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avoir son affaireTo have what suits one.Rate it:

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avoir son pain cuitTo have one’s bread and cheese, a competency.Rate it:

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avoir toujours la bourse à la mainTo have always one’s hand in one’s pocket.Rate it:

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avoir une araignée dans le (or, au) plafondTo have a bee in one’s bonnet.Rate it:

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avoir une faim de loupto be very hungry, ravenous; to be so hungry one could eat a horseRate it:

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ax to grindTo have some selfish reasons to say or do something, to get a favor from another person greedilyRate it:

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babysitter testAn informal method for assessing the maturity, reliability, or probity of a person, inviting one to judge whether one would entrust this person with the care of one's own children.Rate it:

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back burnerA section of a stove used to keep some pots warm while one focuses on others.Rate it:

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back in harnessTo be restored to one's employment or office. Often said of someone returning to work after recovering from illness.Rate it:

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back in the dayIn the past; at one time, especially a time which is fondly remembered.Rate it:

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back to our muttonsTo get back to the business at hand.Rate it:

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backroom dealDeals that are made in secret, in a dishonest way (sometimes and probably originally literally behind closed doors and/or in some back room in private. See also, shady, back-alley deals (a similar expression meaning the same thing)Rate it:

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bâcler son ouvrageTo do one’s work quickly and badly; To “polish off” (or, scamp) one’s work.Rate it:

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bad appleA person who is not wholesome, honest, or trustworthy, especially one who has an adverse influence on others.Rate it:

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bad offan extreme or severe situation i.e. badly beaten, in poor health or poor mental well being i.e. hurt, not doing well, struggling to stay alive, etc.; can also mean poor financially or bad in some other wayRate it:

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bag and baggageAll one's possessions.Rate it:

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baîller comme une carpeTo yawn one’s head off.Rate it:

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Baker's DozenTo get thirteen of any item, for the cost of twelveRate it:

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bald as a billiard ballOne whom has lost much hair and prematurely bald.Rate it:

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balls-upSomething which becomes muddled or botched in some way.Rate it:

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bankers' hoursAny easy job, especially one with a short working day.Rate it:

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bankrupt cartA one-horse chaise.Rate it:

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bar flyA person who frequents bars or lounges to get drunk.Rate it:

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bare necessitiesthe very least that is enough to get byRate it:

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basket caseOne made powerless or ineffective, as by nerves, panic or stress.Rate it:

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basket caseIn World War 1, a victim who had one or more severed limbs. They were brought off the field in a “basket”.Rate it:

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bat an eyelashTo react in any slight way; to respond.Rate it:

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bat an eyelidTo react in any slight way; to respond.Rate it:

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battle outTo argue or fight over and reach a conclusion; to air out one's grievances.Rate it:

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battre le chien devant le loupTo pretend to be angry with one person to deceive another.Rate it:

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battre quelqu'un à plate coutureTo beat some one hollow.Rate it:

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be absorbed byLose one's identity in.Rate it:

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be an open bookOne's life and times can be an open book by simply sharing, answering queries, being forthright, carrying no baggage or disagreements.Rate it:

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be honest with youAn often used and often heard expression, probably utilized extensively to enhance one's integrity, approval and attractiveness.Rate it:

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be in luckTo be lucky in getting something that one wants.Rate it:

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be off with youGo away; get out.Rate it:

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be out forTo seek or pursue, especially to determinedly pursue something to one's own benefit.Rate it:

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bear in uponInduce somebody to realize something, to impress a realization upon a person, usually in a gradual way.Rate it:

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beat banaghanAn Irish saying of one who tells wonderful stories, or of something which is amazing and remarkable.Rate it:

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beat it!Get the heck out of here!Rate it:

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beat the meatAlternative form of beat one's meat.Rate it:

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beat upTo get something done, derived from the idea of beating for game.Rate it:

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beefcakeImagery of one or more muscular, well-built men.Rate it:

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beefed outMuscular, often in an exaggerated way.Rate it:

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been there, though not done thatUsed for expressing that though one may have seen something (unpleasant), he may have not participated in the same.Rate it:

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before someone's timeAt a stage in one's life, development, etc. that seems premature.Rate it:

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behind its timeShowing characteristics of the past; present in one's work after later advances in the field; coming later than could be generally accepted.Rate it:

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bellum conficere, perficereto terminate a war (by force of arms and defeat of one's opponents).Rate it:

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bellum coniungere (Imp. Pomp. 9. 26)to wage war in conjunction with some one.Rate it:

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bellum cum aliquo inireto begin a war with some one.Rate it:

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