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mend fencesTo repair damage to a friendship or relationship after a disagreement or other mishap.Rate it:

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mener la vie à grandes guides(lit.) To drive life four in hand; (fig.) To live a very fast life.Rate it:

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mente captum esse, mente alienata esseto be out of one's mind.Rate it:

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mentem in aliqua re defigereto fix all one's thoughts on an object.Rate it:

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mere mortalOne who is not a god; a human being.Rate it:

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mesurer les autres à son auneTo measure other people’s peck by one’s own bushel.Rate it:

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metiri, ponderare, aestimare, iudicare aliquid (ex) aliqua reto measure something by the standard of something else; to make something one's criterion.Rate it:

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mettez un couvert de plusPut another knife and fork (for another guest); Lay for one more.Rate it:

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mettre de l'eau dans son vinto moderate one's impetuosityRate it:

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mettre du foin dans ses bottesTo feather one’s nest.Rate it:

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mettre la clef sous la porteTo run away from one’s creditors; “To bolt.”Rate it:

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mettre la main à la pâteTo put one’s shoulder to the wheel; To set to (a special piece of) work oneself.Rate it:

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mettre une affaire en trainTo put a thing in hand.Rate it:

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Mexican standoffA confrontation between two or more armed parties, neither of which wants to attack first (fearing that the other could retaliate), but neither of which will disarm (for fear the other will attack).Rate it:

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Midas touchthe ability to turn everything one touches into gold.Rate it:

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milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)to keep good discipline amongst one's men.Rate it:

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milites disciplina coercereto keep good discipline amongst one's men.Rate it:

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Mince WordsTo softly use words so no one is offended, not to be completely honestRate it:

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Mind over MatterThe intellectual power is stronger than other powersRate it:

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mind's earThe mental faculty or inner sense with which one produces or reproduces imagined or recalled sounds solely within the mind; the supposed organ within the mind which experiences such sounds.Rate it:

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minitari (minari) alicui mortem, crucem et tormenta, bellumto threaten some one with death, crucifixion, torture, war.Rate it:

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minor miracleAn improbable, unexpected, or surprising achievement or other occurrence that is fortunate and agreeable.Rate it:

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mint chocolate chipUsed other than as an idiom: see mint, chocolate chip.Rate it:

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misericordiam alicui commovereto excite some one's pity.Rate it:

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misericordiam alicuius concitareto excite some one's pity.Rate it:

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misery loves companyRepetitious, droll, depressing revelations of one's hard luck, always being left out of the fun, the prizes, never invited, always overlooked and pleading that others will come to the rescue!Rate it:

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missed the boatrefers to something someone didn't do and maybe regrets not doing; often followed by "on that" or "on that one"; can also be said sarcasticallyRate it:

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missing stairA member of a community who is widely but privately known within that community for abusiveness or other harmful behavior that has not been addressed.Rate it:

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mit anderen Wortenin other wordsRate it:

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mobilia sequuntur personamCommon law doctrine holding that personal property held by a person is governed by the same law that governs that person, so that if a person who is legally domiciled in one jurisdiction dies with property in a second jurisdiction, that property is legally treated as though it were in the first jurisdiction.Rate it:

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modest proposalUsed other than as an idiom: see modest, proposal.Rate it:

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moitié figue, moitié raisin1. Partly willingly, partly by force. 2. Half one thing and half another. 3. Half in jest, half in earnest.Rate it:

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money pitA possession or financial commitment that creates substantial ongoing expenses, especially one whose costs are considered to be unsustainable.Rate it:

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monter à la têteTo go to one's headRate it:

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moon on a stickEverything; all that one could desire (especially as an unreasonable demand).Rate it:

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mors alicuius luctum mihi attulitsome one's death has plunged me in grief.Rate it:

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morte multare aliquem (Catil. 1. 11. 28)to punish any one with death.Rate it:

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mortem occumbere pro patriato die for one's country.Rate it:

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mortiferam plagam alicui infligereto inflict a mortal wound on some one.Rate it:

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mother lodeA large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend.Rate it:

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mother of all ....The largest oneRate it:

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motor mouthOne who talks incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person.Rate it:

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mouth offTo talk impudently, especially to one's superior.Rate it:

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move downUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see move,‎ down.Rate it:

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move forwardUsed other than as an idiom: see move, forward.Rate it:

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move houseTo change one's place of residence.Rate it:

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move inTo start living or working in a new place; to transport one's belongings to a new home or workplace; to make one's home or workplace into a suitable environment.Rate it:

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move upTo move one's position to allow others to occupy a place.Rate it:

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mr. all businessSomeone who acts very business-like and serious and focused on the job at hand, either at the moment or all the timeRate it:

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muffin topUsed other than as an idiom: see muffin, top; the top of a muffin, sometimes removed to be eaten separately.Rate it:

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