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tiny but mightysmall but powerful; something people say to express self-worth that even though they may be small they make up for it in being mighty; don't underestimate me/usRate it:

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TMTOWTDIAcronym of there's more than one way to do it : a motto associated with the Perl programming language.Rate it:

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to be mixing apples and oranges.To be considering two completely different things.Rate it:

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to give a person lineTo allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her, like a hooked fish that swims away with the line.Rate it:

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to know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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to sparemore than is requiredRate it:

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to the letterLiterally, exactly, to follow the rules as they're written.Rate it:

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toe inTo align the front wheels of a vehicle so that they point slightly toward each other.Rate it:

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tomato, tomatoThis expression is pronounced like toe-may-toe, toe-mat-toe. Saying tomato two different ways like this means that something can be either of two things since the two things are basically the same; makes no difference; alternate spelling: tomayto, tomahtoRate it:

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tone downTo make a television program, piece of writing, etc. less offensive and so more suitable for a family audience.Rate it:

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top oneselfTo outdo oneself or do more than one's previous best.Rate it:

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toujours des perdrixThe best things pall in time.Rate it:

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tout lui est égalEverything is the same to him.Rate it:

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trade upTo sell something and replace it with something more expensive.Rate it:

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tradunt, dicunt, feruntthey say; it is commonly said.Rate it:

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trail offTo slowly diminish in intensity, volume or frequency; thus, to diminish more quickly over time.Rate it:

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treat them mean, keep them keenA woman will be more interested in a man if he is not kind to her.Rate it:

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trick of the tradeA shortcut or other quick, or very effective way of doing things, that professional workers learn from experience.Rate it:

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trick outTo trick out; to mod or customize an object, typically for the purpose of both personalization as well as enhancing the object's performance capabilities and more particularly for the purpose of performing stunts with that object.Rate it:

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triple threatgood at everything, do three things well at the same timeRate it:

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trop de hâte gâte toutThe more haste, the less speed.Rate it:

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try it onTo test someone to see how much bad behaviour they will tolerate; to try to deceive someone to see how gullible they are.Rate it:

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tu sais que je n'ai plus le sacYou know I have no more money.Rate it:

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tuitsIf I had more tuits.Rate it:

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tune outTo change the channel or frequency away from.Rate it:

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turn on its headTo completely change.Rate it:

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turn roundTo change one's opinion or attitude.Rate it:

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turn the boatTo make a major change in behavior, strategy, topic under discussion, etc.Rate it:

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turn the tideTo make a change, or reversal of general opinion.Rate it:

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turnabout is fair playIt is allowable to retaliate against an enemy's dirty tricks by using the same ones against him.Rate it:

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turned to stoneThis mean someone died. A gravestone is a symbol of someone that died so they "turned to stone".Rate it:

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twenty-twenty hindsightPerfect understanding of events only after they have happened.Rate it:

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twenty-twenty hindsightPerfect understanding of events only after they have happenedRate it:

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two heads are better than oneSome problems may be solved more easily by two (or more) people working together than by one working alone.Rate it:

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um belo diaUsed to introduce a sudden, unexpected change in the course of events.Rate it:

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un coup d'étatA sudden, unexpected act of policy; A violent change in the Government (e.g. 18 brumaire 1799, or 2 décembre 1851).Rate it:

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until hell freezes overForever; One will never in their life get the results that they want, no matter what they're doing involving the situation.Rate it:

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up the anteTo make something more desirable.Rate it:

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up the ying yangFar more than one needs.Rate it:

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up toConsidering all members of an equivalence class the same.Rate it:

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up toAs much as; no more than.Rate it:

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up topWhen someone says "up top" to you they are asking you to give them a high five--to tapthe palm of your hand against the palm of their same hand over your heads as you face each other; same as saying "high five" or "give me a high five"; a gesture of agreement or celebration, like between winning team membersRate it:

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up-and-comerSomeone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to become even more successful in the future.Rate it:

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up-and-comersomeone who is up-and-coming, who has begun to be successful in some field and is likely to become even more successful in the futureRate it:

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upward ofmore thanRate it:

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use it or lose itProperty and privileges will be lost if they are not utilized.Rate it:

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ut in eodem simili verserto use the same simile, illustration.Rate it:

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ut planius dicamto express myself more plainly.Rate it:

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ut verius dicamto put it more exactly.Rate it:

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vastly differs from the latterSomething different from the latest things (In a good way)Rate it:

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