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cut baitTo chop up fish bait for use.Rate it:

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dieTo stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.Rate it:

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feeding frenzyA wild, turbulent situation in which multiple sharks or other predatory fish attack one or more edible creatures simultaneously, in competition with each other.Rate it:

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feet firstIn the manner of a deceased person (i.e., dead).Rate it:

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Flying DutchmanA Dutch-flagged clipper that is very fast sailing, and never makes it to port, seen on the high seas, where upon being hailed, occupants request information on persons long dead, or leave messages for said people. It is considered bad luck to meet said ship.Rate it:

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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 lineRate it:

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gone north aboutDead, of sailor or seaman whose cause of death was anything except by drowning.Rate it:

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gone north aboutDead.Rate it:

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gone with the winddeadRate it:

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hatchet manSomeone who carries out brutal and unpleasant duties on behalf of another, such as firing dead wood employees.Rate it:

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heave toTo cause the vessel to become dead in the water by pointing the bows directly towards the wind.Rate it:

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il est resté sur le carreauHe was killed on the spot, left for dead on the ground.Rate it:

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il l'a laissé sur le carreauHe killed him (or, left him for dead on the ground).Rate it:

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in abraham's bosomNo longer living. Dead.Rate it:

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in the grounddead & buriedRate it:

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intempesta, concubia noctein the dead of night; at midnight.Rate it:

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Its a Goner! {gawner}It is Ruined, broken, dead, destroyed, lost, stolen, smashed,Rate it:

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je suis comme un poisson sur la pailleI am like a fish out of water.Rate it:

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kill offTo represent or portray as being dead.Rate it:

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lemon solefishRate it:

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life's a bitchAn expression of acceptance of misfortune.1950, Joy Davidman, Weeping Bay, page 184:She'd have been willing enough to use them, poor dead little bitch. Life's a bitch. Life's a bad joke.Rate it:

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living impairedDead.Rate it:

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malacia et tranquillitas (B. G. 3. 15)a dead calm.Rate it:

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mieux vaut goujat debout qu'empereur enterré“A living dog is better than a dead lion.”—Ecclesiastes ix. 4.Rate it:

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mort de rirelit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. Often appearing as abbreviation "mdr" or "MDR," e.g., in SMS, as the French expression equivalent to LOL; sometimes expanded as the infinitive, mourir de rire.Rate it:

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morte la bête, mort le veninDead dogs cannot bite; Dead men tell no tales.Rate it:

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mortuum in sepulcro condereto entomb a dead body.Rate it:

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Nantucket sleigh rideA similar scenario involving a large fish.Rate it:

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nem carne nem peixeneither fish nor fowlRate it:

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ni chair ni poissonNeither fish, flesh, nor fowl.Rate it:

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ni chicha ni limonadaneither fish nor fowl; not easily conforming to categorization..Rate it:

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nous avons d'autres chats (or, chiens) à fouetterWe have other fish to fry.Rate it:

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oh! la belle équipée!Here’s a pretty kettle of fish!Rate it:

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one's race is runOne's life has reached its end; one is dead or soon to die.Rate it:

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out of the pictureDead.Rate it:

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push up daisiesTo be dead.Rate it:

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pushing up daisiesDead.Rate it:

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quand on compte sur les souliers d'un mort on risque de marcher pieds nusIt’s an ill thing to wait for dead men’s shoes; He pulls with a long rope that waits for another’s death.Rate it:

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reel into bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the reel.Rate it:

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shroudEspecially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.Rate it:

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six feet underBuried six feet underground; not alive; dead.Rate it:

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small fryOne or more small or immature fish.Rate it:

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son affaire est faiteHe is a dead man (of one dying); He is done for; He is a ruined man.Rate it:

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stop on a dimeTo stop dead; stop suddenly.Rate it:

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tits-upDead.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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toes updeadRate it:

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tout lui est bonAll is fish that comes to his net.Rate it:

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vivere carne, piscibus, rapto (Liv. 7. 25)to live on meat, fish, by plunder.Rate it:

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יב״לAttached to the mention of a live person, when it is near mention of a dead person, to distinguish between the living and the dead.Rate it:

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