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not to be able to say boo to a gooseto be extremely timid or diffident (wouldn't say boo to a goose)Rate it:

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it's not all it's cracked up to beFailing to meet expectations; not being as good as people say.Rate it:

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not be caught deadTo refuse completely to do something.Rate it:

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not here to fuck spidersUsed to indicate one has serious business to pursue and should not be wasting time.Rate it:

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

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sam is not bonded to share his meat with you!Who is SAM? representative of hardworking, righteous, law abiding and peace loving people. What is bonded? Mutilated and/or loyal & liable. What does meat mean here? Empirically meat had been the symbol of wealth and prosperity. What is the narrator telling ? SAM is not to give up his share & rights of peace and progress to the may be a rent seeking person!Rate it:

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Adam and Eve not Adam and SteveImplying that only heterosexual relations are normal.Rate it:

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correlation does not imply causation(statistics) The observed correlation between two parameters, say, the growth of a market and the growth of a neighbor's child may, in fact, have nothing to do with each other's causation.Rate it:

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not a hair out of placeThe appearance, condition, presence of a subject which is ideal, almost perfectRate it:

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not a patch onNot an improvement over something; not nearly as good as something; much worse than.Rate it:

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not half badPretty good; okay; decent.Rate it:

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not in kansas anymoreNo longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings; in the big city.Rate it:

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who do you think you are, you've not been to cardiff?You dont know anything. You have no knowkedge of the world or any wisdom.Rate it:

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to not let any grass grow under one's feetto be always active and never delay in taking an actionRate it:

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All that Glitters is Not GoldA thing or a person that seems attractive at very first glance but actually worth nothingRate it:

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do as i say, not as i doFollow my instructions, not my actions.Rate it:

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not at allUsed similarly to you're welcome, as a conventional reply to an expression of gratitude.Rate it:

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Not Your Cup of TeaNot anyone’s choice, not what you are interested in, something that you don’t preferRate it:

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sorry, not sorryUsed to sarcastically express a lack of guilt over an action or statement.Rate it:

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"i don't have to listen to your footsteps, the path you follow does not lead to my destination."DestinationRate it:

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"life should be a celebration and not a competition."LifeRate it:

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"love is a code that doesn't connect when it's not compatible."LoveRate it:

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"the determined seed grows regardless of the opinion of trees that do not bear fruit."SeedRate it:

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"those who know the sea of god do not water their lives with tears."TearsRate it:

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"whoever divides knowledge does not multiply ignorance."Knowledge IgnoranceRate it:

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"you're not going to make your dreams come true by making other people have nightmares."DreamsRate it:

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a house is not a homeA home is not merely a building but requires inhabitants and a friendly atmosphere.Rate it:

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a marathon is not a sprintThis means we need to pace ourselves—if we try to go too fast, we will run out of gas.Rate it:

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ab or de (not ex) Platone vertere, convertere, transferreto translate from Plato.Rate it:

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absolutio et perfectio (not summa perfectio)ideal perfection.Rate it:

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ad aures alicuius (not alicui) pervenire, accidereto come to some one's ears.Rate it:

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aegrotum sanare (not curare)to cure a patient.Rate it:

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aetas constans, media, firmata, corroborata (not virilis)manhood.Rate it:

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aetate provectum esse (not aetate provecta)to be advanced in years.Rate it:

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aliquid, multa ex Ciceronis libris excerpere (not excerpere librum)to make extracts from Cicero's writings.Rate it:

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all that glisters is not goldAlternative form of all that glitters is not gold.Rate it:

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all that glitters is not goldThings that appear valuable or worthwhile might not actually be so, things that look nice might not be as good as they look.Rate it:

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animata (animalia) inanimaque (not inanimata)animate and inanimate nature.Rate it:

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animi, ingenii cultus (not cultura)mental culture.Rate it:

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animum inducere c. Inf. (not in animum inducere)to persuade oneself to...Rate it:

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animum, ingenium excolere (not colere)to cultivate the mind.Rate it:

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ante oculos vestros (not vobis) res gestas proponitepicture to yourselves the circumstances.Rate it:

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anyone can make art, but not all art makes a person an artist.ArtistRate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/first rule of X: do not talk about XSaid of something that must be kept confidential.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/I'm an X, not a YClarifies that one is X, while dissociating oneself from Y. X and Y are usually professions or beliefs, and significantly different from one another.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/if that's not X, I don't know what isUsed to point at something that is obvious, clearly seen from the context.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/not the X-est in the YStupid; dimwitted.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X is not going to Y itselfSaid to urge someone to do something to something.Rate it:

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apple does not fall far from the trunkAlternative form of apple does not fall far from the tree.Rate it:

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argumentum immortalitatis afferre (not pro)to quote an argument in favour of immortality.Rate it:

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