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be offTo be working against a present or former addiction to.Rate it:

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Cook Your GooseTo bring someone down, spoil someone’s quality time or to wreck a happy plan or projectRate it:

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devil's advocateA canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the proposed candidate.Rate it:

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force someone's handBring about a situation which necessitates an agent to act, often causing a plan to be executed prematurely.Rate it:

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run upTo bring a flag to the top of it's flag pole.Rate it:

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sell ice to eskimosTo persuade people to go against their best interests or to accept something unnecessary or preposterous.Rate it:

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potluckQuaint {American ?} social gathering, mayhaps hosted by an entity. Attendees bring 'dish to pass'; {Luck of Pot} 'Purpose'; Good Food, Goodwill, Good-Gab:Rate it:

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warm the cockles of someone's heartTo provide happiness, to bring a deeply-felt contentment.Rate it:

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self fulfilling prophecyAn expectation can bring about an outcome.Rate it:

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two can play that gameThe tactics and/or strategies of an enemy can be used against him.Rate it:

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black-on-blackInteractions that occur between black people, notably crime that is perpetrated by one black person against another.Rate it:

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come out swingingTo display spunk and strength of character, especially when rising above or when fighting back against trouble or adversity.Rate it:

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crier haro sur quelqu'unTo raise an outcry against any one.Rate it:

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no plan survives contact with the enemyIt is a reality of conflict that, after a plan against an enemy is begun, there will always be unexpected elements resulting from opposition that require improvisation and deviation from the original plan.Rate it:

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that's the way life isThat is the way things happenCertain things cannot be changed, helped or improved; struggle and objection are pointless.1935, Louis Bromfield, The Man Who Had Everything, page 279:That's the way life is, and there's no use trying to go against it.1979, Jay Edward Abrams, A Theology of Christian Counseling: More Than Redemption, ISBN 0310511011, page 45:There are no standards, no values; that's the way life is. Learn to accept it and slide with it. Stop fighting it.2002, B. Eugene Ellison, Rings of the Templars, ISBN 059524050X, page 337:Shit happens; that's the way life is. In fact, I want you to take an additional thousand for your efforts.Rate it:

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verbum satUsed to bring something to a conclusion, implying that further comment is unadvisable or unneeded.Rate it:

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à contre-courantagainst the grainRate it:

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à l'encontre deagainstRate it:

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a me impetrare non possum, utI cannot bring myself to...Rate it:

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à rebrousse poilAgainst the grain; (To rub) the wrong way.Rate it:

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accusare aliquem perduellionisto charge a person with treason (hostile conduct against the state generally).Rate it:

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ad sanitatem adducere, revocare aliquemto bring some one back to his senses.Rate it:

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ad senatum referre (Cic. Dom. 53. 136)to bring a question before the senate (of the presiding magistrate).Rate it:

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ad summum perducereto bring to the highest perfection.Rate it:

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adversante et repugnante natura or invitā Minervā (ut aiunt) aliquid facere (Off. 1. 31. 110)to do a thing which is not one's vocation, which goes against the grain.Rate it:

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agmen claudere, cogereto bring up the rear.Rate it:

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ah! vous m'en direz tant!1. Well, that alters the case! 2. Ah! now I understand, why did you not say so at first? 3. There’s no going against such a reason as that.Rate it:

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aliquem affligere, perdere, pessumdare, in praeceps dareto bring a man to ruin; to destroy.Rate it:

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aliquem ex altissimo dignitatis gradu praecipitare (Dom. 37. 98)to depose, bring down a person from his elevated position.Rate it:

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aliquid a sensibus meis abhorretsomething offends my instincts, goes against the grain.Rate it:

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aliquid abhorret a meis moribus (opp. insitum [atque innatum] est animo or in animo alicuius)something is contrary to my moral sense, goes against my principles.Rate it:

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all rights reservedThe copyright holder of a creative work reserves all copyright-related rights, typically including the right to publish the work, to make derivative works of it, to distribute it, to make profit from it, to license a number of these rights to other people, and to forbid these uses by any unauthorized people, thus being entitled to take legal action against infringement.Rate it:

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ante oculos ponere aliquidto bring a thing vividly before the eyes.Rate it:

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appellare tribunos plebis (in aliqua re a praetore) (Liv. 2. 55)to appeal to the plebeian tribunes against a praetor's decision.Rate it:

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applaudir un acteur à tout rompreTo applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).Rate it:

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aquam ducere per hortumto bring a stream of water through the garden.Rate it:

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argue downTo campaign against a proposition or vote.Rate it:

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argumentum afferreto bring forward a proof.Rate it:

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argumentum afferre, quo animos immortales esse demonstraturto bring forward a proof of the immortality of the soul.Rate it:

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ask the questionTo make an appeal to the umpire against the batsman.Rate it:

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at cross purposesAgainst one another; contrary in direction or goals.Rate it:

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at the mercy ofIn the power of; defenceless/defenseless against.Rate it:

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auxilium, opem, salutem ferre alicuito bring aid to; to rescue.Rate it:

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bank upTo press a mound of something against something else.Rate it:

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bank upTo make a mound to guard against something.Rate it:

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beat someone at their own gameto win against someone who is good, better or best at something (not necessarily a literal game) or in their fieldRate it:

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Below the BeltSomething cruel, hurtful or unfair and considered against the rules of a true sportsmanship spiritRate it:

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blow uponTo inform against.Rate it:

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brace abackto bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the shipRate it:

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brace aboxTo bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.Rate it:

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