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Diamond in the RoughSomeone or something that has lost charm now, but has immense value and the prospective to be stunningRate 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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fall offTo diminish in size or value.Rate it:

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not worth a Continentalworthless, lacking in value, especially due to economic inflation.Rate it:

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put upTo place in a high location.Rate it:

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reach for the starsTo have high hopes, to be ambitious.Rate it:

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round downTo the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.Rate it:

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sweat equityAn investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence.Rate it:

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garbage in, garbage out(computing, information technology) If input data is not complete, accurate, and timely, then the resulting output is unreliable and of no useful value.1963, Raymond Crowley, "Robot Tax Collector Seeks Indications of 'Fudging'," Times Daily (Alabama, USA), 1 April (retrieved 26 July 2010):Officials explained that the quality of the computer's work depends on the quality of the data fed into it. Neil Hoke, administrative assistant to Stewart, quoted an adage of computer men: "Garbage in, garbage out."2008, Roger K. Lewis, "'In Architectural Design, Brains and Talent Trump the Best Software," Washington Post, 19 July (retrieved 26 July 2010):The old caveat "GIGO"Rate it:

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Chinaman's chanceNo chance; zero possibility; a high or almost certain risk of death or failure.Rate it:

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cash cowA product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows.Rate it:

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get one's money's worthIn a transaction, to receive a good or service which is considered to be of a value equal to or greater than the amount of money expended.Rate it:

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hiding to nothingA situation in which victory has little or no value, but defeat has a huge cost.Rate it:

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small fryOne or more persons or things of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.Rate it:

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vox gravis, acuta, parva, mediocrisa deep, high, thin, moderate voice.Rate it:

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buy straw hats in winterOf stocks, to buy when both demand and price is low, sell when demand and price is high.Rate it:

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HAHOAcronym of high altitude, high opening.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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dropout factoryAn underperforming high school, especially with low graduation ratesRate it:

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

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give one's left nutPay a very high price for something.Rate it:

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take up a collectionTo request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.Rate it:

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unknown quantityA person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery.Rate it:

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à grande montée grande descenteThe higher the rise, the greater the fall; He who climbs too high is near a fall.Rate it:

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ABCA straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.Rate it:

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above parHaving a price below its face valueRate it:

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accusare aliquem maiestatisto accuse a person of high treason (more specific than the preceding).Rate it:

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acheter par francs et vendre par écusTo buy in the cheapest market and sell in the dearest; To sell at a high profit.Rate it:

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ad valoremproportionate to the estimated valueRate it:

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aestu incitatoat high tide.Rate it:

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all wool and a yard wideOf high quality.Rate it:

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altissimis montibus undique continerito be shut in on all sides by very high mountains.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/pense em X, é YIndicates that Y is X to a high extent.Rate it:

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as the day is longUnceasingly; very; thoroughly; to a very high degree.Rate it:

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average outTo acquire a specified average value as more instances occur.Rate it:

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bait and switchto misrepresent; a strategy that misdirects the pursuant; to bait, dupe or lure someone with something of value then switch it out for something of less value; an illegal practice in the United StatesRate it:

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ball of fireA person who is especially hard-working, high-achieving, ambitious, or active.Rate it:

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bang for the buckEfficiency; cost-effectiveness; value.Rate it:

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bargain basementOf poor quality; of little or no value; low-end, shoddy.Rate it:

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beautiful peopleFashionable, privileged, glamorous people, especially those belonging to international high society.Rate it:

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belemnite battlefieldA fossil site with an unusually high concentration of belemnite rostra.Rate it:

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Bells and WhistlesGaudy accessories that are more of a decoration and are less useful in the real manner, high-tech features, flashy items, impressive accessories that are decorativeRate it:

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big enchiladaSome item of high value, especially a top prize or reward.Rate it:

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big fish in a small pondOne who has achieved a high rank or is highly esteemed, but only in a small, relatively unimportant, or little known location or organization.Rate it:

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big wheelA person with a great deal of power or influence, especially a high-ranking person in an organization.Rate it:

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bird's-eye viewthe view from directly or high aboveRate it:

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bird's-eye viewThe view from directly or high above.Rate it:

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blaze upTo begin smoking cannabis; to light up cannabis; to get high. <--so this shd be 2 separate senses?-->Rate it:

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boiling hotextremely hot (having a high temperature: of an object, the weather, a living creature)Rate it:

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boiling pointThe state of being heated, with high aggression.Rate it:

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