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eye catchingTwo words which may have evolved from the marketing and advertising entities, The phrase says and sees it all, appeals only to the sighted.Rate it:

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faire force de ramesTo row with all one’s might.Rate it:

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faire force de voilesTo crowd on all sail.Rate it:

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faire les cent coupsTo amuse oneself noisily; To play all sorts of tricks.Rate it:

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faire maison neuve (or, nette)To change all one’s servants.Rate it:

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fall in lineC. 2004, Career Soldiers, "Won't Waste My Life".Rate it:

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Fanny AdamsNothing (sanitized version of fuck all).Rate it:

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feed a cold, starve a feverEating more will cure the common cold, and eating less will cure a fever.1887, J. H. Whelan, "The Treatment of Colds.", The Practitioner, vol. 38, pg. 180:"Feed a cold, starve a fever." There is a deal of wisdom in the first part of this advice. A person with a catarrh should take an abundance of light nutritious food, and some light wine, but avoid spirits, and above all tobacco.1968, Katinka Loeser, The Archers at Home, publ. Atheneum, New York, pg. 60:I have a cold. 'Feed a cold, starve a fever.' You certainly know that.2009, Shelly Reuben, Tabula Rasa, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, ISBN 015101079X, pg. 60:They say feed a cold, starve a fever, but they don't tell you what to do when you got both, so I figured scrambled eggs, tea, and toast.Rate it:

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field dayTop-to-bottom all-hands cleaning.Rate it:

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find oneselfTo learn, or attempt to learn, what kind of person one is and what one wants in life.Rate it:

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find your grooveYour place in lifeRate it:

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finish withTo put aside, break all relations with, or reject finally.Rate it:

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forgiveness is awarded posthumously after a person is dead.During life, a person may be subjected to criticism for what others deem "a wrong turn or deed". At funerals and cemeteries, the mood turns to grief and forgiveness.Rate it:

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Four Corners of the EarthFrom all across the world, from all over the placeRate it:

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fresh out ofOf someone who has recently left one stage of life to begin another.Rate it:

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from here to sundayEverywhere; all over the place.Rate it:

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From Soup to NutsHaving all from beginning to endRate it:

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full of fuzzy logicAssertions, proclamations, white papers, theses, replete with wide ranging extrapolations, speculations, all lacking the crispness and contrast of 'black and white' logic.Rate it:

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full of himself/herselfThe self-centered individual awash with a smattering of ego expresses an all-knowing, all familiar, par excellence in the extreme. If someone said this about themselves, you could say that they are full of themselves, or "He's full of himself."Rate it:

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full of himself/herself:The self-centered individual awash with a smattering of 'ego' expresses an 'all-knowing', 'all familiar', par excellence in the extreme:Rate it:

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full-fledgedHaving all its feathers; able to fly.Rate it:

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game overA message usually signaling that the player failed a computer or video game, for example by losing all of their lives, although the phrase sometimes follows the score after successful completion of a game.Rate it:

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gather rosebudsTo enjoy life's immediate pleasures; to behave in a relaxed, carefree manner.Rate it:

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gentilall very wellRate it:

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gerendis negotiis orbatus (Fin. 5. 20. 57)banished from public life.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 while the getting's goodTo sell all or part of one's holdings in stocks, real estate, a business, etc. while conditions are good, particularly in anticipation of a drop in prices.Rate 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 out on the townTo party all night long.Rate it:

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go to the wallTo make an all-out effort.Rate it:

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God does not play dice with the universeThe course of all events is predetermined.Rate it:

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gong showAn event that was a disaster, often in a way that is fun or memorable. (e.g. "Last night, we all went drinking, and the whole thing turned into a total gong show.") Or, an initially serious event that went completely out of control (e.g. "That biology class was a gong show")Rate it:

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good to goEverything is all set; we can proceed.Rate it:

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Gravy TrainA job or an activity that brings lot of money without much effort, to enjoy luxurious and comfortable life without working hardRate it:

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haec est rerum humanarum condiciothat is the way of the world; such is life.Rate it:

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happy go luckysomeone who has a light and carefree disposition, or attitude in lifeRate it:

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have a handle on itUnderstand all the minute details, the goal, the dangers, the possible glitches, the possible adversarial action.Rate it:

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have eyes in the back of one's headTo be particularly, especially uncannily, observant; a perceived ability to see in all directions at once.Rate it:

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have had itTo have endured all that one can.Rate it:

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have it easyTo have favourable conditions for an easy life.Rate it:

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have it madeTo have accomplished all there is to do; to have no further work or difficulty; to have achieved a lifestyle characterized by good fortune and comfort.Rate it:

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have seen one's dayTo be at the point in a life cycle or career of no longer being useful or effective; to be worn-out.Rate it:

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histoire (or, chansons) que tout cela!That is all stuff and nonsense.Rate it:

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hit one out of the ballparkTo hit a fair ball so well that the ball flies over all of the spectators' seats and lands outside the stadium.Rate it:

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hors de pairBeyond all comparison; Above the level of others.Rate it:

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how's everythingAn informal greeting, asking how a person's life is going.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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if the shoe fitsMore common version of the original "If the shoe fits, wear it"; If it has all of the characteristics of a thing, it probably is that thing.Rate it:

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il a des jambes de quinze ansHe still walks well.Rate it:

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il a fait jouer tous les ressortsHe used all the means in his power.Rate it:

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