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cast pearls before swineTo give things of value to those who will not understand or appreciate it.Rate it:

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cut any cornersDon’t take any shortcuts and produce shoddy workRate it:

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do the mathYou can do the calculation yourself, with the implication that you don't have to trust someone else's assertions.Rate it:

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double or nothingStatement of bravado. Usually involving a risky or gambling choice to keep going or move forward. Can also be used as a version of: Nothing ventured, nothing gained. -If you don’t take a risk, you’ll not get any reward, if you don’t try something, you won’t get any gainRate it:

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every man to his tradeKeep to your own job and don't meddle in other people's. We should all stick to what we are good at.Rate it:

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fish or cut baitTo choose between taking action now, or forgoing the opportunity and putting that energy into another endeavor; to decide; do something constructive, but don't just do nothingRate it:

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get it straight, Understand It Correctly, Get The Truth In The MatterRate it:

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get the pictureTo understand or comprehend; to interpret correctly.Rate it:

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he turned out to be a total fronzInability to understand even the simplest of thingsRate it:

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health is wealthIf you don't have your health you have nothingRate it:

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hoi polloithe masses, the general populace, the common people; in America it can carry a negative connotation depending on the context (as though commoners don't belong amongst the rich (high society) but it is not inherently derogatoryRate it:

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i am speaking to you from the future....That is what i say to new generations, like my children when i want to explain them something i have learned in my life, and want them to understandRate it:

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i could eat a horseI am very hungry; short form of "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse."Rate it:

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i felt that to my coreTo deeply understand something.Rate it:

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i have many bridges to sell you.You've been very naive.Rate it:

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if you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullWhen you don't have all the facts or have a brilliant explanation, you can often convince people or win an argument by using bullshit.Rate it:

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je m'en bats l'œil (pop.)I don’t care a straw for it.Rate it:

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jiminy cricketAn expression of surprise or annoyance; a euphemism for Jesus Christ used in place of swearing or taking the Lord's name in vainRate it:

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knuckle upBalls drop, don't be a pussyRate it:

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March to the Beat of a Different DrummerDo the things in your own way, don’t consider other people, to believe in different way, different attitude than other personsRate it:

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mr. potato headA popular, commercially available, children's game featuring a plastic potato onto which a variety of features can be added for amusing results.Rate it:

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muddy the watersTo make something unclear and difficult to understand.Rate it:

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read the roomto understand the emotions and thoughts of the people in the roomRate it:

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round robinan arrangement of choosing all elements in agroup equaly in some rational order e.g. 'taking turns"Rate it:

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see the pointTo understand someone's argument.Rate it:

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stay wokeFirst used by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter in a 1938 interview afterword of his song Scottsboro Boys-named for nine Black teenagers and young men falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931. Lead Belly knew the Scottsboro boys, and urged Black listeners and Black persons traveling through that area in Alabama to "Stay Woke" (be vigilant, cautious, and alert) in the spoken afterword to the song. Lead Belly's direct relative, Global Activist and Equality Advocate Greshun De Bouse began the #STAYWOKELEADBELLY movement to acknowledge the phrase's origin, and redefine its present-day meaning as a more generalized, all-inclusive phrase admonishing all to be cognizant of past, present, and future world occurrences.Rate it:

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to get hold of wrong end of the stickto not understand the situation correctlyRate it:

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watch your mouthdon't swear; admonition mainly addressed to youth when they occasionally became profane, loud, boisterous, or engaged in vulgarities.Rate it:

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wbyceiydboWe'll buy your car even if you don't buy ours.Rate it:

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you ask me, I ask whoI don't know, how should I knowRate it:

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you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegarIt's easier to persuade others with polite requests and a positive attitude than with rude demands and negativity.Rate it:

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не понимаюI don't understandRate it:

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mighty oaks from little acorns growSomething great can come from a modest beginning. Don't give up on the project - mighty oaks from little acorns grow!Rate it:

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cast/shed/throw light on sthto make a problem,etc easier to understandRate it:

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home sweet homeOne's home, especially a nice, comfortable home.Rate it:

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catch onTo begin to understand; to realize or detect.Rate it:

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Buch mit sieben Siegelnsomething considered very hard to understandRate it:

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i am what i amI can't help the way I am. The underlying meaning is that I am not going to change either.Rate it:

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let a thousand flowers bloomDon't interfere with promising developments in their early stages.Rate it:

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never fight a land war in AsiaDon't bite off more than you can chew; don't start a fight that is too big to win.Rate it:

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pick upTo learn, to grasp; to begin to understand.Rate it:

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pray tellPlease explain (something the requester does not yet understand).Rate it:

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shit yourself!Admonition; "Don't Shit Yourself' . . . 'Don't! . . . . kid/deceive/fail/fool/disappoint. . . . . YOURSELF!,Rate it:

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think throughTo fully consider an action, and understand all its consequences.Rate it:

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what a load of magumba....Royal Naval slang for “rubbish” or “don’t talk crap”Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your stomachTo take more food on one's plate than one can eat; Also and more often said "your eyes are bigger than your, belly"Rate it:

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look before you leapDon't jump into something too precipitously; be at least a bit foresightful or circumspect.Rate it:

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never look a gift horse in the mouthAlternative form of don't look a gift horse in the mouth.Rate it:

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beyond my (our) kenI don't understand; it is beyond my understandingRate it:

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figure outTo come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.Rate it:

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