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no time like the presentA shortened form of there's no time like the present; Now (i.e., the present time) is an appropriate time to take a particular action.Rate it:

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not worth a hill of beanssomething is of no value; worthless; also said like this:didn't amount to a hill of beansRate it:

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nul n'est méchant volontairementMaxime attribuée au philosophe Socrate pour qui l’homme, croyant faire le bien, fait le mal par ignorance.Rate it:

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nul ne peut servir deux maîtresOn ne peut être l’homme de deux causes qui s’opposent, de deux opinions qui se contredisent.Rate it:

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off the wagonNo longer maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from an undesirable habit, especially drinking alcohol.Rate it:

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oh, ye of little faithPointing out one's lack of faith; people sometimes leave the "O" or "Oh" out of the saying when they say itRate it:

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olly olly oxen freeA call in a children's game to say that players in hiding are free to come out.Rate it:

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on all foursOn one's hands and knees.Rate it:

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on ne charpente pas sans étellesQui fait une chose, doit en admettre les conséquences.Rate it:

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on the wagonBy extension, maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from some other undesirable habit.Rate it:

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open mouth, insert footsaid when someone just said something they shouldn't have saidRate it:

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où est l'estMoyen mnémotechnique pour se souvenir que l’ouest est à gauche et l’est à droite quand on regarde une carte classique ou que l’on fait face au nord.Rate it:

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over/underAlso expressed as over-under; In sports betting, a sportsbook predicts the combined teams' score for a certain game. In an over/under bet, people bet on whether the combined teams' score will be more than (over) or less than (under) the sportsbook's predicted total combined score of the gameRate it:

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Paris ne s'est pas faite en un jourVariante de Paris ne s’est pas fait en un jour.Rate it:

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petite pluie abat grand ventUne petite pluie fait ordinairement cesser un grand vent.Rate it:

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petite pluie abat grand ventUn peu de douceur apaise souvent un grand emportement ; une cause légère, un petit incident fait cesser quelquefois de grands troubles, de grandes querelles.Rate it:

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pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over againdon't quit. keep tryingRate it:

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pigeon-toedTo stand, walk, or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of each foot face toward each other and the knees also turn inward toward each other--like a pigeon's toes.Rate it:

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pinch outTo remove the shoots of a plant: the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit a plant's side shootsRate it:

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poisson d'avrilPlaisanterie que l’on fait le premier avril.Rate it:

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poser la question c'est déjà y répondreLa réponse est comprise dans la question, elle ne fait pas de doute.Rate it:

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poser la question c'est y répondreLa réponse est comprise dans la question, elle ne fait pas de doute.Rate it:

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pot, meet kettleUsed to draw attention to hypocrisy; a reference to the saying, "pot calling the kettle black" (see under another entry: "pot calling the kettle black"; it's the same as saying, "that's true of YOU" (and mayor may not be true of me, or not as much)Rate it:

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put outWhen someone is feels "put out". It means they did something they didn't want to do and now they feel "put out" about it...like being taken advantage of after they did it (begrudgingly).Rate it:

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que je sacheÀ ma connaissance. Note d’usage : Se met à la fin d’une phrase négative pour signifier que, si un fait est autrement qu’on ne le dit, on l’ignore.Rate it:

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qui a bu boiraHabit is second nature; If you take to the habit of drinking you cannot get rid of it.Rate it:

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qui donne aux pauvres prête à DieuQuiconque fait la charité sera récompensé par Dieu dans le futur.Rate it:

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qui ne dit mot consentLe fait de ne pas objecter alors qu'on en a la possibilité, peut être considéré ou interprété comme un consentement tacite.Rate it:

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qui vit par l'épée périra par l'épéeLa perte d’un homme provient souvent de son occupation principale.Rate it:

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qui vole un œuf vole un bœufInterprétation plus vraisemblable : Peu importe la valeur de l’objet volé, dans le cas du bœuf et de l’œuf, ils privent les victimes de pitance dans les deux cas. Ce proverbe aborde le fait de punir un vol, et non pas de punir en fonction de la valeur de l'objet volé.Rate it:

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rain or shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, come rain or come shineRate it:

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raise cainTo cause trouble; to behave in a disruptive manner; to make a problem; the phrase is actually "raise Cain" since Cain is a person's nameRate it:

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s'il pleut à la Saint-Médard, il pleut quarante jours plus tard, à moins que Saint-Barnabé ne lui coupe l'herbe sous le piedDicton prédisant que s’il pleut le 8 juin, il repleuvra 40 jours après, sauf s’il fait très beau le 11 juin.Rate it:

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scaredy cata children's word for a person who is easily frightenedRate it:

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set in one's waysDriven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.Rate it:

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shut the front door!An exclamation of shock and/or disbelief; like saying, "No! Really?!" or "No way!" or "I don't believe it"Rate it:

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si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventerLe besoin de l’homme de vérité absolue conduit inexorablement à la croyance en une ou plusieurs déités.Rate it:

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si tu le disExprime le fait que l’on n'est pas convaincu mais qu'en même temps on ne veut pas contrarier l'autre ni se prendre la tête... alors on abrège la discussion par si tu le dis...Rate it:

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si tu vois ce que je veux direFait allusion à ce que l'on vient de dire pour demander si l'interlocuteur l'a bien saisi.Rate it:

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sidepiecesexDescribes extra-marital or extra-relational physically intimate interaction with one other than one's spouse or longterm partner, with whom one also has some form of established relationship; term, song, and hastag by American Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe one of the acts in which her abusive ex-fiance may have been engaged, while absent from the home daily for 15 hours.Rate it:

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six of one, half dozen of anotherIt makes no difference, they're still the same This expression is sometimes said a little differently, but is all the same no matter how it is said. Sometimes people say "half dozen" and sometimes "half a dozen " Also, sometimes the expression is "six of one, half dozen of THE other" and sometimes it is said, "six of one, half a dozen of ANother."Rate it:

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stranger on the phoneDr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.Rate it:

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TGCM« Ta gueule c'est magique » : injonction à accepter un fait sans avoir d'explication logique.Rate it:

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the measure of society is how it treats its weakest membersSocieties who help and take care of those who are the most in need are worth more than societies who don't or who even mistreat those who are in need--the least of them--much less help them.Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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till the wheels fall offliteral meaning - to drive a car until it won't run any more; figurative meaning - dedicated to the end; indicates relentless effort, commitment to something until it is no longer viable/possible/usableRate it:

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tiny but mightysmall but powerful; something people say to express self-worth that even though they may be small they make up for it in being mighty; don't underestimate me/usRate it:

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tirez le rideau, la farce est jouéeC’en est fait; tout est fini.Rate it:

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to know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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tous les goûts sont dans la natureLa nature est vaste et peut de ce fait contenter chacun, même les originaux.Rate it:

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