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play hardballTo use every means possible to achieve a goal, especially in disregarding the harm caused.Rate it:

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play onto let the game continue after a foul has been committed, because the situation is advantageous to the team who would be awarded a foul.Rate it:

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play outTo play to its conclusion.Rate it:

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play the hand one is dealtTo use the resources which one actually has available; to operate realistically, within the limits of one's circumstances.Rate it:

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play withTo fiddle with; make small adjustments to, for example to something mechanical in order to improve its performance.Rate it:

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plug outTo unplug; to remove from its socket.Rate it:

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plumber's crackAny male that has his pants sliding down his butt and the top of his "cheeks" are showing.Rate it:

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pocket dialA situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's back pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.Rate it:

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possession is nine-tenths of the lawOne who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.Rate it:

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potestatem habet in aliquem vitae necisque (B. G. 1. 16. 5)he has power over life and death.Rate it:

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power behind the throneSomeone who appears to be without special status, but who has great covert influence on a person in authority.Rate it:

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preach to deaf earsTo attempt to persuade a party that does not wish to listen or cannot be altered in its conviction.Rate it:

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pro viribus eniti et laborare, utto strain every nerve, do one's utmost in a matter.Rate it:

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prophet of dooma pessimistic person who often sees the possible calamity in every situation.Rate it:

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prospectus est ad aliquidone has a view over...; one is able to see as far as...Rate it:

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proverbium vetustate or sermone tritum (vid. sect. II. 3, note tritus...)an old proverb which every one knows.Rate it:

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pull the other legIn imperative/precative form, used to imply that the speaker does not accept or believe what another has just said.Rate it:

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pull the other one, it's got bells onThe implication is that one leg has been pulled, and the joker will have more fun with the other one due to the bells.Rate it:

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put a gun to someone's headTo compel someone; to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.Rate it:

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put down asto assume someone has a particular character from very little information.Rate it:

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put someone down asTo assume someone has a particular character from very little information.Rate it:

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put that in your pipe and smoke itUsed after stating something surprising or undesired, to emphasize its truth. Also used after refuting an argument. Sometimes an adjective is inserted before pipe.Rate it:

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put the pedal to the metalThe literal meaning is to press the gas pedal to the maximum extent; see our other entry for the figurative meaning this phrase has also come to meanRate it:

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put words in someone's mouthTo say or imply that someone has said something which he or she did not precisely or directly say.Rate it:

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quaerendum esse mihi visum estthe question has forced itself on my mind.Rate it:

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quaestio ad exitum venitthe question has been settled.Rate it:

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quand on a de l'esprit, on se tire d'affaireWhen one has brains, one gets out of any difficulty.Rate it:

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quel est le bagage de cet auteur?What works has that author written? What is that author’s output?Rate it:

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qui a bu boirawho has drunk will drink againRate it:

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qui a bu n'a point de secretsWhen wine sinks, words swim; In vino veritas; Drink washes off the daub, and discovers the man; What the sober man has in his heart, the drunkard has on his lips.Rate it:

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qui chapon mange, chapon lui vientHe that has plenty shall have more.Rate it:

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qui commence mal finit malA bad day never has a good night.Rate it:

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qui coupe son nez dégarnit son visageIt is an ill bird that fouls its own nest; He who cuts off his nose spites his own face.Rate it:

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qui porte épée porte paixOne sword keeps another in its scabbard; Si vis pacem, para bellum.Rate it:

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qui sert à l'autel doit vivre de l'autelEvery man must live by his profession.Rate it:

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quicumque vultA forward girl, ready to oblige every man that shall ask her.Rate it:

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quinque annos or sextum (iam) annum abesthe has been absent five years.Rate it:

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quinto quoque annoevery fifth year.Rate it:

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quotienscunque occasio oblata est; omnibus locison every occasion; at every opportunity.Rate it:

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red herringA clue that is misleading or that has been falsified, intended to divert attention.Rate it:

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reinvent the wheelTo redo work unnecessarily when it has already been done satisfactorily; to rethink an already working system, technique, etc. in a pointless attempt to improve it.Rate it:

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remettez ceci à qui de droitGive this to the proper person, to the person who has a right to it.Rate it:

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res aliter cecidit ac putaveramthe result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development.Rate it:

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res eo or in eum locum deducta est, ut...the matter has gone so far that...; the state of affairs is such that...Rate it:

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res eo spectat, utthe matter tends towards..., has this object.Rate it:

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rien n'y faitNothing has any effect upon him (or, on it); It is all of no use.Rate it:

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right as rainright as rain expresses the truism. rain is from nature and a higher power, so therefore it has to be right because nature and the creator are never wrong!Rate it:

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right to lifeThe moral or legal entitlement of an unborn child to be born, and not have its birth prevented through an abortion or other medical procedure.Rate it:

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right you areOK, okey-dokey, acknowledgment that a request has been heard and understood.Rate it:

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rivet counterA person who has an obsession with the minutae of their particular interest. Anyone preoccupied with small distinguishing features between different items.Rate it:

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