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se tenir sur son quant-à-soiTo stand on one’s dignity.Rate it:

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sécher sur piedTo pine away.Rate it:

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sur ce il s'en allaAfter that he went away.Rate it:

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sur l'onglecompletely or perfectlyRate it:

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sur la tête de ma mèreS’emploie pour attester que l’on tiendra bien sa promesse.Rate it:

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sur le billardOn the pool tableRate it:

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sur le billardOn the operating table; to be under the knifeRate it:

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sur le bout de la langueon the tip of one's tongueRate it:

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sur le champright awayRate it:

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sur le pied où en sont les chosesConsidering how matters stand.Rate it:

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sur mon âmeSur ma parole ; sur ma foi.Rate it:

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tiuque del surMilvago chimango temucoensis. Subespecie del tiuque, que habita en Chile desde Ñuble hasta Chiloé y zonas costeras más al sur hasta Magallanes.Rate it:

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tomber sur le nezto fall flat on one's faceRate it:

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trier sur le voletto handpick, to select carefully by strict criteriaRate it:

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viens mon chou, mon bijou, mon joujou, sur mes genoux, et jette des cailloux à ce hibou plein de pouxPhrase aidant à retenir les exceptions les plus courantes à la règle du pluriel des mots se terminant par « -ou ».Rate it:

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vous êtes porté sur le contrôleYour name is placed on the roll.Rate it:

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vous me donnez sur les nerfsYou get on my nerves; You rile me (fam.).Rate it:

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vous vous appuyez sur un roseauYou are trusting to a broken reed.Rate it:

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BFDbig deal. (initialism for big fucking deal)Rate it:

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don't be penny wise and pound foolishDon't be careful when it comes to spending small amounts of money, but careless when spending much larger amounts.Don't focus on minutiae and lose sight of the big picture; don't obsess over tiny inconsequential efficiencies while glaring inefficiencies are going on elsewhere.Rate it:

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ox is in the ditchThis is a big problem; there is unavoidable or demanding work ahead.Rate it:

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par ToutatisJuron inventé pour la bande dessinée Astérix le Gaulois, sur le modèle des jurons chrétiens.Rate it:

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take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselvesIf you take care of little things one at a time, they can add up to big things.1750, Chesterfield, letter 5 Feb. (1932) IV. 1500:Old Mr. Lowndes, the famous Secretary of the Treasury, ?used to say?Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.1912, G. B. Shaw, Pygmalion ii. 132:Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.1979, R. Cassilis, Arrow of God, iv. xvii.:Little things, Master Mally. Look after the pennies, Master Mally, and the pounds will look after themselves.1999, Rate it:

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where's the fireWhat's the big rush?Rate it:

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kick in the ballsa big setback or disappointmentRate it:

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tall orderA big job; a difficult challenge.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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c'est au fruit que l'on connait l'arbreIl faut juger sur pièces.Rate it:

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il est de taille à se défendreHe is big enough to defend himself.Rate it:

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never fight a land war in AsiaDon't bite off more than you can chew; don't start a fight that is too big to win.Rate it:

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volaille de merdeVolaille de merde ! Sois gracieux. sur zonesons.comRate it:

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Región Metropolitana de SantiagoUna de las quince regiones en las que se encuentra dividido Chile. Limita al norte y al oeste con la Región de Valparaíso, al sur con la Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins y al este con la República Argentina.Rate it:

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all hat and no cattleFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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Highway RobberyA big robbery, to charge heavily for somethingRate it:

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no biggieNot a big deal, not something to worry about.Rate it:

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what mattersIt takes all the little things that makes the big things matterRate it:

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Make a Mountain Out of a MolehillTo make something or some issues big then they actually areRate it:

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not in kansas anymoreNo longer in quiet and comfortable surroundings; in the big city.Rate it:

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grosse légumebig cheese, bigwigRate it:

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storm in a tea-kettleA big fuss made in a small context.Rate it:

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à consommer de préférence avantPhrase suivie de la mention de la date limite d’utilisation optimale, indiquée sur l’emballage de certains produits alimentaires tels que les conserves, les produits d’épicerie, le café, les produits surgelés, etc.Rate it:

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ain't no hill for a stepping horseNo big deal; no problem.Rate it:

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all bark and no biteFull of big talk but lacking action, power, or substance; pretentious.Rate it:

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araña caféEspecie de artrópodo arácnido de hábitos nocturnos, de la familia de los loxoscélidos, que habita áreas cálidas, húmedas y semisecas, desde el sur del estado mexicano de Sinaloa hasta Centroamérica.Rate it:

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autres temps, autres mœursExpression qui traduit l’exaspération ou l’affliction du locuteur, sur l’évolution de mœurs.Rate it:

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avoir du monde au balconto be stacked, to have big breastsRate it:

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Baja CaliforniaUno de los 31 estados de México, ubicado en el extremo noroeste del país. Comparte la Península de Baja California con el estado de Baja California Sur.Rate it:

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barking dogs seldom bitePeople who make big threats never usually carry them out.Rate it:

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ben voyonsC’est ça ; tu as raison ; mais bien sûr.Rate it:

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botellita parásitaPlanta trepadora leñosa de la familia Gesneriaceae, nativa de la pluviselva de Chile, y de los Andes del sur argentino. Tiene flores tubulares de color rojo. Se cultiva como planta ornamental en áreas libres de heladas.Rate it:

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