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write home aboutOf significance.Rate it:

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acid testTo test for the truth.Rate it:

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algo del otro mundosomething special or extraordinary; something to write home aboutRate it:

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bind and grindMonotony and tediousness of everyday routine. Be it work or home related.Rate it:

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creature comfortAny small item or detail that makes a person comfortable and at home.Rate it:

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get it straight, Understand It Correctly, Get The Truth In The MatterRate it:

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get the goods onTo acquire knowledge or develop evidence that reveals the truth about someone's character or behavior, especially criminal behavior.Rate it:

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if I'm lying, I'm dyingA promise that one is telling the truth.Rate it:

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in all honestyhonestly; in truthRate it:

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put lipstick on a pigMaking superficial or cosmetic changes in a futile attempt to hide the ugly truth of something.Rate it:

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put one's money where one's mouth isMore generally, to take an obvious stake in the truth of a claim that one is making.Rate it:

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state of disrepairSomething in need of repair. Typically referring to a mechanical object or system (like a car or home) that has broken down or doesn't work anymore.Rate it:

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darn tootinAbsolutely correct; speaking the truth.Rate it:

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I can tell youEmphasises the truth of a statement.Rate it:

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

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pierce the veilTo see through an illusion or find a hidden meaning, to see the truth within a lie.Rate it:

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call a spade a spadeTo speak the truth; to say things as they really are.Rate it:

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fox in the henhouseA relationships wherein a predator is granted free reign within the prey's home confinement, often used in the political sense.Rate it:

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am i right or am i rightRhetorical question from somebody who has stated what they consider to be an unassailable truth.Rate it:

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darken somebody's doorstepTo enter somebody else's home uninvited.Rate it:

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pour outTo talk volubly and deeply. Usually implies telling the truth.Rate it:

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take inTo receive into your home for the purpose of processing for a fee.Rate it:

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call outTo arrange for a professional to call at your home for some purpose.Rate it:

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run awayTo leave home, or other place of residence, usually unannounced, or to make good on a threat, with such action usually performed by a child or juvenile.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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a lie has no legsYou can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.Rate it:

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little pitchers have big earsSmall children often overhear more of what is said than adults realize or desire.1844, Charlotte M. Yonge, Abbeychurch, ch. 2:Seeing me listening to something she was saying to Mamma, she turned round upon me with that odious proverb, "Little pitchers have long ears."1939, "Bedtime Bedlam," Time, 17 Apr.:A caution to U. S. parents, but a joy to radio merchandising, is the dread truth that little pitchers have big ears.2002, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft, ISBN 9780743455961, p. 185:I suppose he might say pushed or went woowoo, but took a shit is, I fear, very much in the ballpark (little pitchers have big ears, after all).Rate it:

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be on toTo figure out; to realize the truth.Rate it:

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cross my heartA declaration that the speaker is telling the truth.Rate it:

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tell it like it isTo speak frankly, to convey all and only the truth of a situation.Rate it:

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center fieldThe part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher.Rate it:

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the jetset wayThe JetSet Way is the only way. People who live this way are straight alpha/sigma males and have the ability at will to ethically attain any and every woman they shall desire, own any car they shall want, wear whatever brand clothes they want, get VIP access everywhere and will spend more time on planes traveling to foreign countries than they do at their home. The Jet Set Way was coined by JetSetFly (also known as Josh King Madrid) himself.Rate it:

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your plate is going to be in the mail boxDad to son....if you f*ck up one more time...then, Your plate is in the mail box....you just got tossed out of your parents home !Rate it:

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a bem da verdade"to tell the truth", "for the sake of accuracy"Rate it:

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à qui mal veut, mal arriveHarm watch, harm catch; Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.Rate it:

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à tout oiseau son nid est beauHome is home, be it ever so homely. Rate it:

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a veritate deflectere, desciscereto swerve from the truth.Rate it:

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a vero abducito be led away from the truth.Rate it:

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a vero aversum esse (Catil. 3. 1. 29)to be averse to truth.Rate it:

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am I rightSaid by someone who has just stated what he or she considers to be an unassailable truth.Rate it:

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anaconda mortgageA loan arrangement in which all of the money borrowed from a lender, for whatever purpose, is secured by one's home, land, and other property.Rate it:

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Appendix:Glossary of baseball jargon (T)A batter who leads the league in three major categories: home runs, runs batted in, and batting average.Rate it:

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apud eum sic fui tamquam domi meae (Fam. 13. 69)I felt quite at home in his house.Rate it:

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bandy aboutTo talk about something frequently, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter.Rate it:

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bandy aroundTo talk about something with others, but without knowing the exact facts or truth of the matter.Rate it:

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bed blockerAn elderly hospitalized person who is too infirm to return home but not sufficiently ill to necessitate continued hospitalization, creating a situation in which his or her hospital stay is prolonged while authorities or relatives search for a suitable placement amid the scarce resources of nursing homes or other long-term care facilities.Rate it:

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bed into settle, to make [someone] feel at homeRate it:

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beim Barte des Prophetenpledge to tell the truthRate it:

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blow smokeTo speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense; to deliberately confuse or mislead someone in order to deceive themRate it:

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c'est l'évangile (or, c'est parole d'évangile)It is gospel truth.Rate it:

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