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walk the walkAct competently, like an expert.Rate it:

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wanton kittens make sober catsPeople who are unruly and reckless in youth may nevertheless turn out to be responsible adults.Rate it:

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wash awayTo eliminate, or destroy by fast moving water, such as in a flood, or a high sea.Rate it:

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wash overOf open water. To surge over the banks, or other retaining structure.Rate it:

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wash upTo be carried on to land by water.Rate it:

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watch one's headTo look out for things one's head might bump into.Rate it:

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watered-downDiluted; containing extra water.Rate it:

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watered-downdiluted; containing extra waterRate it:

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watering holeA depression in which water collects and where animals come to drink.Rate it:

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watery graveDeath via drowning in a body of water.Rate it:

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wet blanketA person who takes the fun out of a situation or activity, as by pessimism, demands, dullness, etc.Rate it:

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what am i, chopped liver?A rhetorical question used to indicate that the speaker is feeling left out or slighted by attention (perhaps given to another person or persons or simply not the speaker)Rate it:

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what color is the sun in your worldRhetorical question used to imply that the party addressed is out of touch with realityRate it:

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what's real one time?Asking in a general way of speaking,"WTF?" at such a time when the truth is strayed from. Shout out to what's really the deally.Rate it:

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what's your poisonUsed to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink.Rate it:

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where does it hurtAsked to find out where a wounded or ill person is feeling pain.Rate it:

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whitewashA lime and water mixture for painting walls and fences bright white.Rate it:

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who are youShort for: Who are you and what have you done with {the person I know--ie. my friend, my wife, etc, whatever relationship you have with the listener) Besides the normal meaning to ask who someone is, this phrase is something usually said in jest ( jokingly) to someone when they are acting very differently than normal; to insinuate or assert that they aren't acting like themselves or that they have become a different personRate it:

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wing itTo improvise; to make things up or figure things out as one goes; or to perform with little or no preparation.Rate it:

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wishful thinkingThe illusion that what one would like is actually true.Rate it:

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with depression as my mentor and with sadness leading cheersThe depression genie is working overtime to make me feel down and out, and to make matters worse, it is being encouraged by profound sadness cheering it on.Rate it:

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with one voiceIn a mutually agreeing or like-minded manner; concordantly.Rate it:

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WLTMInitialism of would like to meet.Rate it:

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work 'im over!To give someone heavy criticism, 'dress him down', 'read him out', let him know 'who's the boss'!Rate it:

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would it hurtUsed to point out that the interlocutor is failing to do something relatively easy that they should be doing.Rate it:

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yell silentlyTo think very strong thoughts, that one wishes to yell out loud but does not.Rate it:

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you don't know shit from shinola1. Like calling someone ignorant 2. Often said in reference to something specific, the person saying this phrase is expressing that they don't think the subject of their complaint knows what they are talking about, or doesn't know what they are doing or that they don't know anything at all 3. Same as the phrase: "You don't know your ass from a hole in the ground"Rate it:

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you got a bus to catch?What's your hurry? Why are you rushing me out of here?Usually said when someone feels they are being rushed out of a placeRate it:

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you lost meYou left me out in left field, You did not explain clearly. Your explanation was to me enigmatic, and requires another meeting of the minds.Rate it:

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your on my last nerveTo be annoying someone so much they feel like they’re going to explodeRate it:

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вы мне нравитесьI like youRate it:

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וכדומהet cetera, and the likeRate it:

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עוף מפהget out of here, get lostRate it:

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רחוק מהעין, רחוק מהלבout of sight, out of mindRate it:

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云云used at the end of a quotation, implying that some words of the same purport are left out; "and so on and so forth"Rate it:

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切克鬧check it outRate it:

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多喝熱水Drink more hot water. / Drink plenty of hot water.Rate it:

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日日如是Everyday is like this.Rate it:

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槓鈴般的笑聲“barbell-like laughter”; Used to refer big laughter.Rate it:

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神馬都是浮雲All things are of no consequence, just like floating clouds. / Everything is nothing.Rate it:

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竹篮打水"wild-goose chase", using a wicker basket to draw water; wasted effort. Alternatively: 竹篮打水一场空.Rate it:

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走出去Go Global, Go Out; see Go Out policyRate it:

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