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let's not and say we didIndicates that the speaker does not agree with a proposed action and does not wish to participate; often said as a joke--sometimes as an expression that the speaker doesn't want to do the proposed action or to indicate that they are happy doing what they are doing and don't want to change that by doing the proposed actionRate it:

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not give a monkey'sNot to have the slightest interest or concern.Rate it:

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not much of anythingVery little; not a lot.Rate it:

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not out of the woods yetPatient has shown improvement but still could get worse and dieRate it:

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one swallow does not a summer makeOne sighting or instance of an event does not necessarily indicate a trend.Rate it:

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not to be able to say boo to a gooseto be extremely timid or diffident (wouldn't say boo to a goose)Rate it:

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it's not all it's cracked up to beFailing to meet expectations; not being as good as people say.Rate it:

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not be caught deadTo refuse completely to do something.Rate it:

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not here to fuck spidersUsed to indicate one has serious business to pursue and should not be wasting time.Rate it:

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not worth a Continentalworthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.Rate it:

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sam is not bonded to share his meat with you!Who is SAM? representative of hardworking, righteous, law abiding and peace loving people. What is bonded? Mutilated and/or loyal & liable. What does meat mean here? Empirically meat had been the symbol of wealth and prosperity. What is the narrator telling ? SAM is not to give up his share & rights of peace and progress to the may be a rent seeking person!Rate it:

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Adam and Eve not Adam and SteveImplying that only heterosexual relations are normal.Rate it:

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correlation does not imply causation(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.Rate it:

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not a hair out of placeThe appearance, condition, presence of a subject which is ideal, almost perfectRate it:

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not a patch onNot an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.Rate it:

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not half badPretty good; okay; decent.Rate it:

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not in kansas anymoreNo longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings; in the big city.Rate it:

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who do you think you are, you've not been to cardiff?You dont know anything. You have no knowkedge of the world or any wisdom.Rate it:

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to not let any grass grow under one's feetto be always active and never delay in taking an actionRate it:

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All that Glitters is Not GoldA thing or a person that seems attractive at very first glance but actually worth nothingRate it:

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do as i say, not as i doFollow my instructions, not my actions.Rate it:

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not at allUsed similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.Rate it:

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Not Your Cup of TeaNot anyone’s choice, not what you are interested in, something that you don’t preferRate it:

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sorry, not sorryUsed to sarcastically express a lack of guilt over an action or statement.Rate it:

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"i don't have to listen to your footsteps, the path you follow does not lead to my destination."DestinationRate it:

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"life should be a celebration and not a competition."LifeRate it:

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"love is a code that doesn't connect when it's not compatible."LoveRate it:

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"the determined seed grows regardless of the opinion of trees that do not bear fruit."SeedRate it:

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"those who know the sea of god do not water their lives with tears."TearsRate it:

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"whoever divides knowledge does not multiply ignorance."Knowledge IgnoranceRate it:

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"you're not going to make your dreams come true by making other people have nightmares."DreamsRate it:

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a house is not a homeA home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.Rate it:

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a marathon is not a sprintThis means we need to pace ourselves—if we try to go too fast, we will run out of gas.Rate it:

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ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferreto translate from Plato.Rate it:

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absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)ideal perfection.Rate it:

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ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidereto come to some one's ears.Rate it:

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aegrotum sanare (not curare)to cure a patient.Rate it:

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aetas constans, media, firmata, corroborata (not virilis)manhood.Rate it:

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aetate provectum esse (not aetate provecta)to be advanced in years.Rate it:

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aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)to make extracts from Cicero's writings.Rate it:

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all that glisters is not goldAlternative form of all that glitters is not gold.Rate it:

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all that glitters is not goldThings that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so, things that look nice might not be as good as they look.Rate it:

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animata (animalia) inanimaque (not inanimata)animate and inanimate nature.Rate it:

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animi, ingenii cultus (not cultura)mental culture.Rate it:

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animum inducere c. Inf. (not in animum inducere)to persuade oneself to...Rate it:

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animum, ingenium excolere (not colere)to cultivate the mind.Rate it:

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ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponitepicture to yourselves the circumstances.Rate it:

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anyone can make art, but not all art makes a person an artist.ArtistRate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/first rule of X: do not talk about XSaid of something that must be kept confidential.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I'm an X, not a YClarifies that one is X, while dissociating oneself from Y. X and Y are usually professions or beliefs, and significantly different from one another.Rate it:

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