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wet planketA wet planket is a person who daunt othersRate it:

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wet the bedTo urinate in one's bed (during sleep).Rate it:

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wet throughsoaked, very wetRate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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scrub inTo thoroughly wash one's hands and forearms in preparation for performing a surgery.Rate it:

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barber's signA standing pole and two wash-balls, historically used outside barber's shops.Rate it:

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brebis qui bêle perd sa gouléeIt is the silent sow that sucks the wash.Rate it:

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c'est un trouble-fêteHe is a mar-joy, a wet blanket.Rate it:

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cast upto wash something onto the shore.Rate it:

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catch one's deathTo contract a serious illness, especially a nasty cold or other respiratory ailment and especially as a result of exposure to wet or chilly weather.Rate it:

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ciel pommelé et femme fardée ne sont pas de longue duréeA mackerel sky, not long wet and not long dry.Rate it:

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do the dishesto wash out all the dishes after dinnersRate it:

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freshen upto wash or groom oneself in order to be more attractiveRate it:

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

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nous fûmes trempés jusqu'aux osWe were wet to the skin.Rate it:

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passe-moi la casse (rhubarbe), je te passerai le sénéClaw me and I’ll claw thee; One hand washes the other, and both wash the face.Rate it:

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pee one's pantsto wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes when they're being worn.Rate it:

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piss one's pantsto wet oneself, to urinate in one's clothes when they're being worn.Rate it:

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scrub upto clean or wash by scrubbingRate it:

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se rincer la dalle (pop.)To wet one’s whistle.Rate it:

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soak inTo wet a surface and be absorbed completelyRate it:

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soaked to the boneExtremely wet.Rate it:

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soaked to the skinExtremely wetRate it:

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trempé comme une soupeWet to the skin; Dripping wet.Rate it:

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un rabat-joieA mar-joy; A wet blanket.Rate it:

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wring outTo squeeze a wet material, either by twisting with one's hands, or by passing it through a wringer, to remove the water.Rate it:

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молоко на губах не обсохлоgreenhorn, wet behind the earsRate it:

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