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mort de rirelit., as adjective or past tense, dead or died of laughing, so "died laughing" or "dying of laughter"; compare mort de faim for starve. Often appearing as abbreviation "mdr" or "MDR," e.g., in SMS, as the French expression equivalent to LOL; sometimes expanded as the infinitive, mourir de rire.Rate it:

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morte la bête, mort le veninDead dogs cannot bite; Dead men tell no tales.Rate it:

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mortuum in sepulcro condereto entomb a dead body.Rate it:

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my eyes are up hereSaid to persuade the interlocutor to stop looking lustfully at the speaker's body.Rate it:

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nip in the budTo stop something at an early stage.Rate it:

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not so fastUsed to tell someone to stop doing something.Rate it:

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one's race is runOne's life has reached its end; one is dead or soon to die.Rate it:

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out of the pictureDead.Rate it:

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park the busTo attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.Rate it:

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parking lotA major thruway blocked by stop and go traffic.Rate it:

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pin itStop everything you're doing now at once, at instanceRate it:

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pit outTo stop workingRate it:

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play Old GooseberryTo suddenly put a stop to a disturbance by force or threats.Rate it:

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pull one's finger outTo stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task.Rate it:

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push up daisiesTo be dead.Rate it:

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pushing up daisiesDead.Rate it:

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put a damper onTo stop people from enjoying an activity.Rate it:

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put a lid on itTo be quiet; shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise.Rate it:

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put a sock in itTo be quiet; to shut one's mouth; to stop talking.Rate it:

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put one's foot down onTo put a stop to, suppress; to reject.Rate it:

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put one's foot down uponTo put a stop to, suppress; to reject.Rate it:

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put paid toTo stop something once and for all.Rate it:

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put the brakes onTo stop or to slow it down.Rate it:

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put the kibosh onTo halt, stop, or squelch.Rate it:

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quand on compte sur les souliers d'un mort on risque de marcher pieds nusIt’s an ill thing to wait for dead men’s shoes; He pulls with a long rope that waits for another’s death.Rate it:

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rabattre le caquet à quelqu'un (pop.)To take a person down a peg; To stop his jaw; To cut his cackle.Rate it:

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red lightA warning light, especially as a traffic signal indicating ‘stop’..Rate it:

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rein inTo stop or slow something, by exercising control.Rate it:

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rein upTo stop, to halt riding a horse by pulling on the reins.Rate it:

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rein upTo stop, to cause to come to a halt.Rate it:

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rendre un homme camusTo stop a man’s mouth; To make a man look small.Rate it:

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say whenAn imperative form used to request that the interlocutor indicate when one should stop doing something, esp. pouring a drink, because one has reached a sufficient amount.Rate it:

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seize upTo stop functioning; to come to a halt.Rate it:

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seize upTo stop working suddenly, and become impossible to start again.Rate it:

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shroudEspecially, the dress for the dead; a winding sheet.Rate it:

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shut downTo turn off or stop.Rate it:

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shut offTo stop or turn off by closing something.Rate it:

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shut one's faceTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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shut one's mouthTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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shut one's trapTo stop talking; to be quiet.Rate it:

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six feet underBuried six feet underground; not alive; dead.Rate it:

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snuff outTo extinguish, to stop a process, to kill, to rub out.Rate it:

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son affaire est faiteHe is a dead man (of one dying); He is done for; He is a ruined man.Rate it:

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spaz outTo stop working properly.Rate it:

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stall for timeTo intentionally cause a delay; to stop; to wait.Rate it:

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stand downFor me this means stop being mean a bullyRate it:

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stand patTo stop hitting.Rate it:

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step backTo stop what one is doing and evaluate the current situation.Rate it:

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straighten outTo correct; to stop doing something wrong.Rate it:

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straighten upto sit up straight, to stop hunching.Rate it:

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