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pot, meet kettleUsed to draw attention to hypocrisy; a reference to the saying, "pot calling the kettle black" (see under another entry: "pot calling the kettle black"; it's the same as saying, "that's true of YOU" (and mayor may not be true of me, or not as much)Rate it:

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pour vous servirFormule de politesse dont on se sert pour dire à quelqu’un qu’on est à sa disposition pour lui rendre service.Rate it:

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put outWhen someone is feels "put out". It means they did something they didn't want to do and now they feel "put out" about it...like being taken advantage of after they did it (begrudgingly).Rate it:

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qu'on l'enculeRéplique vulgaire faite à quelqu’un qui vient de dire « un ange passe ».Rate it:

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quand le singe veut monter au cocotier, il faut qu'il ait les fesses propresLors d'une entreprise quelconque, il faut tenir compte de ce que les gens en verront.Rate it:

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que la Force soit avecSouhait de réussite, expression d’encouragement envers quelqu’un, généralement la personne à qui on parle.Rate it:

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que le diable vous emporteSe dit pour exprimer son dépit, sa mauvaise humeur, sa colère contre quelqu’un.Rate it:

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qui aime bien, châtie bienOn punit plus justement quelqu’un lorsqu’on l’aime bien.Rate it:

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qui tu saisSe dit, entre personnes complices, quand on veut faire allusion à quelqu’un sans le nommer et qu’il est superflu de le faire.Rate it:

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qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rageOn trouve aisément un prétexte quand on veut se débarrasser de quelqu’un, on invente des torts à ceux qu'on veut sanctionner.Rate it:

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qui vous savezSe dit, entre personnes complices, quand on veut faire allusion à quelqu’un sans le nommer et qu’il est superflu de le faire.Rate it:

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rain or shineIt doesn’t matter what the circumstances are or whatever happens; whatsoever the conditions or the weather is; it's most commonly used to say that an event still happen (will not be canceled) even if it rains; See also, come rain or come shineRate it:

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raise cainTo cause trouble; to behave in a disruptive manner; to make a problem; the phrase is actually "raise Cain" since Cain is a person's nameRate it:

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rira bien qui rira le dernierSe dit en parlant de quelqu’un qui se flatte du succès dans une affaire où l’on compte l’emporter sur lui.Rate it:

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s'il te plaîtLocution permettant de demander quelque chose de façon polie, à quelqu’un que l’on tutoie.Rate it:

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s'il vous plaîtLocution qui permet de demander quelque chose poliment, à quelqu’un que l’on vouvoie, ou à plusieurs personnes.Rate it:

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scaredy cata children's word for a person who is easily frightenedRate it:

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se non è vero è bene trovatoExpression employée en réponse à une hypothèse, certes ingénieuse mais non prouvée, émise par quelqu’un.Rate it:

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shut the front door!An exclamation of shock and/or disbelief; like saying, "No! Really?!" or "No way!" or "I don't believe it"Rate it:

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sidepiecesexDescribes extra-marital or extra-relational physically intimate interaction with one other than one's spouse or longterm partner, with whom one also has some form of established relationship; term, song, and hastag by American Activist Greshun De Bouse to describe one of the acts in which her abusive ex-fiance may have been engaged, while absent from the home daily for 15 hours.Rate it:

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six of one, half dozen of anotherIt makes no difference, they're still the same This expression is sometimes said a little differently, but is all the same no matter how it is said. Sometimes people say "half dozen" and sometimes "half a dozen " Also, sometimes the expression is "six of one, half dozen of THE other" and sometimes it is said, "six of one, half a dozen of ANother."Rate it:

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solosolo in the Kpop world means a single singer. if a pair they're a duet, and if three of more they are a group.Rate it:

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st stDont on se sert pour appeler quelqu’un.Rate it:

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stranger on the phoneDr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.Rate it:

