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boire un bouillon (lit.)To swallow water (when swimming); To swallow a bitter pill; To lose a lot of money.Rate it:

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bonne renommée vaut mieux que ceinture doréeA good name is better than riches; He who has lost his reputation is a dead man among the living.Rate it:

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bottom fishingFishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.Rate it:

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c'est le feu et l'eauThey are as opposite as fire and water.Rate it:

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cargo-200the code word referring to casualties for transportation in the Soviet and modern Russian military. In its official meaning, Cargo 200 refers to bodies contained in zinc-lined coffins, but in military context this code word can be used for dead bodies as they are transported from the battlefield.Rate it:

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cela ne tient pas deboutThat won’t hold water.Rate it:

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chop upTo cause a body of water to become choppy.Rate it:

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cold as a wagon tireDead.Rate it:

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connect upTo join to a network or supply - of water, electricity, Internet etc.Rate it:

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corporation popWater.Rate it:

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dégât des eauxwater damageRate it:

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dégât des eauxAn incident, such as a burst pipe or overflowing tub, that causes water damage.Rate it:

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

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dishpan handsHands which are rough, reddish, and dry, as from irritation and chafing caused by immersion in hot water mixed with detergent.Rate it:

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draw a bathTo fill a bathtub with water in preparation for taking a bath.Rate it:

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drop anchorTo release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.Rate it:

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dry upTo become dry; to lose water.Rate it:

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ex aqua exstareto stand out of the water.Rate it:

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faire de l'eau (of boats)To take in fresh water.Rate it:

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faire venir l'eau à la boucheTo make one’s mouth water.Rate it:

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

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fire hoseA hose used to deliver water in case of fire.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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go underTo descend into a body of water; to founder.Rate 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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grateA horizontal metal grille through which water, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.Rate 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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hydrogen iona proton combined with one or more water molecules; usually written H3O and called the hydronium ion though is best considered as H9O4 but is often written H(aq) for simplicityRate it:

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if you stop ritik you will be stopedin Sanskrit language Ritik means the flow of calm and quite water stream. If you disturb it it will lead to destruction of whole community.Rate it:

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il est à sec (pop.)He is hard up, broke, in low water.Rate it:

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il est de la haute voléeHe is a tip-top swell, of the first water, of the upper ten.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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il se mettrait en quatre pour un amiHe would go through fire and water for a friend.Rate it:

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

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in the drinkIn or into a body of water.Rate it:

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in the grounddead & buriedRate it:

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in the wake ofIn the noticeable disturbance of water behind .Rate 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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killA creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.Rate it:

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

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l'eau qui tombe goutte à goutte cave la pierreDropping water will wear away a stone.Rate it:

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les eaux sont basses chez luiHe is hard up; He is in low water.Rate it:

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les observations glissent sur lui comme sur une cuirasseBlame slips off him as water off a duck’s back.Rate 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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