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day and nightAll the time; round the clock; unceasingly.Rate it:

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i've seen a better looking head on a grub wormSomeone that drank all night before going to work with hair uncombed an bloodshot eyesRate it:

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Last SupperThe Passover meal that Jesus ate with his disciples on the night before his death.Rate it:

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night owlOne who stays up late at night or goes to bed late.Rate it:

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nighty nightGood night.Rate it:

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otro gallo cantaríawoulda, coulda, shoulda; if pigs had wings they would fly; if my aunt had balls, she'd be my uncleRate it:

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wait onTo fly above its master, waiting till game is sprung; said of a hawk.Rate it:

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at all hoursLate into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.Rate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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morning, noon and nightConstantly; ceaselessly; without stopping.Rate it:

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because you touch yourself at nightUsed to humourously deflect a request for a reason.Rate it:

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dead of nightMiddle of the night.Rate it:

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a noite é uma criançathe night is youngRate it:

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double upAfter a fly ball has been caught.Rate it:

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one-night standA single sexual encounter between two individuals, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship. As the phrase implies, the relationship lasts for only one night.Rate it:

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take offTo leave unexpectedly, blow the joint, leave in a huff, run out, evacuate, disband, abandon, rush away, fly the coop, jump the rails, jump the gun.Rate it:

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burn the candle at both endsTo work hard night and day.Rate it:

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nuit blancheAn all-night celebration or festival.Rate it:

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out on the tilesOut for a night on the town.Rate it:

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to thine own self be trueThe easiest person to deceive is oneself."This above all:to thine own self be true,and it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man." -William ShakespeareRate it:

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day or nightAt any time; 24/7Rate it:

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bank nightAn event where patrons are enticed to buy entry tickets into some venue, for example a movie theater, with the anticipation that they will be entered into a drawing to win an amount of money if their ticket is drawn and they are on-site at the time of the winning.Rate it:

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moonlight flita disappearing act, often without paying the rent; supposedly at night by the light of the moon.Rate it:

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or elseGo now, or else you'll have to stay all night.Rate it:

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rake outTo fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung.Rate it:

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à la Saint-Glinglinwhen pigs flyRate it:

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ad multam noctemtill late at night.Rate it:

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all cats are gray at nightVariant of all cats are grey in the dark.Rate it:

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all cats are grey at nightVariant of all cats are grey in the dark.Rate it:

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all cats are grey by nightVariant of all cats are grey in the dark.Rate it:

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bar starA female who frequents bars or lounges, usually late at night.Rate it:

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bed downTo put an animal to rest for the night.Rate it:

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bene darkmansGood night; a farewell said in the evening or nighttime.Rate it:

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bona nochyGood night.Rate it:

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Burn the Midnight OilTo work overnight, work or study till late nightRate it:

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call it a nightTo cease what one has been doing for the night.Rate it:

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call it a nightTo go to bed to sleep.Rate it:

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can of cornAn easily caught fly ball.Rate it:

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confugere ad aliquem or ad opem, ad fidem alicuiusto fly to some one for refuge.Rate it:

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creature of the nightA prostitute.Rate it:

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cuando las ranas críen pelothat'll be the day; never; when pigs fly.Rate it:

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de nocte, de diewhile it is still night, day.Rate it:

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don't let the bedbugs biteUsed to wish a person a good night's sleep.Rate it:

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dying quailA pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.Rate it:

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el día que las vacas vuelenthat'll be the day; never; when pigs fly.Rate it:

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faire noirTo be dark, especially when it's night.Rate it:

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faire un trou à la lune (fam.)To shoot the moon; To fly from one’s creditors.Rate it:

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first nightplay's openingRate it:

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fresh meatA person or group of people who arouse one's interest, either as a new target for deception, humiliation or ridicule, or as a potential love interest or one night stand.Rate it:

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fuir à la débandadeTo fly helter-skelter.Rate it:

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