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throw togetherTo assemble rapidly, without precision.Rate it:

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tick overTo run smoothly and without problems.Rate it:

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under the tableSecretly or without reporting, especially of payments made or business transacted.Rate it:

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useless as tits on a bullTotally without useful functionRate it:

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When the Cat's Away, the Mice will PlayWithout the presence of authority, people will do as they please even of breaking the rulesRate it:

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Talk Through Your HatTalking in a non-sense manner; talking about something without knowing about itRate it:

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bounce backTo recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.Rate it:

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be a manTo put up with something or take responsibility for it; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.Rate it:

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blackWithout light.Rate it:

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do not pass go, do not collect $200A phrase telling someone to pursue a path directly without deviations.Rate it:

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paint with a broad brushTo describe a class of objects or a kind of phenomenon in general terms, without specific details and without attention to individual variations.Rate it:

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born with a silver spoon in one's mouthNote. The original nautical expression is just born with a silver spoon and describes those young gentlemen who were able to enter the Royal Navy without examination and whose promotion was assured. the converse was born with a wooden ladle.Rate it:

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gulp downTo eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.Rate it:

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suck it upTo put up with something; to deal with something, such as pain or misfortune, without complaining.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the treeA child grows up to be very similar to its parents, both in behavior and in physical characteristics.1842, E. A. Freidlaender (translator), Frederika Bremer (author), The Neighbours, ch. 10:It is impossible to look at Madam Rhen, without at once making the conclusion that she is pleasantness, hospitality, and loquacity itself; nor can one look upon her daughter Renetta without thinking, "the apple does not fall far from the tree!"1978, Dr. Isador Rosenfeld, "Doctor Asks Patient Rate it:

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bone-drytotally dry; without moisture.Rate it:

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boots and allWithout reserve, with no holds barred; totally, completely.Rate it:

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fend for oneselfLook after and provide for oneself, without any help from othersRate it:

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get ahead of oneselfTo focus excessively on one's plans or on prospective future events without paying adequate attention to the present.Rate it:

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go byTo pass, to go past, without much interaction.Rate it:

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labor of loveA task performed voluntarily without expectation of reimbursement; an altruistic work or undertaking.Rate it:

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let nature take its courseTo permit events to proceed or a situation to develop without intervention or interference.Rate it:

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like a bull at a gatecharging into some task without much thought, taking action hastilyRate it:

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like a lamb to the slaughterhelplessly and innocently, without knowing the unpleasant consequences.Rate it:

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morning, noon and nightConstantly; ceaselessly; without stopping.Rate it:

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out of the blueUnexpectedly; without warning or preparation.Rate it:

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Right of the BatImmediate or instant without causing any sorts of delaysRate it:

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sleep roughTo sleep outdoors, without a place to go home to.Rate it:

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take overTo appropriate something without permission.Rate it:

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wade inTo interrupt someone, or a situation, by doing or saying something abruptly, or forcefully, and usually without thinking about the consequences.Rate it:

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wolf downQuickly and without regard for table manners.Rate it:

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barge inTo intrude; to enter or interrupt suddenly and without invitation.Rate it:

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if you ask meUsed to introduce one's opinion, without being asked for itRate it:

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a side glance!Offering/Receiving, observing a straight forward focus of attention, without any variation of head or eye movement.Rate it:

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no holds barredWithout reserve; in an especially ruthless or vicious manner.Rate it:

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sneak offTo leave a place, or a meeting, without being seen or heard.Rate it:

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sneak upTo approach a person or animal without being seen or heard.Rate it:

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bash outTo write something very quickly, without much thought.Rate it:

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bug outTo abandon someone without warning.Rate it:

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cookie-cutterA solution to a problem that can be applied in many situations without modification.Rate it:

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Don't Look a Gift Horse in the MouthDon’t complain if you get gift that is not as good as you expect; accept what you've been given without analyzing its valueRate it:

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dust offTo use something after a long time without it.Rate it:

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être dans la merde jusqu'au couTo be up to your neck in trouble, to be up shit creekRate it:

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free lunchSomething obtained without any payment, obligation or effort.Rate it:

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hands downWithout question.Rate it:

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in the darkWithout light; somewhere that is dark.Rate it:

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paper tigerA seemingly fierce or powerful person, country or organisation without the ability to back up their words; apparently powerful but actually ineffective.Rate it:

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rock upTo turn up to a place or function unexpectedly, or without notice or prior warning.Rate it:

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run onTo continue without interruption.Rate it:

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