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work around the clockTo work all day and all night without a break, because it is imperative to finish something.Rate it:

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work like a dreamTo function very efficiently and effectively, with few or no problems.Rate it:

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work spouseA man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship having bonds similar to those of a marriage: special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and unusual degree of honesty or openness.Rate it:

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work the roomTo interact with one's audience, taking queues from its reactions and adapting one's performance or words to elicit the audience's attention and enthusiasm.Rate it:

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work the roomTo interact enthusiastically with the attendees at an event, by moving among them, greeting them, and engaging them in conversation.Rate it:

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worldA planet,especially one which is inhabited or inhabitable.Rate it:

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worm foodOne or more corpses, especially in a state of decay; remains.Rate it:

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worry wartOne who worries excessively or unnecessarily.Rate it:

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would not throw someone out of bedan understatement meaning one finds a person sexually attractiveRate it:

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wrap in the flagTo claim one's cause deserves support for patriotic reasons or that one's own motives are patriotic.Rate it:

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wrap someone around your little fingerA feeling, a sense, an awareness one realizes when another is deeply devoted, lovingly loyal and shares a mutuality in myriad areas in each other and their lives.Rate it:

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wrap upTo fold and secure something to be the cover or protection for something.Rate it:

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wrestling with a pigTo engage in a pointless task that leaves one worse off for having made an honest attempt.Rate it:

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wring outTo squeeze a wet material, either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.Rate it:

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write your own scriptEncouragement to decide one’s own fateRate it:

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wrong telephone numberA telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled.Rate it:

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y para de contarand that's all, and that's it, period.Rate it:

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yada yada yadaAnd so on; and so forth.Rate 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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yellow journalismMaterial published in a broadcast or periodical, such as a tabloid newspaper or magazine, which is sensationalistic and of questionable accuracy and taste.Rate it:

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yellow pressNewspapers which publish sensationalist articles rather than well researched and sober journalism.Rate it:

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yield upTo give something against one's will.Rate it:

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you beautyA general exclamation of happiness and joy.Rate it:

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you can't put an old head on young shouldersYoung people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.Rate it:

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you can't walk on iceOne cannot except to go onto the battlefield, without all of your equipmentRate it:

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you crack me up.One that makes someone else to laugh.Rate it:

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you don't know what you've got 'til it's goneA commonly used phrase to acknowledge the irony of taking something or someone for granted and only appreciating it/them once you don't have it/them any longer.Rate it:

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you got a bus to catch?What's your hurry? Why are you rushing me out of here?Usually said when someone feels they are being rushed out of a placeRate it:

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you lost meYou left me out in left field, You did not explain clearly. Your explanation was to me enigmatic, and requires another meeting of the minds.Rate it:

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you only get what you giveThere is a positive correlation between the effort one puts in and the benefits one receives.Rate it:

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you punched my buttonYour encouragement, reasoning, financial support and confidence that we could succeed turned me around.Rate it:

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you winUsed to express resignation. To concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.Rate it:

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you're never too old to learnIt is possible to learn new things, at any age; (implying) follow your desires and dreamsRate it:

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you're no ham sandwichOne is either wealthy or desirable or not wealthy nor desirable.Rate it:

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young fogeyYoung and over-conservative person.Rate it:

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your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen 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 "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

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your wish is my commandWhatever you say you wish for I will treat as a command and do straight away.Rate it:

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zero rulingTotal freedom without anybody to be call a ruler that will give ordersRate it:

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zero-daynewly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminalsRate it:

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zero-daybenefiting from newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using zero-day vulnerabilityRate it:

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zwischen den Jahrenbetween Christmas and New YearRate it:

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в целости и сохранностиsafe and sound; free from danger or injuryRate it:

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ещё какyou bet!, and how!Rate it:

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и да и нетyes and noRate it:

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и т. д.etc., and so forth, and so onRate it:

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и т.д.etc., and so forth, and so onRate it:

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и тому подобноеetc., and so forth, and so onRate it:

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мухи отдельно, котлеты отдельноapples and orangesRate it:

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нашла коса на камень (a scythe hit a rock)Means that two strong characters confronted and do not want to give in; similar to "he met his match" or "diamond cut diamond" Ни один ни другой ни в чём не хотят уступить друг другу. Имеется в виду одинаковое упрямство в отношении чего-либо, непримиримая оппозиция двух лиц, равных по силе характеров, по настойчивости в отношении � елаемого; столкновение взглядов, интересов, характеров.Rate it:

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