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

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montha collection of days make up a month, there are 12 months in a year, or 56 weeks in a year, or 365 days in a yearRate it:

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never change a running systemDon't change something that is workingRate it:

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no commentA refusal to make the obvious impolite retort.Rate it:

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non me fotteI don't give a fuckRate it:

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Not Your Cup of TeaNot anyone’s choice, not what you are interested in, something that you don’t preferRate 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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swap spitto kiss, to make outRate it:

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tap upTo make a specific approach to a person considered to be suitable for a professional position.Rate it:

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thumb-warsInterlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.Rate it:

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to each his ownAn expression asserting the right of individuals to subscribe, sanction, believe, acquire, marry, associate.Rate it:

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zoom inSo as to make it larger and possibly more detailed.Rate it:

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zoom outSo as to make it smaller and possibly less detailed.Rate it:

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(de via) decedere alicuimake way for any one.Rate it:

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26+6=1The 26 counties of the Republic of Ireland and the 6 counties of Northern Ireland together make a single United Ireland.Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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à la bonne heure!Well done!; That’s right!; Capital!; That is something like!Rate it:

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a little from column A, a little from column BA combination of two factors or reasons.Rate it:

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a mão esquerda não sabe o que faz a direitathe left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doingRate it:

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à qui le dites-vous?Am I not perfectly aware of it? Don’t I know it?Rate it:

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about timeClose to the right time.Rate it:

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actors more & stages fewA situation where more are in demand but lacking enough provisions or when right options are scanty or less.Rate it:

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ad calculos vocare aliquid (Amic. 16. 58)to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing.Rate it:

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add fuel to fireTo inflame a situation, to make a situation worse.Rate it:

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add oilTo make extra effort.Rate it:

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add upTo make sense; to be reasonable or consistent.Rate it:

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AFAICMOInitialism of as far as I can make out.Rate it:

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after you, AlphonseAn exchange indicating excessive formality or effort at politeness, particularly where two people each refuse to go forward because each insists on allowing the other to go forward first.Rate it:

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aggredi ad dicendumto come forward to make a speech; to address the house.Rate it:

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agitare equumto make a horse prance.Rate it:

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agmine duplici, tripliciin two, three columns.Rate it:

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agree withTo not make one sick; to not cause nausea, vomiting or diarrhea when eaten.Rate it:

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alicuius animum pellereto make an impression on a person's mind.Rate it:

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aliquem in integrum (vid. sect. V. 4, note The proper...) restituereto reinstate a person in his right.Rate it:

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aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere (pass. in oblivionem venire)to make a person forget a thing.Rate it:

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aliquem in sinu gestare (aliquis est in sinu alicuius) (Ter. Ad. 4. 5. 75)to love and make a bosom friend of a person.Rate it:

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aliquem in suspicionem adducere (alicui), aliquem suspectum reddereto make a person suspected.Rate it:

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aliquid (τι) dicis (opp. nihil dicis)there is something in what you say; you are more or less right.Rate it:

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aliquid ad ridiculum convertereto make a joke of a thing.Rate it:

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aliquid ad verum exprimereto make a copy true to nature.Rate it:

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aliquid in religionem alicui venitto make a thing a matter of conscience, be scrupulous about a thing.Rate it:

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aliquid in risum vertereto make a thing ridiculous, turn it into a joke.Rate it:

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aliquid planum facere (Ad Herenn. 2. 5)to demonstrate, make a thing clear.Rate it:

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aliquid religioni habere or in religionem vertereto make a thing a matter of conscience, be scrupulous about a thing.Rate it:

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aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)to make extracts from Cicero's writings.Rate it:

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all goodAnother way of saying it's all good; don't worry; everything is okayRate it:

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all kidding asideUsed to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.Rate it:

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all over the placeEverywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.Rate it:

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all rights reservedThe copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.Rate it:

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all students take calculusA mnemonic for the sign values of all the trigonometric functions in the two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The initial letters ASTC — for all, sine, tangent, cosine — signify which of the functions are positive, in the order of the quadrants, starting at the top right and moving counterclockwise.Rate it:

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