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everybody who is anybodyAll of the people who are well-known or important, especially those who have prominent social standing.Rate it:

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ex pueris excedereto leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man.Rate it:

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expérience passe scienceExperience is the best master; Experientia docet.Rate it:

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fair weather fanA fan who only pays attention to their favorite team when they are preforming well.Rate it:

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Fair-Weather FriendSomeone who is your friend only when you are successful and prosperous but leave you in the time of needRate it:

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faire bonne mine à mauvais jeuTo put a good face on misfortune; To make the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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faire charlemagneTo leave off a winner, without giving one’s adversaries a chance of revenge.Rate it:

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faire contre fortune bon cœurTo bear up against misfortune; To make the best of a bad job.Rate it:

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faire flèche de tout boisTo use every means to accomplish an end; To leave no stone unturned.Rate it:

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filer à l'anglaiseTo leave without saying good-bye, without attracting attention; To take French leave.Rate it:

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filer à l'anglaiseto take French leaveRate it:

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first rateSuperb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality.Rate it:

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flew the coopLeave in a rush, run from the scene, drive speedily away.Rate it:

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Fly the CoopTo move or leave secretly from a place or situation, to run away or get way or escapeRate it:

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Flying DutchmanA Dutch-flagged clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. It is considered bad luck to meet said ship.Rate it:

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for EnglandVery well or for a long time.Rate it:

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for what it’s worthIdiomatic phrase used to introduce one’s opinion or advice on a topic or situation - usually spoken with a guarded degree of modesty, uncertainty, or an expectation that the receiver is not bound to heed the speaker’s words. Interchangeable with the phrase, ‘take it or leave it.’Rate it:

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forewarned is forearmedAdvance awareness of a situation, especially a risky one, prepares one to deal with it.1863, Charles Reade, Hard Cash, ch. 4:[W]hatever a young gentleman of that age says to you, he says to many other ladies; but your experience is not equal to your sense; so profit by mine . . . forewarned is forearmed.1885, G. A. Henty, Saint George for England, ch. 4:Sometimes, they say, it is wiser to remain in ignorance; at other times forewarned is forearmed.circa 1903, Lucy Maud Montgomery, "Why Mr. Cropper Changed His Mind":"Well, Miss Maxwell, I think it only fair to tell you that you may have trouble with those boys when they do come. Forewarned is forearmed, you know."Rate it:

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friss oder stirbtake it or leave itRate it:

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gentilall very wellRate it:

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gentilwell behaved, goodRate it:

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get alongTo survive; to do well enough.Rate it:

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get alongTo be together or coexist well, without arguments or trouble.Rate it:

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get downTo leave the table after dining.Rate it:

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get goingtwo meanings: get started; leaveRate it:

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get lostUsed to tell somebody to go away or leave one alone.Rate it:

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get one's fillto be satisfied, to have enough of something.Rate it:

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get outTo leave or escapeRate it:

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get outTo help someone leaveRate it:

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get outTo leave a vehicle such as a car.Rate it:

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get out ofTo leave, exit, or become free of.Rate it:

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get out of dodgeTo leave; in particular to leave a difficult or dangerous environment with all possible haste.Rate it:

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get out of hereTo leave or exit a place.Rate it:

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get out of my faceleave; the speaker is telling the hearer to leave; usually said when someone does not want to be confronted any moreRate it:

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get out while the getting's goodTo leave at an opportune time or before adverse conditions appear.Rate it:

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get right to the pointReference a lack of focus, an offer of myriad solutions without indicating one with most viability. A lack of preciseness, lack of indicating best choice. An evasive response in a tenable situation.Rate it:

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Get the SackTo be dismissed from job, told to leave something with prejudiceRate it:

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get up inTo best someone in a competition; to successfully challenge someone.Rate it:

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give noticeTo announce one's intent to leave a job; to inform an employer that one is leaving.Rate it:

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give the royal treatmentTo treat (someone) extremely wellRate it:

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glad ragsbest clothesRate it:

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go belowTo go below deck on a ship; to leave the top deck of a ship.Rate it:

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Go Fly a KiteTo leave, stop disturbing and making one upsetRate it:

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go for the gustoTo give your best; get everything out of life you can get; reach for the goal; have the best experienceRate it:

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go onleave; the speaker is telling you to leaveRate it:

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go on gitleave! short for Go on, get out of here!; the speaker is telling the listener to leave, emphatically; also often said to animals to chase them awayRate it:

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go roundTo be sufficient, be enoughRate it:

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go togetherOf two or more things, to correspond or fit wellRate it:

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go withTo correspond or fit well with.Rate it:

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god works in mysterious waysExpressing confidence that a conundrum has a solution despite it not being apparent.Expressing that a seemingly unfortunate or unfavourable situation or change may be beneficial later or in the long run.Person A: It seems that I'm about to be fired from my job.Person B: Well, God works in mysterious ways - maybe it'll be the kick you need to apply to university...Rate it:

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