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so crooked he could hide behind a spiral staircaseDishonest in the extremeRate it:

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stand behindUsed other than as an idiom: see stand, behind.Rate it:

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stand behindTo support; express one's supportRate it:

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stay behindUsed other than as an idiom: see stay, behind.Rate it:

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stay behindTo remain where one is, whilst others leave.Rate it:

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stay behindTo remain in a classroom or school at the end of teaching, especially to receive punishment.Rate it:

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streets behindfar inferior, much lesserRate it:

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wet behind the earsInexperienced; not seasoned; new; just beginning.Rate it:

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Wet Behind the EarsYoung, not experienced, immatureRate it:

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a method to one’s madnessThere is a reason, rational purpose, plan, or intention behind one’s seemingly crazy or absurd behaviorRate it:

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Eyes in the Back of Your HeadTo be able to imagine and feel what is happening behind or outside of one's field of visionRate it:

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je vais potasser (piocher) un brin (students' slang)I’m going to swot (mug up) a bit.Rate it:

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look aroundTo turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.Rate it:

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look backTo look behind oneself.Rate it:

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pay it forwardPerforming a selfless act of kindness (normally for a random stranger) after having been the beneficiary of such an act oneself - the mentality behind which is to make kindness contagious such that it multiplies exponentiallyRate it:

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with a grain of saltWith a bit of common sense and skepticism. Generally used in some form of to take with a grain of salt.Rate it:

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grain of saltA bit of common sense and skepticism. Generally used in some form of to take with a grain of salt.Rate it:

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keep up withTo manage to remain beside or just behind that is moving away from one.Rate it:

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pull backto pull in order to reveal something underneath or behind.Rate it:

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look before you leapDon't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.Rate it:

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esagerazioneMore than is reasonable; a bit too much.Rate it:

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nous sommes allés chercher de la laine et nous sommes revenus tondusWe went out to shear and returned shorn; The biter bit.Rate it:

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second stringIn sports, a unit of players that plays behind the first string.Rate it:

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stand upTo stand immediately behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a slow or spin bowler, and to attempt to stump the batsman.Rate it:

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bring up the rearTo be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.Rate it:

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cum grano salisWith a grain of salt; with a bit of common sense and skepticism.Rate it:

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there is reason in the roasting of eggsThere is a reason behind even the most odd and seemingly unnecessary action.Rate it:

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under erasureOf a bit of text, written and strickenthrough; hence, figuratively in some sense both present and absent.Rate it:

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à huis closbehind closed doorsRate it:

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an ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cureWe tend to not pay attention to our Physical and mental health until there is pain present or choas has arrived. A little bit here and there foes a long way.Rate it:

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au fur et à mesurebit by bit, graduallyRate it:

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backroom dealDeals that are made in secret, in a dishonest way (sometimes and probably originally literally behind closed doors and/or in some back room in private. See also, shady, back-alley deals (a similar expression meaning the same thing)Rate it:

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bbiabBe back in a bit.Rate it:

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better late than pregnantFunny excuse for running behind I knowRate it:

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bien fin qui me rattraperaOnce bit, twice shy; They won’t catch me doing that again.Rate it:

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chat échaudé craint l'eau froideA burnt child dreads the fire; Once bit, twice shy.Rate it:

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chip awayTo reduce or weaken bit by bit.Rate it:

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de fil en aiguilleBit by bit; One thing leading to another.Rate it:

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dickyA seat behind a carriage, for a servant.Rate it:

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dog itTo underperform; to lag behind; to fail to exert effort.Rate it:

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éminence griseA secret or unofficial decision-maker; the power behind the throne.Rate it:

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esagerazionea bit muchRate it:

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ex pueris excedereto leave one's boyhood behind one, become a man.Rate it:

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fashionably lateArriving behind time to an event which does not normally require one to be punctual.Rate it:

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flower not but flowers petal.Get a good small bit of big thing, matter, incidence.Rate it:

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get over withTo do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.Rate it:

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get something over withTo do something quickly and hastily; without procrastination, especially so as to have something unpleasant behind oneself.Rate it:

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has-beenA formerly popular or influential person whose popularity or effectiveness has peaked and is now in decline. Typically said of professionals or celebrities whose primary success is behind them.Rate it:

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he who hesitates is lostone who is not quick to act gets left behind.Rate it:

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hinter verschlossenen Türenbehind closed doorsRate it:

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