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under one's own steamBy means of the power of its own engines.Rate it:

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undique premi, urgeri (B. G. 2. 26)to be pressed on all sides.Rate it:

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une face de carêmeA sad, pale, woe-begone face (like that of one who has fasted all Lent).Rate it:

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une fois pour toutesonce and for allRate it:

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uno ab alto"One over all"Rate it:

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up the creek without a paddleIn a difficult situation with no means of rectifying it.Rate it:

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up toConsidering all members of an equivalence class the same.Rate it:

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ut semel or in perpetuum dicamto say once for all.Rate it:

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vaille que vailleAt all events; For better, for worse.Rate it:

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vaut bien que malAt all events; For better, for worse.Rate it:

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ventum popularem quendam (in aliqua re) quaerereto strive to gain popular favour by certain means.Rate it:

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verbis non omnia exsequi posseto be unable to say all one wants.Rate it:

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vir omni doctrina eruditusa man perfect in all branches of learning.Rate it:

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vitam, aetatem (omnem aetatem, omne aetatis tempus) agere (honeste, ruri, in litteris), degere, traducereto live (all) one's life (honourably, in the country, as a man of learning).Rate it:

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vous heurtez de front tous ses préjugésYou run counter to (or, openly attack) all his prejudices.Rate it:

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vous ne lui allez pas à la chevilleYou are a pigmy compared with him; You are no match for him at all.Rate it:

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vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)the word carere means...Rate it:

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Water Under the BridgeUsed to signify a life situation that has already happened and cannot be changed; therefore, one should not worry about it. The analogy to water having passed under the bridge means that there is nothing you can do about it since it's already passed, so no reason to dwell on it. What's done is done.Rate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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whole enchiladaAll of something or a group of related things taken in totality.Rate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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wipe the slate cleanTo forget all past problems or mistakes and start something again.Rate it:

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wipe the slate clean!Remove all past offenses, charges, arrests, felonies, misdemeanors, fallacies, traffic/criminal offenses, bad habit records, divorces bankruptcies etc.Rate it:

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with a willWith willingness and zeal; with all one's heart or strength; earnestly; heartily.Rate it:

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without failCertainly; by all means; as a matter of importance.Rate it:

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word of mouthVerbal means of passing of information.Rate it:

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work around the clockTo work all day and all night without a break, because it is imperative to finish something.Rate it:

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world-beaterSomeone or something superior to all others of its sort.Rate it:

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wriggle out ofTo circumvent an obligation by sneaky means.Rate it:

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written in someone's faceAlternative form of written all over someone's faceRate it:

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y para de contarand that's all, and that's it, period.Rate it:

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you and whose army%3fYou can't do all that on your own.Rate it:

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you can't fight city hall(chiefly US) Nothing can be done to change the situation, because it is a governmental decision.I see they're going to build the airport after all. I suppose you can't fight city hall.Rate it:

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you can't step in the same river twiceIt is not possible to repeat past experiences, as time changes all things.Rate it:

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you can't walk on iceOne cannot except to go onto the battlefield, without all of your equipmentRate it:

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you don't know shit from shinola1. Like calling someone ignorant 2. Often said in reference to something specific, the person saying this phrase is expressing that they don't think the subject of their complaint knows what they are talking about, or doesn't know what they are doing or that they don't know anything at all 3. Same as the phrase: "You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground"Rate it:

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you name itUsed after a short list to show that further examples are unnecessary; all kinds of things.Rate it:

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zop! {reply:} {"u~know!"}A statement made by entities affiliated with "ZOP!" The correct reply for a affiliate is {"U~Know!"}, all done sutolly as to not draw the attention of those not affiliated.Rate it:

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вопреки всемуagainst all oddsRate it:

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все права защищеныall rights reservedRate it:

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все права сохраненыall rights reservedRate it:

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если бы, да кабы, да во рту росли грибы, тогда бы был не рот, а целый огородto indicate that speaker would be successful if he ignored all ifs, ands, or butsRate it:

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нашла коса на камень (a scythe hit a rock)Means that two strong characters confronted and do not want to give in; similar to "he met his match" or "diamond cut diamond" Ни один ни другой ни в чём не хотят уступить друг другу. Имеется в виду одинаковое упрямство в отношении чего-либо, непримиримая оппозиция двух лиц, равных по силе характеров, по настойчивости в отношении � елаемого; столкновение взглядов, интересов, характеров.Rate it:

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не стоит благодарностиyou're welcome, not at all, don't mention itRate it:

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несмотря ни на чтоagainst all oddsRate it:

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руки из жопы растутall thumbs; literally, hands grow from the arse )Rate it:

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руки как крюкиall thumbs, clumsyRate it:

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руки не из того места растутall thumbs; literally, hands grow from the wrong spot )Rate it:

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זה סינית בשביליIt’s all Greek to me.Rate it:

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לה״וThe universe and all in it is God’s.Rate it:

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