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break rankTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:

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c'est le jour et la nuitThey are as different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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chalk and cheeseSaid of things that are superficially alike but very different in substance.Rate it:

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che sara saraUsed to express a personal philosophy of fatalism1892 March 17, Cigarette, Rate it:

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Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:

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kick ass and take namesTo beat someone in a competition, fight, or other situation.Rate it:

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kick rocksGo do something unproductive, go bother someone else, leave me alone, go away; See idioms: ‘take a hike,’ ‘hit the road,’ ‘beat it’Rate it:

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run arounda female who sees many different men at the same timeRate it:

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whole 'nother ball of waxAn entirely different matter altogether; a separate issue or sub-issue from the topic being discussed, usu. one that would take too long to explain properly; a matter to be dealt with at a later time.Rate it:

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whoop assTo beat or strike.Rate it:

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within an inch of one’s lifeFiguratively or hyperbolically, means very soundly, thoroughly, or completely; To an extreme degree or extent; often follows the verb ‘beat’ to mean ‘very close to or near death’Rate it:

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run aboutTo be very busy doing many different things.Rate it:

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break ranksTo march or charge out of the designated order in a military unit.Rate it:

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like chalk and cheeseAlternative form of different as chalk and cheese.Rate it:

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split upsplit into smaller groups or to go in different directionsRate it:

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whoop-assTo beat or strike.Rate it:

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all roads lead to romedifferent paths can take one to the same goalRate it:

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ask roundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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branch outTo attempt something new or different, but related.Rate it:

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ebony and ivoryTwo different things coexisting in harmonyRate it:

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knock upTo exhaust; wear out; weary; beat; tire out; to fatigue until unable to do more.Rate it:

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lump togetherTo put different items or groups together and treat them, or think of them as one single group.Rate it:

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make overTo renovate or to convert to a different use.Rate it:

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put foot to assTo beat the shit out of someone or something; whoop assRate it:

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put the bee onTo finish off, to beat.Rate it:

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rough upTo manhandle or beat up.Rate it:

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run aroundTo be very busy doing many different things.Rate it:

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your mileage may varyTo express a possible difference in taste, "this is just my opinion, your opinion may be different".Rate it:

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bridgeA valence bond, atom or chain of atoms that connects two different parts of a molecule; the atoms so connected being bridgeheads.Rate it:

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take awayTo remove something and put it in a different place.Rate it:

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against the grainContrary to what is expected; especially, of behavior different from what society expects.Rate it:

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ask aroundTo enquire about something to different people.Rate it:

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connect the dotsto understand the relationship between different ideas or experiencesRate it:

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have one's fingers in many piesto be involved in many different things.Rate it:

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mess upTo manhandle; beat up; rough up.Rate it:

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on opposite sides of the barricadesOf starkly different, opposite views on an issue.Rate it:

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Out in Left FieldUnusual, eccentric, off beatRate it:

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battre la retraiteTo beat tattoo (or, the retreat.)Rate it:

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bed them downTo ​lie down ​somewhere, usually ​somewhere different from where you usually ​sleep, in ​order to go to ​sleep.Rate it:

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kick assTo beat someone at something.Rate it:

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opposites attractpeople who are completely different make ideal partners.Rate it:

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there's no accounting for tastesDifferent people like different things The world would be incomplete if everyone were alike. Diversity is essential.Rate it:

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il est fou à courir les champsHe is as mad as a March hare.Rate it:

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mix apples and orangesTo mix two totally different things.Rate it:

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wail onTo beat heavily on anything.Rate it:

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walk all overTo easily beat a competitor in a contest; to win without much effort.Rate it:

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a bird may love a fish, but where will they build their home?It's too hard to make a relationship work when two people are so vastly different. Similar variations end by saying "...where will they build their nest?" and "...where will they build their home together?"Rate it:

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ab aliquo in re publica dissentireto hold different views in politics.Rate it:

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agmen, exercitum demittere in...to march down on to...Rate it:

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agmine quadrato incedere, ireto march with closed ranks, in order of battle.Rate it:

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