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damn by associationDiscredit or condemn a position, person, or thing by attacking those things with which he/she/it is associated.Rate it:

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All that Glitters is Not GoldA thing or a person that seems attractive at very first glance but actually worth nothingRate it:

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attend toTo serve; to satisfy someone's needs as a servant would; to wait on.Rate it:

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brain crampA temporary mental lapse, such as an inability to remember something, to focus one's attention, to understand something, or to perform some other mental task of which one would ordinarily be capable.Rate it:

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close enough for government workIt is not worth investing additional time on perfecting this thing.Rate it:

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everything in the garden is rosyThings are going well; everything is fine.Rate it:

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happen onto find by chance,Rate it:

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In the LimelightAll eyes on someone, all focus and attention on particular person or thingRate it:

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laugh a minuteA funny thing or person.Rate it:

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le roi n'est pas son cousinHe is very haughty (so that he would not acknowledge the king as his cousin).Rate it:

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plus fin que lui n'est pas bêteHe who can take him in is no fool.\n It would take a smart man to deceive him.Rate it:

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same, same, but differentIt's the same thing, but with some differences.Rate it:

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to hell withUsed to show displeasure or disregard toward the named person or thing.Rate it:

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unknown quantityA person or thing whose nature or value is a mystery.Rate it:

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(animo) paratum esse ad aliquidto be resigned to a thing.Rate it:

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a beau mentir gui vient de loinA traveller may lie with impunity; Travellers tell fine tales.Rate it:

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a suspicione alicuius rei abhorrereto have no presentiment of a thing.Rate it:

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a-t-on jamais vu rien de semblable?Did you ever see such a thing?Rate it:

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abhorrere ab artibus (opp. delectari artibus)to have no taste for the fine arts.Rate it:

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abondance de biens ne nuit pasStore is no sore; One cannot have too much of a good thing.Rate it:

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accident waiting to happenA thing or situation which is almost certain to eventually lead to an accident.Rate it:

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ad artem, ad rationem revocare aliquid (De Or. 2. 11. 44)to reduce a thing to its theoretical principles; to apply theory to a thing.Rate it:

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ad calculos vocare aliquid (Amic. 16. 58)to go through accounts, make a valuation of a thing.Rate it:

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

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ad felicitatem (magnus) cumulus accedit ex aliqua rehis crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...Rate it:

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

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ad rei publicae rationes aliquid referreto consider a thing from a political point of view.Rate it:

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adumbrare aliquid (Or. 14. 43)to roughly sketch a thing.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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aequo (aequissimo) animo ferre aliquidto endure a thing with (the greatest) sang-froid.Rate it:

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aggredi ad aliquid faciendumto prepare to do a thing.Rate it:

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agitare (in) mente or (in) animo aliquidto think over, consider a thing.Rate it:

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Albatross Around Your NeckA person or a thing you feel like a burden and you always want to avoid and get rid of, something bad you did and want to avoid discussing or someone else recall it againRate it:

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alicui expensum ferre aliquidto put a thing down to a man's account.Rate it:

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alicui periculum creare, conflareto endanger, imperil a person or thing.Rate it:

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alicuius animum ab aliqua re abducereto draw away some one's attention from a thing.Rate it:

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aliqua re moveri, commoverito be moved by a thing.Rate it:

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aliquem (aliquid) exempli causa ponere, proferre, nominare, commemorareto cite a person or a thing as an example.Rate it:

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aliquem in oblivionem alicuius rei adducere (pass. in oblivionem venire)to make a person forget a thing.Rate it:

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aliquem, aliquid in periculum (discrimen) adducere, vocareto endanger, imperil a person or thing.Rate it:

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aliquid ad meum fructum redundatI am benefited by a thing.Rate it:

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aliquid ad ridiculum convertereto make a joke of a thing.Rate it:

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aliquid alienum (a) dignitate sua or merely a se ducereto consider a thing beneath one's dignity.Rate it:

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aliquid animo mentique penitus mandare (Catil. 1. 11. 27)to impress a thing on one's memory, mind.Rate it:

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aliquid compertum habereto know a thing for certain.Rate it:

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aliquid contra legem esta thing is illegal.Rate it:

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aliquid dubium, incertum relinquereto leave a thing undecided.Rate it:

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aliquid e vita ductum esta thing is taken from life.Rate it:

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aliquid excidit e memoria, effluit, excidit ex animoa thing escapes, vanishes from the memory.Rate it:

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aliquid exemplis probare, comprobare, confirmareto quote precedents for a thing.Rate it:

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