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Put Your Foot in Your MouthTo become trouble maker by uttering wrong words at wrong time, to put yourself into problem with your blundersRate it:

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set footTo go to a place , or to be there.Rate it:

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shoot oneself in the footTo act against one's own interests, e.g., by saying what one is really thinking.Rate it:

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shoot oneself in the footTo deliberately sabotage an activity in order to avoid obligation, though it causes personal suffering. Origins in first world war trench warfare.Rate it:

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start off on the right footTo begin well, especially to begin a relationship well.Rate it:

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start off on the wrong footTo begin badly; especially, to begin a relationship badly.Rate it:

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ten foot poleSee not touch something with a ten foot pole.Rate it:

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the boot is on the other footAlternative form of the shoe is on the other footRate it:

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Touch Something with Ten-Foot PoleAvoiding something at every cost; staying away from problematic situationsRate it:

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wait on hand and footTo attend to every need, to the point of excess.Rate it:

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wait on hand, foot and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wait on someone hand, foot, and fingerAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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wait upon hand and footAlternative form of wait on hand and foot.Rate it:

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billy goat, billy club, hill billy, billy boyMale goat Thug's weapon Slang for foot hills person Traditional folk songRate it:

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shuffleA rhythm commonly used in blues music. Consists of a series of triplet notes with the middle note missing, so that it sounds like a long note followed by a short note. Sounds like a walker dragging one foot.Rate it:

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pound the pavementTo travel on foot; to walk or run.Rate it:

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considere sub monte (sub montis radicibus)to occupy the foot of a hill.Rate it:

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vous ne savez pas où le bât le blesseYou do not know where the shoe pinches him.Rate it:

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hit the bricksTo travel about, especially on foot.Rate it:

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al que le quepa el sayoif the shoe fitsRate it:

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armé de pied en capArmed from head to foot, cap-à-pie.Rate it:

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domo pedem non efferreto never set foot out of doors.Rate it:

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faire une gaffeTo put one’s foot in it; To make a stupid blunder.Rate it:

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hang fiveTo perform a longboard move where the surfer goes to the front of the board and rides from there, one foot on the nose and the five toes of that foot extended out over the front of the nose, the other foot placed further back.Rate it:

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il a mis les pieds dans le plat (fam.)He put his foot in it.Rate it:

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il ne sait ni A ni BHe does not know B from a bull’s foot; He cannot read; He is a perfect ignoramus.Rate it:

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iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land).Rate it:

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iter terrestre, pedestretravel by land, on foot.Rate it:

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ius ac fas omne delereto trample all law under foot.Rate it:

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le pied m'a manquéMy foot slipped.Rate it:

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omnia iura pervertereto trample all law under foot.Rate it:

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oppidum monti subiectum estthe town lies at the foot of a mountain.Rate it:

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partir du bon piedTo put one’s best foot foremost.Rate it:

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partir du mauvais piedTo start off on the wrong foot.Rate it:

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pedibus ireto go on foot.Rate it:

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pedibus obterere, conculcareto trample under foot.Rate it:

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pigeon-toedTo stand, walk, or carry the feet in such a way that the toes of each foot face toward each other and the knees also turn inward toward each other--like a pigeon's toes.Rate it:

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pour un point (or, faute d'un point) martin perdit son âneFor want of a nail the shoe was lost (or, the miller lost his mare); Be careful of trifles.Rate it:

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se a carapuça serviuif the shoe fits; if the cap fitsRate it:

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se fourrer le doigt dans l'œil jusqu'au coude (pop.)To deceive oneself most blindly; To put one’s foot in it.Rate it:

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se tirer une balle dans le piedto shoot oneself in the footRate it:

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shank-nagTo travel on foot.Rate it:

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shanks' nagTransportation by foot. To "take a shanks' nag" means using one's own legs to walk.Rate it:

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shanks' ponyTransportation by foot.Rate it:

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slip onshoe type; to try outRate it:

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stadium currere (Off. 3. 10. 42)to run a foot-race.Rate it:

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step outTo exit a place on foot, often for a short time.Rate it:

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sub radicibus montis, in infimo monte, sub monteat the foot of the mountain.Rate it:

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tag upOf a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.Rate it:

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toe outTo have the toes of each foot, in standing or walking, pointing outward, the right foot pointing to the right and the left foot pointing to the left, from the the body.Rate it:

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