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have it going onTo be attractive or socially successful or have an aura of success.Rate it:

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have it going onTo instigate, observe, or allow an event to continue.Rate it:

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have someone goingTo cause someone to be excited, aroused, or upset.Rate it:

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have someone goingTo temporarily convince someone of a falsehood.Rate it:

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have someone goingUsed other than as an idiom: See have, go.Rate it:

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heavy goingthe going is wet and muddy (difficult to gallop on)Rate it:

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heavy goingboring, tediousRate it:

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heavy goingdifficult of progressRate it:

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how's it goinghow are you?Rate it:

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like it's going out of styleEnthusiastically, to an excessive degree.Rate it:

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make heavy going ofto make heavy weather ofRate it:

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sell my clothes, I'm going to heavenA hyperbolic phrase expressing elation.Rate it:

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the box they're going to bury it inA person or product that hastens the obsolescence of another person or product.Rate it:

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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you're going to getAlternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get.Rate it:

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the screwing you get isn't worth the screwing you're going to getAlternative form of the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get.Rate it:

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what's going downWhat's been happening; the latest news; current goings-on; can be used in place of ‘what's coming off’Rate it:

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what's going onExpression of concern, asking for an explanationRate it:

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what's going onAn informal greeting.Rate it:

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when the going gets weird, the weird turn proIn times of change or upheaval, anyone can make a legitimate business from their own personal vision, however different it may be.Rate it:

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where are we goingwhere are we going?Rate it:

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where the puck is goingAlternative form of where the puck is headingRate it:

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beat the rushto get somewhere first, or before a lot of other people -- such as going somewhere early in the morning.Rate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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double or nothingStatement of bravado. Usually involving a risky or gambling choice to keep going or move forward. Can also be used as a version of: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. -If you don’t take a risk, you’ll not get any reward, if you don’t try something, you won’t get any gainRate it:

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get this show on the roadTo begin or launch; to get going.Rate it:

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gone nutsgoing crazy, basically the same thing as: "Go Bananas" "Gone Wild"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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I'll call the policeIndicates that the speaker is going to call the police, presumably to counter actions from the interlocutor.Rate it:

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it's a long road that has no turningencouragement when things are not going well. Just as a long road eventually has a turning, problems also eventually have a solution, even though one might have to wait.Rate 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 take note of what is going on; To make oneself aware.Rate it:

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not evenNot going to happen; noRate it:

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stop someone in his tracksTo prevent someone from continuing along a path or way, literal or figurative, he has begun going along.Rate it:

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sure?Are you really sure about what happen or going on?Rate it:

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what's poppinWhats up? whats going on, etcRate it:

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i am what i amI can't help the way I am. The underlying meaning is that I am not going to change either.Rate it:

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let the good times rollTo have fun or live fully; may imply letting things that are going well proceed.Rate it:

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take a licking and keep on tickingTo be tough; to have endurance; to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function.Rate it:

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empty promiseA promise that is either not going to be carried out, worthless or meaningless.Rate it:

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a plain janeeasy-going, unobtrusive, soft spoken, communicative.Rate it:

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one may as well hang for a sheep as a lambIf one is going to commit a sin, it may as well be a major one as a minor one.Rate it:

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Get This Show on the RoadGet something moving, step ahead and keep goingRate it:

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annona ingravescit, crescitthe price of corn is going up.Rate it:

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everything in the garden is rosyThings are going well; everything is fine.Rate it:

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il faut à toute force l'empêcher de sortirYou must prevent him going out by all the means in your power; We must do all we can to prevent him going out.Rate it:

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play old harryBlenkiron and I have been moving in the best circles as skilled American engineers who are going to play Old Harry with the British on the Tigris. — John Buchan, "Greenmantle", 1916..Rate it:

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adopt outTo expel a child from a family by placing them for adoption; to put a child up for adoption privately, without going through an adoption agency.Rate it:

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ah! vous m'en direz tant!1. Well, that alters the case! 2. Ah! now I understand, why did you not say so at first? 3. There’s no going against such a reason as that.Rate it:

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annona laxatur, levatur, vilior fitthe price of corn is going down.Rate it:

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ass into gearGet going; get moving; start producing.Rate it:

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