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Bring Down the HouseTo have a lively or enthusiastic audience, Lots of clapping, hooting and noiseRate it:

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bring out in a rashto rile someone upRate it:

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bring to heelTo force someone to obey.Rate it:

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bring up againstTo cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.Rate it:

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brisons là!Let us have no more of that; That will do.Rate it:

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broken recordSomeone or something that constantly repeats itself, causing annoyance.Rate it:

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brownnoseTo flatter someone (especially a superior) in an obsequious manner, and to support their every opinionRate it:

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broyer du noirTo have the blues; To feel very sad.Rate it:

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brush with deathTo have a life redeemable experienceRate it:

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buck the trendTo go against the norm or the current stand of the main population; have a differing opinion from the majority.Rate it:

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budge upTo move or scoot over in order to make room for someone, especially when sitting.Rate it:

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Bug OffTo avoid bothering someone, to leave someone alone, go awayRate it:

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build a better mousetrapTo invent the next great thing; to have a better idea.Rate it:

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bump intoTo meet someone by chance.Rate it:

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bundle of laughsSomething or someone very funny or fun.Rate it:

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bundle offTo send someone away quickly and without fussingRate it:

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busy beaverSomeone who is very busy or hard-working.Rate it:

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busy little beaverSomeone who has completed or accomplished many tasks or works.Rate it:

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but for the grace of GodWere it not for God's help, someone could have suffered that outcome.Rate it:

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butt headsTo argue uncompromisingly with someone.Rate it:

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butter cupA term of affection Or endearment for someone you like Buttercups are a large genus of flowering plants called Ranunculus. It has yellow, shiny petals, and grows wild in many places. It is poisonous to eat for humans and cattle, but when dry the poison is not active.Rate it:

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by all accountsAccording to everything that people have said.Rate it:

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by george, i think she's got itan expression used to express surprise or satisfaction when someone finally understands or accomplishes something; See also "By Jove, I think he's got it"Rate it:

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by jove, i think he's got itan expression used to express surprise or satisfaction when someone finally understands or accomplishes something; see also "By George, I think she's got it"Rate it:

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bystander effectThat someone is less likely to help another if other potential helpers are present than otherwise.Rate it:

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c'est comme le couteau de jeannotThat is like the Irishman’s gun (said of anything that has been mended so often as to have nothing of the original left).Rate it:

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c'est lui qui fait les sottises et c'est moi qui en paye la façonHe commits the mistakes and I have to pay for them.Rate it:

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ça y estthere we go, there you go, there you have it, that's it, etc.Rate it:

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caeco impetu ferrito have no principles.Rate it:

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cala-te, bocaSaid when one is making a malicious statement or badmouthing someone.Rate it:

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call off the dogsDuring a one-sided sports contest, to remove the first-string unit of a team from the game after dominating the opponent.Rate it:

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call to the barTo admit (someone) to practice in the courts.Rate it:

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Call Your BluffTo challenge someone to prove his claim; to ask someone to complete a threatRate it:

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calling cardAn attribute, object, or behavior which is distinctly characteristic of someone or something.Rate it:

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can I use your phoneIndicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.Rate it:

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captatio benevolentiaeUsed rhetorically to seek to win someone's sympathy or support by showing respectRate it:

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cart offto transport (someone), especially someone who is incapable of movementRate it:

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casser les piedsannoy someone.Rate it:

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Cast the First StoneTo be first to blame or criticize someone, to lead the scolding over offenderRate it:

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cat's cradleA children's string game.Rate it:

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catmeatSomeone who has been badly beaten.Rate it:

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cats cradlegame using stringRate it:

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causam optimam habere (Lig. 4. 10)to have a good case.Rate it:

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ce mot m'a échappéI have forgotten that word.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas tous les jours fête1. Christmas comes but once a year. 2. One cannot always have “a high old time,” but must work as well. 3. Life is not all beer and skittles.Rate it:

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ce que femme veut dieu le veutWoman must have her way.Rate it:

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cela est à ma chargeI have to pay for it; That falls on me.Rate it:

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cela me tient au cœurI have set my heart upon it.Rate it:

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cela ne me dit rienThat has no effect upon me; I have no desire for it.Rate it:

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ces plantes sont montées en graineThose plants have run to seed.Rate it:

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