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il ne vaut pas le pain qu'il mangeHe is not worth his salt.Rate it:

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ISHYGDDTInitialism of I seriously hope you guys don't do this.; used to indicate that the speaker does not approve of something previously mentionedRate it:

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je ne sais plus où j'en suis1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.Rate it:

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le roi n'est pas son cousinHe is very haughty (so that he would not acknowledge the king as his cousin).Rate 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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nearly never bulled a cow(Irish) Near enough is not good enough.Rate it:

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no fearcertainly notRate it:

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no slouchPretty good; not bad.Rate it:

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no way in sam hellAbsolutely notRate it:

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Number TenAlternative form of 10 Downing Street.Rate it:

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off the markInaccurate; not correct or appropriate.Rate it:

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out of characterNot acting; not "on"; behaving within one's natural personality rather than that of a character in a performance piece.Rate it:

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out on one's feetStanding erect but not consciously aware of one's surroundings, or only minimally aware, and having little or no ability to control one's bodily actions, as a result of physical injury or exhaustion.Rate it:

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qui n'a pas argent en bourse, ait miel en boucheHe who has not silver in his purse should have honey on his tongue.Rate it:

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quick-and-dirtyDone or constructed in a hasty, approximate, temporarily adequate manner, but not exact, fully formed, or reliable for a long period of time.Rate it:

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sacrificial poetIn poetry slams, a poet who goes first and gets scored by the judges, but is not actually in the competition.Rate it:

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scape goatUsing another excuse for not taking the blame.Rate it:

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side issueAn issue or topic which is not of direct significance to a primary concern.Rate it:

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sit backTo relax, to not exert oneself.Rate it:

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small wonderAn event or fact whose cause or rationale is not difficult to discern; an unsurprising occurrence.Rate it:

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stroke of workWith "do not do a", to do none of the assigned task at all.Rate it:

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swing the leadTo pretend to be unwell so that you do not have to work.Rate it:

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thumb-warsInterlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.Rate it:

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time and tide wait for no manpeople cannot stop the passing of time, and therefore we should not delay doing thingsRate it:

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садитесь, пожалуйстаplease sit down; please get onRate it:

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'nuff saidUsed in various situations to either end a discussion, or to imply that further discussion is not needed.Rate it:

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11th commandmentA well-known convention which supposedly can not or should not be broken.Rate it:

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800-pound gorillaSomething dangerous, menacing, or frightening that is obvious but not addressed.Rate it:

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86 the mayoomit the mayo; "86" can be used with anything (not just mayo) you want to delete or remove from something or not add to something; often used when ordering something from a restaurantRate it:

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a casa caiuSaid after a particularly undesirable, harmful change of events; often, though not always, said of a criminal or illicit activity discovered by the authority.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la brideOne does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à cheval donné on ne regarde pas à la bride (or, à la dent)One does not look a gift-horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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à demain les affaires sérieusesI will not be bothered with business to-day; Time enough for business to-morrow.Rate it:

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a few bulbs short of a chandelierDim-witted, not too bright. The "of" is included optionally.Rate it:

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a lot of malarkeyStatements, results, appearances which are unproven, present myriad shortfalls, do not appear within plausible parameters.Rate it:

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à peu de chose prèsNot far off.Rate it:

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à qui le dites-vous?Am I not perfectly aware of it? Don’t I know it?Rate it:

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a.o.b.Initialism of any other business or any other competent business, the last item on the agenda for a meeting, when any matter not already dealt with may be raised.Rate it:

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ab (cum) aliquo stare (Brut. 79. 273)to be on a person's side (not ab alicuius partibus).Rate it:

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ab armis discedere (Phil. 11. 33)to lay down arms.Rate it:

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abire magistratuto give up, lay down office (usually at the end of one's term of office).Rate it:

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above the foldThe term "above the fold" refers to the part of a webpage that users can see without scrolling down.Rate it:

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ACDNRAutomatic Call Dispenser: Not Ready.Rate it:

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acquired tasteA taste which is not natural or innate, but which has developed through habit or learning.Rate it:

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act one's ageTo be mature and not childish.Rate it:

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ad verbum transferre, exprimereto translate literally, word for word (not verbo tenus).Rate it:

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adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain.Rate it:

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aegritudine afflictum, debilitatum esse, iacēreto be bowed down, prostrated by grief.Rate it:

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aestu rursus minuentewhen the tide begins to go down.Rate it:

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after allIn the end; anyway; referring to something that was believed to be the case, but has now been shown not to be.Rate it:

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