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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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doom and gloomFeeling, or acting in a manner consistent with, pessimism and despair.Rate it:

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Dot Your I's and Cross Your T'sTo do something very carefullyRate it:

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embrace, extend and extinguishA strategy of marketing that involves extending widely used standards of product categories with proprietary capabilities, and then using the differences to disadvantage its competitors.Rate it:

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escape the bear and fall to the lionTo avoid a problem or inconvenience only to exchange it for an even worse misfortune afterwardsRate it:

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everybody and his cousinEverybody; a huge crowd; too many people.Rate it:

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eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothTo take retribution or give penalty similar to the original offense or faultRate it:

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few and far betweenRare and scarce.Rate it:

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fight tooth and nailTo use every means possible to overcome a difficult opposition.Rate it:

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fine and dandyExcellent, fine, good; things are well; often used sarcastically to insinuate 'faux' delightRate it:

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forever and a daywithout ever ending; eternally.Rate it:

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forgive and forgetAbsolve completely for a past wrongdoing; pardon with neither resentment nor a view to retribution.Rate it:

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full of piss and vinegarExuberant or enthusiastic, especially to an excessive degree; brazen.Rate it:

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grin and bear itTo tolerate adversity with good humor; put up with pain, misfortune, or unpleasantness without complaining or in a stoic mannerRate it:

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hadaway and shitego awayRate it:

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have one's cake and eat it tooTo seek to have two things which are mutually incompatible (such as eating a piece of cake and yet still possessing that piece for future use).Rate it:

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here and thereFrom time to time.Rate it:

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home and dryHaving safely reached one's target.Rate it:

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hot and botheredaroused, especially sexuallyRate it:

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i'm going to build my own x with blackjack and hookers! in fact, forget the xIndicates that the speaker is not interested in joining others in a certain group or activity, and instead the speaker is going to form their own.Rate it:

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in and outsexual intercourse, especially a brief one.Rate it:

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In One Ear and Out the OtherNot to pay any serious attention to something, ignore something without turning any ear to itRate it:

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judge, jury and executionerSomeone with the roles of judge, jury and executioner; someone with full power to judge and punish others unilaterally.Rate it:

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Keep Body and Soul TogetherTo have just reason to be alive, just surviving but not living in real senseRate it:

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kick ass and take namesTo beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.Rate it:

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life's a bitch and then you dieOne should expect the worst.Rate it:

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loud and clearIn a clear and easily understandable manner.Rate it:

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now and againSometimes; occasionally; intermittently.Rate it:

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now and thenSometimes; occasionally; also said with the word every in front: every now and thenRate it:

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odd and curiousA way to designate special coins, namely coins that are both odd and imperfect or seriously damaged.Rate it:

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odds and endsMiscellaneous things.Rate it:

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odds and sodsOrdinary people who lack distinction.Rate it:

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odds and sodsMiscellaneous items.Rate it:

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off and onoccasionallyRate it:

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one for all and all for oneEveryone in the a group should act for the benefit of the group, and the group should act for the benefit of everyone in the groupRate it:

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peace and quietTranquility; freedom from stress or interruptions.Rate it:

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peaches and creamA very enjoyable experience.Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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pour your heart and soulTo do something with 100% effort; to try your best; to do something like it means a lot to you.Rate it:

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put two and two togetherTo figure out; to deduce or discern.Rate it:

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quick-and-dirtyOf or pertaining to the creation or repair of software or hardware in a manner which permits operation within a brief period of time, although with compromised functionality or reliability.Rate it:

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rain cats and dogsTo rain very heavily.Rate it:

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raining cats and dogsRaining very heavily; excessive downpourRate it:

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remember p's and q'sTo remember your manners and always remain polite.Rate it:

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rise and shinea phrase used to wake someone up by telling them to rise out of bed and shine (excel)Rate it:

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rise and shineA phrase to wake someone up.Rate it:

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run hot and coldTo alternate between two opposite extremes, such as enthusiasm and disinterest or success and failure.Rate it:

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slings and arrowsMisfortune or adversity that is not one's fault; adverse factors or circumstances; also, judgments, harsh criticisms, or personal attacksRate it:

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smoke and mirrorsA deceptive, fraudulent, or unconvincing explanation or description.Rate it:

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snitches get stitches and wind up in ditchesSynonym of snitches get stitchesRate it:

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