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even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a whileBeing right once doesn't prove anythingRate it:

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turn a blind eyeTo ignore or deliberately overlook, especially with respect to something unpleasant or improper.Rate it:

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Blind Leading the BlindUninformed people, who try to lead or inform others, or it is about someone, who is not well equipped but wants to educate othersRate it:

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a noite é uma criançathe night is youngRate it:

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la foi du charbonnierBlind faith.Rate it:

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throw dirt enough, and some will stickIf enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say Rate it:

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are you blindA rhetorical question to an individual who has failed to see or notice something.Rate it:

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

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dans le royaume des aveugles les borgnes sont roisAmong the blind, the one-eyed is king.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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the doc says im going blind but i could never see anywayLess hurtRate 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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moonlight flita disappearing act, often without paying the rent; supposedly at night by the light of the moon.Rate it:

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nod's as good as a wink to a blind batThe idea/proposed action is inconsequential to the current situation.Rate it:

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oculis captum esse (vid. sect. IV. 6., note auribus, oculis...)to be blind.Rate it:

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

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ad multam noctemtill late at night.Rate it:

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auf dem Holzweg seinto be up a blind alleyRate 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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blindAny device intended to conceal or hide; as, a duck blind.Rate it:

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blindA covering for a window to keep out light. The covering may be made of cloth or of narrow slats that can block light or allow it to pass.Rate it:

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blindA forced bet.Rate it:

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blindA player who is or was forced to make a bet.Rate it:

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blindAn 1800s baseball term meaning no score.Rate it:

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blind alleyUsed other than as an idiom: see blind, alley. A street or passageway that leads nowhere.Rate it:

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blind alleyA course of inquiry that leads nowhere.Rate it:

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Blind as a BatNot able to see at all or get completely blindRate it:

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blind dateA romantic meeting between two people who have never met before.Rate it:

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blind side someoneTo injure, reveal shared private information or cause financial or personal loss through disloyalty or actions which hurt or disappoint.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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c'est comme un cataplasme sur une jambe de boisA nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.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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drank the koolaidDid what the Blind majority did, like a lemming, walking off a cliff.Rate it:

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

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fermer les yeuxto turn a blind eyeRate 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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go out on the townTo party all night long.Rate it:

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gong showAn event that was a disaster, often in a way that is fun or memorable. (e.g. "Last night, we all went drinking, and the whole thing turned into a total gong show.") Or, an initially serious event that went completely out of control (e.g. "That biology class was a gong show")Rate it:

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gute Nachtgood nightRate it:

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I see, said the blind manSaid to express confusion. Also used to express understanding after an initial period of confusion, i.e., "I see, said the blind man."Rate it:

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I'm blindIndicates that the speaker is blind.Rate it:

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il prend sur son sommeil pour étudierHe works far into the night.Rate it:

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ils sont arrivés bien avant dans la nuitThey arrived very late at night.Rate it:

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in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is kingAmong others with a disadvantage or disability, the one with the mildest disadvantage or disability is regarded as the greatest.Even someone without much talent or ability is considered special by those with no talent or ability at all.Rate it:

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intempesta, concubia noctein the dead of night; at midnight.Rate it:

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