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Last SupperThe Passover meal that Jesus ate with his disciples on the night before his death.Rate it:

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lose one's head if it wasn't attachedprone to mislaying things.Rate it:

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lotus eatingDreaming of things that can never be put into practiceRate it:

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Make Ends MeetTo have just enough money to have things that you needRate it:

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march to the beat of a different drumTo do things in one's own way regardless of societal norms and expectations.Rate it:

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March to the Beat of a Different DrummerDo the things in your own way, don’t consider other people, to believe in different way, different attitude than other personsRate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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odds and endsMiscellaneous things.Rate it:

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out of proportionNot in a proper or pleasing relation to other things, especially in terms of size.Rate it:

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props-upFist bump and thumbs up at the same time Gives a appreciation approvalRate it:

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put down rootsTo do things which show that one wishes to stay put.Rate it:

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shit happensBad things happen, and there is nothing we can do about it.Rate it:

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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselvesIf you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999, Rate it:

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teach grandma how to suck eggsTo tell an expert how to do things.Rate it:

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that's the way the mop flopsThat is the way things happen.Rate it:

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tiran más dos tetas que dos carretashaving breasts can get things done much quicker than by other meansRate it:

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young at heartInclined to act in a way or enjoy things that one would expect from someone younger, especially children, teenagers or young adults.Rate it:

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

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as a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool repeats his follyFoolish people repeatedly do foolish things.Rate it:

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knock overTo bump or strike something in such a way as to tip it.Rate it:

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potter aboutTo potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.Rate it:

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at all hoursLate into the night or early morning; when people ought to be sleeping.Rate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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boss aboutTo act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.Rate it:

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boss aroundTo act in a bossy manner with another person, ordering them to do things, whether or not one is actually their superior.Rate it:

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butter fingersA clumsy person who always drops things, a klutz.Rate it:

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collateral damageA damage to things that are incidental to the intended target. It is frequently used as a military term where non-combatants are accidentally or unintentionally killed or wounded and/or non-combatant property damaged as result of the attack on legitimate enemy targets.Rate it:

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cut the crapto stop talking about irrelevant things.Rate it:

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ebony and ivoryTwo different things coexisting in harmonyRate it:

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history repeats itselfThings that have happened in the past will happen again.Rate it:

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it's a zoo out thereThings/conditions/situations are chaotic, disordered, unpredictableRate it:

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knock outTo strike or bump someone or something out.Rate it:

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let the good times rollTo have fun or live fully; may imply letting things that are going well proceed.Rate it:

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middle of nowhereNowhere; any place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.Rate it:

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much of a muchnessOf two or more things, having little difference of any significance between them.Rate it:

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paint the wagonTo get things done.Rate it:

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potter aroundTo potter, to be gently active doing various things in an almost aimless manner.Rate it:

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

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every little helpsEven the smallest things are helpful when towards a goal.Rate it:

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run around afterTo spend a lot of time doing things for another person or group of people. Often used when that person could reasonably do the things for themselves.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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rainy dayA difficult period of need, when things do not go right.Rate it:

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have a mind like a sieveTo have a poor memory; to have difficulty remembering things.Rate it:

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put the cart before the horseTo put things in the wrong order or with the wrong priorities.Rate it:

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two sides of the same coinIndicates that two things are directly relatedRate it:

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a noite é uma criançathe night is youngRate it:

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Can't Get Blood from a StoneTo be unable of doing impossible things,Rate it:

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daft as a brushDescribes someone who is known to do and say silly things.Rate it:

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ejusdem generisA canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the particular terms. For example, in the list "sun, moon, and other large objects", the phrase "other large objects" only includes celestial bodies, not houses and elephants.Rate it:

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go hand in handOf two things, to be closely related or to go together well; see hand in hand.Rate it:

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