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Keep Your Nose to the GrindstoneImpelled to keep one self-busy all the time, always working hardRate it:

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kick against the pricksTo kick back (of an animal etc.) against being goadedRate it:

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kick in the teethA humiliating insult or instance of bad treatment, especially when one is expecting friendship or in need of support; a sudden and unexpected setback; a strong rebuff.Rate it:

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kick itTo kick back.Rate it:

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knee-deep in the Big MuddyStuck in a predicament; mired in a difficult situation, especially one resulting from poor judgment or bad leadership.Rate it:

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knock on woodA self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.Rate it:

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Knock on WoodThose having superstitious beliefs such as knocking on wood save them to have a bad luckRate it:

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l'eau va toujours au moulinProperty always goes to those who have some already; Money makes money; Nothing succeeds like success.Rate it:

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l'un vaut l'autreOne is as bad as the other.Rate it:

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la charité, s'il vous plaît!Please give me a penny!Rate it:

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la goutte d'eau qui fait déborder le vasethe straw that broke the camel's backRate it:

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le loup mourra dans sa peauA bad thing never dies; A bad man will die a bad man.Rate it:

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le vin est tiré, il faut le boireYou have gone too far now to draw back; In for a penny, in for a pound.Rate it:

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lead a charmed lifeTo always be lucky and safe from danger.Rate it:

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les grands esprits se rencontrentGreat wits always jump together; We both said the same thing at the same moment.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les jeux sont faitsThings have reached an irreversible point; you cannot go back now that you have done something.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate it:

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lick one's woundsHe's just off licking his wounds. He'll be back to try again.Rate it:

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life's a bitchAn expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.Rate it:

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lighten upTo ease up; back off; slow down.Rate it:

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like a chicken with its head cut offAlways on the move; in a frenzied manner; jumping around crazily in every direction.Rate it:

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longe, alte (longius, altius) repetere (either absolute or ab aliqua re)to go a long way back (in narrative).Rate it:

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make a legTo make a deep bow with the right leg drawn back.Rate it:

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make it up toto pay back, to return someone a previous good deed.Rate it:

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man proposes, god disposesThings don't always work out as they were planned.Rate it:

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marry in haste, repent at leisureGetting married too soon will lead to a bad marriage.Rate it:

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mauvais ouvrier n'a jamais bons outilsA bad workman always blames his tools.Rate it:

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may the Force not be with youUsed to wish someone bad luck.Rate it:

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mihi in mentem venit alicuius reisomething comes into my mind.Rate it:

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misery loves companyRepetitious, droll, depressing revelations of one's hard luck, always being left out of the fun, the prizes, never invited, always overlooked and pleading that others will come to the rescue!Rate it:

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misfortunes never come singlybad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way.Rate it:

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mixed bagSomething tending to have both good and bad results or characteristics; something having a mixture of advantages and disadvantages.Rate it:

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mixed blessingSomething that has both good and bad features.Rate it:

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Money Burns a Hole in Your PocketSomeone who is always eager to spend the money, couldn’t resist from spending the money as soon as you have itRate it:

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multum communi hominum opinioni tribuereto be always considering what people think.Rate it:

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nada maunot badRate it:

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navem retro inhibere (Att. 13. 21)to back water.Rate it:

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ne voilà-t-il pas qu'il est revenuWho should come back but he?Rate it:

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no hard feelings(I, etc.) hold no lingering anger or resentment toward (you, etc.); There's no bad blood between (us, etc.).Rate it:

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no matter how flat you make a pancake, it has two sidesThere are always two sides to an argumentRate it:

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no-good assThe butt of a bad person, especially a bad boyfriend.Rate it:

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nomen amicitiae (or simply amicitia) dicitur ab amandothe word amicitia comes from amare.Rate it:

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nose in the airThe body language most of us have experienced when a friend passes you in public and with head tilted back and nose in the air gives you a first class snub!Rate it:

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nose out of jointAn emotional state where someone is in a bad mood because he/she has been offended by or taken exception (objected) to some action.Rate it:

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nosebleed seatA seat high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater.Rate it:

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nosebleed sectionThe seats high in the back of bleachers, stands, or the balcony at a theater or stadium.Rate it:

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not as black as one is paintednot as bad as one is said to beRate it:

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nothing to sneeze atNot bad; decent; acceptable; worthwhile.Rate it:

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nous avons brûlé nos vaisseauxThere is no going back now; We mean to fight to the last.Rate it:

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