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whatsamattaWhat is the matter? What is wrong?.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 do I sign upExpresses interest in doing something.Rate it:

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where there is a will there is a wayIf someone wants or wills something strongly enough, a way can be found to make it happen.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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who are youShort for: Who are you and what have you done with {the person I know--ie. my friend, my wife, etc, whatever relationship you have with the listener) Besides the normal meaning to ask who someone is, this phrase is something usually said in jest ( jokingly) to someone when they are acting very differently than normal; to insinuate or assert that they aren't acting like themselves or that they have become a different personRate 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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will onTo wish intensely that someone succeeds in what they are doing. Often implies a silent, or almost inaudible wish.Rate it:

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winning is a great deodorantWinning in sport or politics can erase the "stink" (animosity, bad feelings) generated during the competition.Rate it:

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wiped out!The expression can be visualized as one would erase the blackboard, eliminate the moisture on the window glass.Rate it:

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withused as a connective, to indicate that your with another person, or can be used to connect two wordsRate it:

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wo ist hier ein Hotelwhere can I find a hotelRate it:

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work offTo lose by doing physical work; to burn off the calories gained from eating something.Rate it:

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work offTo end by doing labor for the person owed money.Rate it:

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would it hurtUsed to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.Rate it:

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would it kill someoneIndicates the speaker is annoyed that someone is not doing something they should do.Rate it:

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WUU2What are you doing at the moment?Rate it:

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wydInitialism of what you doing.Rate it:

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ya te digoyou betcha; damn right; too rightRate it:

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YGTRInitialism of you got that right.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 attract more flies with honey than vinegarAlternative form of you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.Rate it:

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you don't know beans aboutYou Don't Have Any Idea About? Doing a task, performing a certain choreRate it:

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you got a bus to catch?What's your hurry? Why are you rushing me out of here?Usually said when someone feels they are being rushed out of a placeRate it:

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you gotta be shitting me.You can't be serious. Surely, you don't mean that.Rate it:

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you have to risk it to get the biscuitYou can't get a reward without risk.Rate it:

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you knows itYou're right; I wholeheartedly agree with your statement.Rate it:

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your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

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вы можете мне помочьcan you help me?Rate it:

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можно войтиcan I come inRate 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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不明覺厲Although I don't know what you are saying or doing, I think you are amazing.Rate it:

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可不you're absolutely right!; right!; exactly!; isn't that so?Rate it:

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可不是that's just the way it is; exactly!; right!Rate it:

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可不是嗎you can say that again; absolutely; that's very trueRate it:

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對不對used as a tag question: isn't it so?, right or wrong?, is it right?, OK, yes?Rate it:

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師父領進門，修行靠個人A master can only lead a person to the temple gate; the individual must practice himself to become a monkRate it:

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有冇搞錯Are you serious?; Are you kidding me?; What's wrong with you?Rate it:

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有木有innit, damn rightRate it:

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沒辦法there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about itRate it:

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誰說不是呢you can say that again; absolutely; that's very trueRate it:

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