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concilium indicere, habere, dimittereto fix the day for, to hold, to dismiss a meeting.Rate it:

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cuando las ranas críen pelothat'll be the day; never; when pigs fly.Rate it:

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d'aujourd'hui en huitThis day week.Rate it:

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daysPlural form of day.Rate it:

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de nocte, de diewhile it is still night, day.Rate it:

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dicendi mora diem extrahere, eximere, tollereto pass the whole day in discussion.Rate it:

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die in harnessTo continue to work until the day of one's death.Rate it:

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diem dicere alicuito summon some one to appear on a given day; to accuse a person.Rate it:

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diem ex die ducere, differreto put off from one day to another.Rate it:

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diem pugnae constituere (B. G. 3. 24)to fix a day for the engagement.Rate it:

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diem videre, cum...to live to see the day when...Rate it:

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diu anceps stetit pugnathe issue of the day was for a long time uncertain.Rate it:

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draw stumpsTo cease doing something, at least for the day.Rate it:

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du matin au soirall day long; every waking hourRate it:

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el día que las vacas vuelenthat'll be the day; never; when pigs fly.Rate it:

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el sábado, sabadete, camisa nueva y polveteA phrase used to show excitement about the day being SaturdayRate it:

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éramos pocos y parió la abuelaif that wasn't enough; things went from bad to worseRate it:

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essuyer les plâtresTo live in a newly-built house (and therefore damp). Rate it:

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essuyer les plâtresTo move into a newly-built house before the walls are dry; (fig.) To experience the disadvantages of a beginning.Rate it:

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Felices ReyesHappy Wise Men Day A phrase used to wish a happy "Wise Men Day", celebrated on January 6 in some Spanish-speaking countriesRate it:

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first of neverA nonexisting day; a day that will never come.Rate it:

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fudge factorany padding or compensation built into a guess or estimateRate it:

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garder une poire pour la soifTo lay up something for a rainy day.Rate it:

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get offTo complete a shift or a day's work.Rate it:

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get out of bed on the wrong sideTo start the day in a bad mood for no apparent reason.Rate it:

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get up on the wrong side of the bedTo feel irritable; to be in a bad mood; to have a bad day from the start, for no particular reason.Rate it:

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ghost from one's pastSomething unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them to the present day.Rate it:

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give a man a fishShortened form of give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetimeRate it:

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go ahead.....make me stay!!A comical spin on the original phrase expressed by Clint Eastwood in the film entitled "Dirty Harry";.i.e. "Go ahead....make my day!!"Rate it:

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goûtez-moi ce vin; vous m'en direz des nouvelles (fam.)You just taste this wine, you don’t get wine like that every day; What do you think of that for wine, my boy?Rate it:

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haec tempora, nostra haec aetas, memoriathe present day.Rate it:

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hang up one's bootsRetire, call it a day.Rate it:

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he who smelt it dealt it(colloquial, originally) A person who calls attention to or complains about a fart is likely trying to pretend it wasn't his or her own.(colloquial, by extension) Used to suggest that a person calling attention to or complaining about a given problem may in fact be the source of the problem.Rate it:

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here today, gone tomorrowRefers to things that come then go quickly because they seem to be here one day then gone the next dayRate it:

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high noonExactly noon; midday; the middle of the day.Rate it:

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hodie qui est dies Non. Sept.; cras qui dies futurus est Non. Sept.to-day the 5th of September; tomorrow September the 5th.Rate it:

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il a du pain sur la plancheHe has saved money; He has enough to live upon; He has put something by for a rainy day; There is plenty of work for him to do.Rate it:

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il a eu gain de causeHe gained the day.Rate it:

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il a remporté la victoireHe carried the day.Rate it:

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il faut hurler avec les loupsWhen we are at Rome we must do as Rome does; You must do as others do; He who kennels with wolves must howl.Rate it:

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il fera beau quand je retournerai chez luiIt will be a very fine day when I go to his house again (i.e. I shall never go).Rate it:

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il n'a pas fait une panse d'a aujourd'huiHe has not done a stroke all day.Rate it:

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il n'est si long jour qui ne vienne à vêpres“Be the day weary, be the day long, At length it ringeth to evensong.”Rate it:

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il n'y a pas un chatthere is no one, there wasn't a soulRate it:

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il viendra moudre à notre moulinHe will be in want of us some day.Rate it:

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il y a aujourd'hui huit joursThis day last week.Rate it:

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il y a beau temps que je ne vous ai (pas) vuI have not seen you for many a day.Rate it:

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il y a quinze ans jour pour jourIt was fifteen years ago to the very day.Rate it:

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in diem vivereto live from day to day.Rate it:

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in dies (singulos)from day to day.Rate it:

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