbowlSomething which ruins or spoils everything else; a nuisance or problem; an unpleasant or disagreeable detail.Rate it:

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twisted truthThoughtfully slyly lie. Confusing and uphelding the words/matter said on account of others faith though it's not true but slyly faltering facts.Rate it:

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two wrongs don't make a right(ethics) A wrongful action is not a morally appropriate way to correct or cancel a previous wrongful action.1915, William MacLeod Raine, The Highgrader, ch. 15:"But when it comes to taking what belongs to anotherRate it:

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tyre kickerA person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.Rate it:

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último, mas não menos importantelast but not leastRate it:

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un malheur n'arrive jamais seulMisfortunes never come singly; It never rains but it pours.Rate it:

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un malheur ne vient jamais seulMisfortunes never come singly; It never rains but it pours.Rate it:

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verum ut ad id, unde digressa est oratio, revertamurbut to return from the digression we have been making.Rate it:

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voir tout en beauTo see everything through rose-coloured spectacles. Rate it:

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vous prenez tout en malYou put a wrong construction on everything.Rate it:

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walk aroundTo walk with no real planned destination, but to just walk, to meander "around".Rate it:

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war of nervesA situation in which opposed parties refrain from direct conflict but maintain a tense, contentious relationship in which each uses annoyances or intimidating psychological tactics to attempt to dishearten and unnerve the other.Rate it:

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Watched Pot Never BoilsWhen you are waiting for something but will not happen when you are concentrating,Rate it:

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wee small hoursHe worked into the wee small hours to get everything perfect for the opening day.Rate it:

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well and goodBasically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.Rate it:

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what it takesEverything that is required.Rate it:

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while awayTo spend idly but pleasantlyRate it:

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whistle walkThe path slaves took to deliver food from the kitchen building of a plantation to the main dining room. Slaves were expected to whistle during this walk in order to assure their masters that they were not eating the food.Rate it:

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white elephantSomething you have but uselessRate it:

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whole ball of waxEverything of a similar or related nature; everything necessary for a particular purpose.Rate it:

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Whole Kit and CaboodleNothing left, ruined, everything is lostRate it:

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whole shebangA building or house and everything in it.Rate it:

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whole shebangEverything; the entire thing.Rate it:

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whole shooting matchEverything; the entire collection, endeavor, or activity.Rate it:

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wine tosserA person who buys wine, but does not drink it.Rate it:

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wine tosserA person who talks a great deal about wine but actually knows very little.Rate it:

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with knobs on(manner) Extremely; in a similar way, but taken to an extreme.Rate it:

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Wolf in Sheep's ClothingA person who is dangerous but pretends to be harmless, an enemy who is disguising as a friendRate it:

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wooden spoonkitchen utensilRate it:

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yell silentlyTo think very strong thoughts, that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.Rate it:

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