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Touch Something with Ten-Foot PoleAvoiding something at every cost; staying away from problematic situationsRate it:

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touch woodHopefully; said while touching something wooden, to avert superstitious bad luck from what has just been said.Rate it:

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tous les deux jours; de deux jours l'unEvery other day.Rate it:

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tous tant que nous sommesEvery one of us.Rate it:

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tout fait nombreEvery little helps.Rate it:

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tout y va, la paille et le bléHe spends all he has.Rate it:

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toute médaille a son reversThere is a dark side to every picture.Rate it:

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two for twoIn baseball, meeting two out of two attempts at-bat. Specifically, it means the batter has reached base safely two out of two times.Rate it:

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tyre kickerA person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.Rate it:

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un ange passeused to indicate that one has noticed a long silence, especially a pause in a conversationRate it:

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un homme qui n'a jamais mangé de la vache enragée n'est jamais qu'une poule mouillée (mme. de girardin )A man who has never roughed it is always a milksop.Rate it:

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un républicain à tous crinsEvery inch a republican.Rate it:

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une face de carêmeA sad, pale, woe-begone face (like that of one who has fasted all Lent).Rate it:

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up-and-comerSomeone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to become even more successful in the future.Rate it:

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up-and-comersomeone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to become even more successful in the futureRate it:

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usus me docuitexperience has taught me.Rate it:

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vir defunctus honoribusa man who has held every office (up to the consulship).Rate it:

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vita omnibus flagitiis inquinataa life defiled by every crime.Rate it:

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vita omnibus flagitiis, vitiis deditaa life defiled by every crime.Rate it:

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vocabulum angustius valetthe word has a narrow meaning.Rate it:

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vocabulum latius patetthe word has a more extended signification.Rate it:

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vous êtes hors de causeYou are not concerned in the matter; This has nothing to do with you.Rate it:

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vulgo dicitur, pervulgatum estevery one says.Rate it:

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wait on hand and footTo attend to every need, to the point of excess.Rate it:

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wash your mouth outA phrase uttered after someone has said a swear word.Rate it:

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Water Under the BridgeUsed to signify a life situation that has already happened and cannot be changed; therefore, one should not worry about it. The analogy to water having passed under the bridge means that there is nothing you can do about it since it's already passed, so no reason to dwell on it. What's done is done.Rate it:

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what are you looking atExpresses discomfort because the interlocutor is looking at something; usually, this is said when the interlocutor has been staring at the speaker.Rate it:

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what do you want, a cookieA phrase sometimes given as a retort to someone who has done something unsurprising or unimpressive and has seen fit to inform one of having done so.Rate it:

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what someone saidUsed to indicate agreement, as if one would have wanted to say what a previous speaker has said, without change or qualificationRate it:

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what was your first clueA riposte to someone who has just stated an obvious conclusion.Rate it:

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what's newAn informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their lives. A typical response might be, "Not much, you?". At times the greeting may not be literal and might just be used as a synonym for hello or what's up.Rate it:

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what's newImplies that the situation is and always has been unsatisfactory.Rate it:

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whenever one turns aroundAlternative form of every time one turns aroundRate it:

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whichever way one slices itfrom any perspective; in every caseRate it:

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whole clothA newly made textile which has not yet been cut.Rate it:

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win backto win money that has been lost.Rate it:

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woman of the hourA woman who has recently caught the attention of, or is being admired or honoured by, a large number of people.Rate it:

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YGMInitialism of you've got mail : used to inform someone that an e-mail message has been sent to them.Rate it:

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you can't keep a good man downA person who has talent, resolve, or moral strength will eventually succeed despite having been overlooked, injured, or defeated.Rate it:

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you must be new hereUsed to express that someone has in some way displayed their ignorance, unfamiliarity, or incompetence.Rate it:

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you were sayingDraws attention to something that has just happened that conflicts with what the interlocutor had said.Rate it:

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ואהבת לרעך כמוךlove your neighbor as yourself, love thy neighbor as thyself; The Golden Rule: the principle that one should treat other people in the manner in which one would want to be treated by them.Rate it:

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好好學習，天天向上study hard and every day you will improveRate it:

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嫁雞隨雞，嫁狗隨狗Once a woman has attached herself to a man, she should be faithful to him regardless of all circumstances.Rate it:

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至於嗎has it come to this?; is that really the case?Rate it:

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身在福中不知福to live in plenty without appreciating it; to be oblivious to the good life that one hasRate it:

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還給老師to forget everything one has learntRate it:

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開口埋口every time they open their mouth they always talk about or say…Rate it:

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