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hang a louieMake a left turn while driving a vehicle.Rate it:

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hang a ueyTo make a U-turn turn while driving a vehicle.Rate it:

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hang an arseTo hang back, to be afraid to advance.Rate it:

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hang fiveTo perform a longboard move where the surfer goes to the front of the board and rides from there, one foot on the nose and the five toes of that foot extended out over the front of the nose, the other foot placed further back.Rate it:

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haul offTo draw back the arm in order to punch.Rate it:

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head offTo turn away from the windRate it:

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head southAlternative form of go south; to decrease or become unfavorable; to take a turn for the worse.Rate it:

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here's your signA sarcastic remark and gesture that is said and done when someone says something stupid. This is said while holding the back of your right hand in a fist to your forehead with the index finger and thumb extended to form an "L" for "Loser." This is done and said to someone when they ask an obvious question and they should have known the answer; it points out to someone how dumb the question was that they just asked.Rate it:

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hold your head highStand erect, shoulders back, head high for actions taken over, up and beyond the ordinary response to the challenge.Rate it:

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home truthsTo be honest about something and tell it as it is, without holding anything back.Rate it:

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hoy por ti, mañana por miyou scratch my back and I'll scratch yoursRate it:

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idiot mittensMittens connected by yarn or string running through one sleeve, along the back and out the other sleeve of a coat, to prevent the mittens becoming lost. Generally worn by small children.Rate it:

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il a bon dosHis back is broad enough to stand a good deal.Rate it:

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il est sur le flancHe is laid up, on his back.Rate it:

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il le dit à tout proposHe says it on every occasion, at every turn.Rate it:

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il lui a rendu la monnaie de sa pièceHe paid him back in his own coin.Rate it:

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il ne sait où donner de la têteHe does not know which way to turn.Rate it:

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il ne sait sur quel pied danserHe does not know which way to turn.Rate it:

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il ne savait plus de quel bois faire flècheHe did not know which way to turn. Rate it:

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il s'est donné un tour de reinsHe sprained his back.Rate it:

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il tomba les quatre fers en l'air(lit.) He fell on his back; (fig.) He was struck all of a heap.Rate it:

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in lineOn a queue; waiting one's turn for something.Rate it:

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in viam reducere aliquemto bring a person back to the right way.Rate it:

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j'y ai mis du mien, mettez-y du vôtreI have given way a bit, meet me half-way; I have done my share at it, now it’s your turn.Rate it:

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je lui ai rendu le changeI paid him back in his own coin. Rate it:

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je ne sais à quel saint me vouerI do not know which way to turn.Rate it:

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je saurai en tirer partiI shall be able to turn it to account.Rate it:

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kick against the pricksTo kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goadedRate it:

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kick itTo kick back.Rate it:

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la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vasethe straw that broke the camel's backRate it:

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la viande est cuite à pointThe meat is done to a turn.Rate it:

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lay toTo turn towards the wind so that the boat stopsRate it:

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le vin est tiré, il faut le boireYou have gone too far now to draw back; In for a penny, in for a pound.Rate it:

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lefty loosey, righty tightyA mnemonic used to recall the direction a spanner must turn to either tighten or loosen a bolt.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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lick one's woundsHe's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.Rate it:

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lighten upTo ease up; back off; slow down.Rate it:

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longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)to go a long way back (in narrative).Rate it:

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look roundTo turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.Rate it:

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luff upTo turn towards the wind so that the sails flapRate it:

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make a legTo make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.Rate it:

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make an appearanceTo turn up to an event for a brief moment.Rate it:

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make hayTo cut grass to turn into hay for animal feed.Rate it:

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make it up toto pay back, to return someone a previous good deed.Rate it:

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make outTo succeed; to turn out or end up.Rate it:

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me toca a miit's my turnRate it:

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mettre les rieurs de son côtéTo turn the laugh against a man.Rate it:

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Midas touchthe ability to turn everything one touches into gold.Rate it:

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