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perpolire, limare diligenter librum, opusto polish, finish a work with the greatest care.Rate it:

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qui va à la chasse perd sa placeIf you leave your place, you lose it.Rate it:

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all hell breaks looseVi A place or state of fury, turmoil, destruction, or chaos.Rate it:

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build downIn solitaire card games, to place a card over another card of higher value.Rate it:

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call forTo stop at a place and ask for.Rate it:

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Cambric TeaPlace one Tsp Sugar, one 1/4 Cup Milk in Mug or Coffee Cup, Add boiling Water to Brim While Stirring: When Temperature of 'Tea' Becomes Drinkable, You 'KIDZ" Drink Your 'Cambric Tea'; B-4 It Gitz KOLD!Rate it:

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hang the moonTo place the moon in the sky: used as an example of a superlative act attributed to someone viewed with uncritical or excessive awe, reverence, or infatuation.Rate it:

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home is where you hang your hatRather than feeling nostalgic or sentimental, one should simply accept any place where one happens to reside as one's home.1948, Ruth L. Yorck, "D.P.Rate it:

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home stretchThe final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish.Rate it:

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je ne sais plus où j'en suis1. I have lost the place where I left off (in reading, etc.). 2. I do not know what I am about.Rate it:

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make a moveTo depart from a place.Rate it:

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one thousandUsed in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which each iteration is sequentially numbered and supposed to be approximately one second in length.Rate it:

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paradise on earthAn ideal or idyllic place.Rate it:

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put someone in his placeRemind someone of his or her position.Rate it:

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smoke-filled roomA place where powerful people meet to decide a matter in secret, often of a political nature.Rate it:

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take it outsideTo take a fight to a more violent level, especially by moving it to an outside place.Rate it:

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23 Skidoo Street[c. 1900] A fictitious place or a generic place that could refer to any location.Rate it:

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? in placeNew phrase for self isolationRate it:

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a force for goodsomething or someone, or an action that inspires or stands for morals, principles, laws and makes the world a a more fair and just placeRate it:

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across the boardA racing bet where one bets that the same competitor will place in first, second and third.Rate it:

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ad exitum aliquid perducereto finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.Rate it:

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ad finem aliquid adducereto finish, complete, fulfil, accomplish a thing.Rate it:

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aliquem in insidiis locare, collocare, ponereto place some one in ambush.Rate it:

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aliquem in rogum imponereto place on the funeral-pyre.Rate it:

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all over hell's half acreAll over the place; everywhere.Rate it:

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all over the placeInconsistent; lacking a clear pattern.Rate it:

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all over the placeEverywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.Rate it:

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all over the place like a mad woman's custardMoving about randomly.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/you can't spell XYZ without YImplies a correlation between two items, where the second one is spelled with letters from the first one.Rate it:

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après skiA place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.Rate it:

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après-skiA place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.Rate it:

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armchair quarterbacksomeone who sits back and tries to second-guess or give advice about the quarterback, coach or other players, but who is not involved in the gameRate it:

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around robin hood's barnAll over the place.Rate it:

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arse end of nowhereA very remote place.Rate it:

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art collegeA place where you learn artRate it:

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art schoolPlace where you learn artRate it:

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at homeIn one's place of residence.Rate it:

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back fortyThe most remote or inaccessible part of any place.Rate it:

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backwaterA remote place; somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc.Rate it:

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bird bathCommon usage of word bird Place where birds clean themselvesRate it:

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birth tourismTravel from one country to another for the purpose of giving birth in the second country, thereby endowing the newborn child with citizenship of the second country.Rate it:

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boogie on downto go (to a place or event)Rate it:

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bottom of the ninthIn baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.Rate it:

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bright lightsThe glamour and glitz of a place, especially a big cityRate it:

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bring onTo make something appear, as on a stage or a place of competition.Rate it:

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BroadwayA place name for a settlement which grew up around such a road. For example, Broadway, Worcestershire, Broadway, Somerset.Rate it:

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broom closetThe metaphorical place in which a Wiccan's religious identity is hidden.Rate it:

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brûler une station (une étape)To run through a station (or, a halting-place) without stopping.Rate it:

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BumfuckAn imaginary place in the middle of nowhereRate it:

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bump upTo give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue.Rate it:

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