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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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mess upTo manhandle; beat up; rough up.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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kick assTo beat someone at something.Rate it:

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quarter-pounderUsed other than as an idiom: see quarter, pounder: Anything weighing a quarter of a pound.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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autant vaut bien battu que mal battuAs well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb; In for a penny, in for a pound. Rate it:

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battre la campagne1. (lit.) To scour the country. 2. (fig.) To talk nonsense. 3. (of invalids) To wander. 4. To beat about the bush.Rate it:

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battre quelqu'un à plate coutureTo beat some one hollow.Rate it:

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beats one's swords into ploughsharesThird-person singular simple present indicative form of beat one's swords into ploughsharesRate it:

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c'est une économie de bouts de chandelleThat is penny-wise and pound-foolish; That is spoiling the ship for a ha’porth (halfpennyworth) of tar; That is a cheese-paring policy.Rate it:

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claw offto beat to windward to avoid being driven on to a lee shoreRate it:

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clue stickA metaphorical stick used to beat information or understanding into a slow learner.Rate it:

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de perdidos al ríoin for a penny, in for a pound; there is nothing to loseRate it:

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déloger sans tambour ni trompetteTo leave without beat of drum.Rate it:

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do overTo beat up.Rate it:

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duff upto beat up, to give a beating toRate it:

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four-on-the-floorCharacterised by a steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.Rate it:

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four-on-the-floorA steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature.Rate it:

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frapper comme un sourdTo beat unmercifully.Rate it:

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frontem ferire, percutereto beat one's brow.Rate it:

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go to workBeat up, batter.Rate it:

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il est économe de bouts de chandelleHe is penny wise and pound foolish.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas y aller par quatre cheminsYou must not beat about the bush; You must go straight to the point; You must not mince matters; It’s no good shilly-shallying.Rate it:

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ils l'ont moulu de coupsThey beat him black and blue.Rate it:

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ils lui en ont donné tout du long de l'auneThey beat him black and blue.Rate it:

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in for a dime, in for a dollarAmericanised form of in for a penny, in for a pound.1983, Allen Drury, Decision, p. 356:In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm.1998, Ellen Miller, Like Being Killed, p. 47:In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry, Rate it:

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je l'ai battu à tour de bras (or, à bras raccourci)I beat him with all my might.Rate it:

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keep timeTo control the beat or rhythm of a song played by a music groupRate it:

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kick assTo beat someone in a fight.Rate it:

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knock someone's block offTo strike a person in the head, causing him to fall to the ground, especially in an unconscious condition; to beat up a person.Rate it:

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lay intoTo beat up.Rate it:

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le vin est tiré, il faut le boireYou have gone too far now to draw back; In for a penny, in for a pound.Rate it:

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number one with a bulletSuperlative; impossible to beat.Rate it:

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quarter-pounderA burger weighing approximately a quarter of a pound.Rate it:

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smack upTo beat up physically.Rate it:

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stand the gaff?Can You? 'withstand the demand?, 'weather the storm?' , 'survive the environment?', 'smile the miles', 'beat the HEAT?',Rate it:

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tan someone's hideTo beat or spank someone.Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bush.Rate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat around the bushRate it:

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tourner autour du potTo beat about the bush.Rate it:

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virgis caedereto beat with rods.Rate it:

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whale onTo beat heavily on anything.Rate it:

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