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cross my heart and hope to dieadded to a promise or a statement to show how serious one was about being honest in what one saidRate it:

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Eat You Out of House and HomeTo eat and spend everything that other person has in his houseRate it:

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everything and the kitchen sinkAlternative form of everything but the kitchen sink.Rate it:

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hearts and flowersIdeal romance.Rate it:

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heave to and splice the main braceMarlinspike Era sailors expression: relative to his upcoming Liberty Ashore and His Activity; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He Proclaimed.Rate it:

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hold with the hare and run with the houndsTo oppose an action or behavior and yet engage in the same action or behavior; to be a hypocrite.Rate it:

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I have to love you and leave youUsed as an affectionate way of saying goodbyeRate it:

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it is raining cats and dogsThe cats and dogs are the rainRate it:

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kicking and screamingWith extreme reluctance.Rate it:

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mix apples and orangesTo mix two totally different things.Rate it:

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nearest and dearestClosest, most intimate.Rate it:

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open and shut caseSimple situation; quick situation; clear-cutRate it:

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out of the mouths of babes and sucklingsAlternative form of out of the mouths of babes.Rate it:

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put that in your pipe and smoke it!"Consider That Possibility For A Time"Rate it:

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quick-and-dirtyDone or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.Rate it:

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Spare the Rod and Spoil the ChildTo give corporal punishment to someone in orders to make him learn something, or civilized himRate it:

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spic and spanPerfectly clean.Rate it:

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summer and winterTo spend extended periods of time with; to test.Rate it:

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the three components of art are : 1. mere catharsis and cathexis, 2. (etc. )Cathexis : 2 major definitions, one being psychoanalytic in nature. Very rarely used in speech or in it's written form. Cathexis : what a fascinating word. Even the sound of it is unusual.Rate it:

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the whole world and his dogEverybody; too many people; a huge crowd.Rate it:

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time and tide wait for no manpeople cannot stop the passing of time, and therefore we should not delay doing thingsRate it:

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tooth and nailViciously; with all one’s strength or power; without holding back..Rate it:

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well and trulyutterly; completely; without doubtRate it:

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"if the human being doesn't use 100% of his brain, how can he be right in the things he does and speBrainRate it:

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"life should be a celebration and not a competition."LifeRate it:

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"only those who dream in color can change a black and white world."DreamRate it:

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a hundred and ten percentA level of effort exceeding one's sustained capacity, possibly risking injury.Rate it:

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a quick drop and a sudden stopA fall to one's death, especially by hanging.Rate it:

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a scholar and a gentlemanAn admirable person.Rate it:

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a story written is shorter than a novel and longer than a fableable.A story written is shorter than a novel and longer than a fable.Rate it:

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above and beyondMore than is expected or required.Rate it:

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adamasse aliquem (only in Perf. and Plup.) (Nep. Dion 2. 3)to become devoted to some one.Rate it:

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after all is said and doneAlternative form of when all is said and doneRate it:

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again and againRepeatedly.Rate it:

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alarums and excursionsAny frantic activity.Rate it:

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alarums and excursionsAll the sounds and activities of preparations for war.Rate it:

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alive and kickingHealthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.Rate it:

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all and sundryEach one.Rate it:

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all bark and no biteFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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all dressed up and nowhere to goElaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.Rate it:

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all eyes and earsTo be attentive.Rate it:

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all mouth and no trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all mouth and trousersSuperficial, engaging in empty, boastful talk, but not of real substance.Rate it:

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all sixes and ninesIn a state of confusion in which everything takes on an opposite meaningRate it:

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all sizzle and no steakSomeone or something does not live up to its reputationRate it:

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all sizzle and no steakA thing or person which fails to measure up to its description or advanced promotion.Rate it:

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all smoke and no firesimilar to all bark and no biteRate it:

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all talk and no ciderAll talk and no results.Rate it:

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all that and a bag of chipseverything one would want and moreRate it:

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all well and goodBasically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.Rate it:

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