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t'as le bonjour d'AlfredSe dit à quelqu'un à qui on vient de donner une leçon.Rate it:

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t'en as de la chanceSe dit à quelqu'un à qui il est arrivé quelque chose de particulier.Rate it:

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t'en fais pasPhrase pour rassurer à quelqu’un que l’on tutoie.Rate it:

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t'es pas transparentS’emploie pour signifier à quelqu’un qu’il gêne la vue et qu’il devrait se tasser.Rate it:

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ta gueuleS’emploie pour exiger de quelqu’un qu’il se taise.Rate it:

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tedltS’emploie dans tout endroit où il faut remplir un intitulé puis un message, lorsque le message est suffisamment court pour tenir dans l’intitulé.Rate it:

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the measure of society is how it treats its weakest membersSocieties who help and take care of those who are the most in need are worth more than societies who don't or who even mistreat those who are in need--the least of them--much less help them.Rate it:

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the rain in spain stays mainly in the plainEnglish people use this phrase to try to "correct" people's accents to speak what they like to call "proper" English by changing the way words in this sentence are pronounced.Rate it:

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till the wheels fall offliteral meaning - to drive a car until it won't run any more; figurative meaning - dedicated to the end; indicates relentless effort, commitment to something until it is no longer viable/possible/usableRate it:

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tiny but mightysmall but powerful; something people say to express self-worth that even though they may be small they make up for it in being mighty; don't underestimate me/usRate it:

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to know and not to do is not to knowWhen you say you know something yet you fail to act as if that knowledge were true, it shows you don't really know that something to be true; it essentially calls the person a hypocrite since they say one thing and do another; same as the phrase "Your actions speak so loudly that your words I cannot hear"Rate it:

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trouble in river cityAn expression to indicate there is trouble somewhere/ Often said There's trouble in River City or "There's" is omitted, for shortRate it:

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tu quoque mi filiExpression employée pour accuser quelqu’un de trahison.Rate it:

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un gêné, c'est un bossuPersonne ne devrait être gêné pour des choses qui n’en valent pas la peine. Seule quelque chose de grave mérite que quelqu’un éprouve de la gêne ou de la honte.Rate it:

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up in herehere; in this place; it doesn't mean "up" (higher) literallyRate it:

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vee have vaysThis phrase is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. It is an alternative pronunciation with a German accent and a shortened version of the movie quote "We have ways of making you talk."Rate it:

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vee have vays of making you talkThis is a German accent version of the American movie quote "We have ways of making you talk." It is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies.Rate it:

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voilà qui est parlerSe dit pour louer quelqu’un qui a dit, sur une question longtemps agitée, des choses claires, lumineuses, péremptoires.Rate it:

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vous voulez rireSe dit à quelqu’un qui fait une proposition peu convenable, ou qui dit des choses peu croyables.Rate it:

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we have waysA shortened version of "We have ways of making you talk." Usually said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies. Also pronounced as "Vee have vays" to imitate a German accent.Rate it:

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we have ways of making you talkThis movie quote is said as a joke when someone doesn't answer you or lies; also pronounced as "Vee have vays of making you talk" to imitate a German accent.Rate it:

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what a crock!An exclamation of disbelief; calling someone a liar; saying that someone didn't have the right to say or do something; indicating that something isn't fair or right; short version of "What a crock of bull shit!" or "What a crock of bull!" or "What a crock of shit!" or "That's bull! or "That's bullshit"Rate it:

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whistling dixieIf you say someone ain't just whistling Dixie, it means they're not kidding around.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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why i ougthtta...!a threat often accompanied by a n arm gesture of backhanding someone in the face; it means I ought to slap you in the face (or do something worse); exactly WHAT the speaker ought to do is implied almost as if it is a fill-in-the-blank statement where the blank is filled in with something very bad. It isn't a question. (The "why" part of the phrase isn't asking why, it's telling the listener that something bad should happen to him because of what he just said or did wrong.)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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