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Wet Behind the EarsYoung, not experienced, immatureRate it:

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what am i, chopped liver?A rhetorical question used to indicate that the speaker is feeling left out or slighted by attention (perhaps given to another person or persons or simply not the speaker)Rate it:

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what are you waiting forWhat is the delay? Why are you not acting or proceeding?Rate it:

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what goes around comes aroundThe status eventually returns to its original value after completing some sort of cycle.A person's actions, whether good or bad, will often have consequences for that person.Rate it:

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what happens in X, stays in XSaid of a place, where what happens is agreed to remain strictly confidential, not to be discussed with anyone outside the group.Rate it:

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what me worryAs an interrogatory, indicative of a nonchalant attitude towards potential criticism, not caring about what other people think, confident and self-possessed.Rate it:

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what the hellWhy not? or Who cares?Rate it:

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what's newAn informal greeting asking the other person what has recently happened in their lives. A typical response might be, "Not much, you?". At times the greeting may not be literal and might just be used as a synonym for hello or what's up.Rate it:

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what, me worryAs an interrogatory, indicative of a nonchalant attitude towards potential criticism, not caring about what other people think, confident and self-possessed.Rate it:

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when hell freezes overNever; not in this lifetime; not a chance.Rate it:

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whistle walkThe path slaves took to deliver food from the kitchen building of a plantation to the main dining room. Slaves were expected to whistle during this walk in order to assure their masters that they were not eating the food.Rate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.Rate it:

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white lieAn lie that is said for not hurting others with a clean mindRate it:

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who died and left you in chargeSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.Rate it:

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whole clothA newly made textile which has not yet been cut.Rate it:

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whole clothSomething made completely new, with no history, and not based on anything else.Rate it:

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whore aroundTo regularly copulate with people that one is not in a relationship with.Rate it:

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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)Rate it:

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wild horsesA force not subject to human control and normally stronger than a man.Rate it:

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willy nillyWhether desired or not.Rate it:

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wine tosserA person who buys wine, but does not drink it.Rate it:

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winning is a great deodorantWinning in sport or politics can erase the "stink" (animosity, bad feelings) generated during the competition.Rate it:

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wipe the slate clean!Remove all past offenses, charges, arrests, felonies, misdemeanors, fallacies, traffic/criminal offenses, bad habit records, divorces bankruptcies etc.Rate it:

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woe betidebad things will happen toRate it:

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woman of few wordsA woman who either does not speak much or speaks only for a brief period of time.Rate it:

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worst comes to worstIf an already bad situation progresses into a catastrophic situation.Rate it:

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would it kill someoneIndicates the speaker is annoyed that someone is not doing something they should do.Rate it:

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wouldn't touch with yoursTo not find (someone) sexually attractive; to not have sex with someone.Rate it:

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wouldn't you know itExpresses dismay or annoyance, especially at bad luck or misfortune.Rate it:

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writing on the wallAn ominous warning; a prediction of bad luck.Rate it:

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yell silentlyTo think very strong thoughts, that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.Rate it:

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YKINMKInitialism of your kink is not my kink : an acknowledgement that people have different sexual preferencesRate it:

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you are what you eatIf you eat well, you will be well; but if you eat badly you will feel badRate it:

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you can't judge a book by its coverIt is not possible to make reliable judgments about things or people by considering external appearances alone.Rate it:

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you can't make a silk purse of a sow's earIt is not possible to produce something refined, admirable, or valuable from something which is unrefined, unpleasant, or of little or no value.Rate it:

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you can't step in the same river twiceIt is not possible to repeat past experiences, as time changes all things.Rate it:

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you lost meYou left me out in left field, You did not explain clearly. Your explanation was to me enigmatic, and requires another meeting of the minds.Rate it:

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you winUsed to express resignation. To concede defeat even though one is not convinced of the opposing arguments.Rate it:

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you're goodIt's OK; it's not a big deal.Rate it:

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you're no ham sandwichOne is either wealthy or desirable or not wealthy nor desirable.Rate it:

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you've got to laughUsed when somebody sees the funny side to a tough situation, to remind not to take things so seriously.Rate it:

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your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen 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 "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

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zero-daynewly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminalsRate it:

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zop! {reply:} {"u~know!"}A statement made by entities affiliated with "ZOP!" The correct reply for a affiliate is {"U~Know!"}, all done sutolly as to not draw the attention of those not affiliated.Rate it:

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ещё какnot half!Rate it:

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нашла коса на камень (a scythe hit a rock)Means that two strong characters confronted and do not want to give in; similar to "he met his match" or "diamond cut diamond" Ни один ни другой ни в чём не хотят уступить друг другу. Имеется в виду одинаковое упрямство в отношении чего-либо, непримиримая оппозиция двух лиц, равных по силе характеров, по настойчивости в отношении � елаемого; столкновение взглядов, интересов, характеров.Rate it:

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не думаюI don't think so, I think notRate it:

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не стоит благодарностиyou're welcome, not at all, don't mention itRate it:

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ни в пизду, ни в Красную Армиюnot good for anythingRate it:

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почему бы и нетwhy notRate it:

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