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once in a blue moonVery rarely; very infrequently.Rate it:

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scream blue murderTo protest loudly or angrily.Rate it:

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true blueIndubitably loyal or faithful.Rate it:

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True-BlueTo be extremely faithful, loyal and dependable Rate it:

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turn the air blueTo speak a stream of bad language; to curse and swear.Rate it:

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joe schmoeAn average person, especially a male, usually of blue-collar working class; no one in particular; someone unknown to you.Rate it:

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Nantucket sleigh rideAn obsolete and dangerous method of whale hunting in which a small boat manned by rowers and a harpooner, or a series of small boats tied together, would be attached to a whale by means of a harpoon and would then be towed by the creature at high speed across the water's surface, until the whale eventually became exhausted.Rate it:

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there she blowsThe traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing.Rate it:

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baby bluesBlue eyes.Rate it:

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bluewashTo use a blue paint or glaze.Rate it:

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Richard of York gave battle in vainA mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the seven colours of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet.Rate it:

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ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืคื˜ื™ืฉ ื•ื”ืกื“ืŸcaught between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard placeRate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."Rate it:

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avoir le cafardTo have the blues, to feel blueRate it:

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blubberwhale fatRate it:

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comme un cheveu sur la soupeout of the blueRate it:

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coup de foudrebolt from the blue; love at first sightRate it:

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entre le marteau et l'enclumebetween a rock and a hard place; between the devil and the deep blue seaRate it:

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fair-haired boySomeone's favourite, especially a young one; a blue-eyed boy,Rate it:

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fair-haired boySomeone's favourite, especially a young one, a blue-eyed boy (British), (Australian)Rate it:

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huckleberryA small round fruit of a dark blue or red color of several plants in the related genera Vaccinium and Gaylussacia.Rate it:

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ils l'ont moulu de coupsThey beat him black and blue.Rate it:

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ils lui en ont donnรฉ tout du long de l'auneThey beat him black and blue.Rate it:

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melon headA melon-headed whale.Rate it:

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next thing one knowssuddenly, out of the blue.Rate it:

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purple stateSomewhat whimsical synonym for swing state. (In the modern United States) a state that may support the Democratic or Republican Party (purple states, states that vote for Democratic or Republican Party in general, being red states in some given elections and blue states in other given elections).Rate it:

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roygbivA mnemonic for the sequence of colors in the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.Rate it:

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thar she blowsAlternative form of there she blows; something someone shouts when they see a whale shooting water through its spout above the waterline. Then they point to where they saw it.Rate it:

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tous les 36 du moisOnce in a blue moon.Rate it:

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