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attend toTo serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on.Rate it:

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bottoming the houseThe process by where someone cleans their house 'from top to bottom'. It is a very thorough clean indeed, even more so than 'spring cleaning'.Rate it:

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box inTo limit someone's freedom of thought, movement, expression, etc.Rate it:

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bug in one's bonnetSomething that makes someone act crazy or excites them or is of particular interest or concern to them; something that bothers or irritates someone; a lesser known version of the expression “bee in one’s bonnet”Rate it:

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build downIn solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value.Rate it:

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butt outdon't be involved in (stop interfering in) what someone else is doingRate it:

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cart awayTo remove someone difficult or troublesome.Rate it:

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Come AgainTo ask someone to repeat something, as words or tone delivered earlier were not clear enoughRate it:

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cosido a faldasTo be dependent on someone, to be tied to their skirts.Rate it:

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dress down1) Wear casual or work clothing, informal clothes: 2) Speak To Someone In a Desultory Tone, A Commanding, Analytical, Superior, Critiquing Manner; . . . . . {Tell Someone 'OFF' }Rate it:

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drive the porcelain busTo vomit, especially while drunk or hung over.Rate it:

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every jack has his jilleverybody will find someone to have a romantic relationship with at some point in their lifeRate it:

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fearA phobia, a sense of fear induced by something or someone.Rate it:

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Full of Hot AirSomeone who talks nonsense and nothing anything of value and importanceRate it:

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get backTo do something to hurt or harm someone who has hurt or harmed you.Rate it:

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God's gift to manSomeone irresistible to men, someone whom all men find attractive.Rate it:

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hang (hang with)Spend time in the company of someone.Rate it:

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hang the moonTo place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.Rate it:

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In the LimelightAll eyes on someone, all focus and attention on particular person or thingRate it:

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jack offTo manually stimulate someone sexually, generally a male.Rate it:

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Knock Your Socks OffTo startle, shock, thrill, astonish, or amaze someoneRate it:

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les grosses mouches passent à travers la toile de la justice, mais les petites y sont prisesOne man may steal a horse, while another dare not look over the hedge; Justice will whip a beggar, but bow to a lord; One does the scath, another has the harm; The crow gets pardoned, and the dove has the blame.Rate it:

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lick into shapeTo exert considerable effort to change something or someone into a desired state.Rate it:

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long ways, long liesSomeone who comes back from a far-off country can tell lies without fear of being contradicted.Rate it:

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lucky dogsomeone with astounding good luck.Rate it:

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mark down asTo come to a conclusion about someone or something; to make a note of one's conclusion about someone or something.Rate it:

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me threeUsed to express agreement, after someone has already said "me too".Rate it:

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nugget of truthJanuary 2008, Chicago Tribune - Clinton's Hispanic edge over Obama.Rate it:

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pour honey in one's earTell someone something that they want to hear.Rate it:

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Red-Carpet TreatmentSpecial and exclusive treatment for someone in terms of hospitality and respectRate it:

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show inTo lead or direct someone to an enclosed space, usually a room.Rate 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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Spare the Rod and Spoil the ChildTo give corporal punishment to someone in orders to make him learn something, or civilized himRate it:

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talk throughTo tell someone step by step how to do something.Rate it:

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ten points to GryffindorUsed to praise someone for a statement or action viewed as commendable.Rate it:

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welcome backSaid to someone coming back to somewhere they have been before.Rate it:

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"lord god, don't let the noise of the world keep me from hearing you."something someone says that they will be able to get or hear an answer to their prayer without worldly things getting in the way of being able to receive itRate it:

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a bird of ill-omenSomeone who is always delivering bad news, or bringing bad luck.Rate it:

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a force for goodsomething or someone, or an action that inspires or stands for morals, principles, laws and makes the world a a more fair and just placeRate it:

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aces in my booksomeone who meets or exceeds my approval or expectationsRate it:

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achilles' heela weak point or fault in someone or something otherwise perfect or excellentRate it:

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actum est de meit's all over with me; I'm a lost man.Rate it:

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adieu paniers, vendanges sont faitesYou come too late, it is all over.Rate it:

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agitare (in) mente or (in) animo aliquidto think over, consider a thing.Rate it:

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aimer la besogne faiteTo hate work; To like to get work over.Rate it:

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Albatross Around Your NeckA person or a thing you feel like a burden and you always want to avoid and get rid of, something bad you did and want to avoid discussing or someone else recall it againRate it:

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aliquem ad suam sententiam perducere or in suam sententiam adducereto win a man over to one's own way of thinking.Rate it:

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All EarsTo show keen interest in listening someone, be attentive to someoneRate it:

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all holidayA saying signifying that it is all over with the business or person spoken of or alluded to/.Rate it:

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all sizzle and no steakSomeone or something does not live up to its reputationRate it:

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