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aliquid alicui probare (or c. Acc. c. Inf.)to prove one's point to a person's satisfaction.Rate it:

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aliquid felicitatem magno cumulo augethis crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...Rate it:

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aliquid felicitatis cumulum afferthis crowning happiness is produced by a thing; the culminating point of his felicity is...Rate it:

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all goodAnother way of saying it's all good; don't worry; everything is okayRate it:

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all kidding asideUsed to attempt to make a serious point in a jocular conversation.Rate it:

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all over the placeEverywhere, especially chaotically or in such a way as to make a mess.Rate it:

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aller au diable vauvert (corrupted into au vert)To go very far away, a devil of a way; To disappear.Rate it:

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am scrayThe Pig latin way of saying scram; leave; get out of hereRate it:

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amuser le tapisTo talk a great deal without coming to the point; To talk time away.Rate it:

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an ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cureWe tend to not pay attention to our Physical and mental health until there is pain present or choas has arrived. A little bit here and there foes a long way.Rate it:

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another one in the rowBeing normal/like anybody else/ nothing special, you are another person in the row youre not extraordinary one way or anotherRate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/if that's not X, I don't know what isUsed to point at something that is obvious, clearly seen from the context.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/that's X for youUsed to point out that a previously described behavior is typical of something, usually someone or a class of persons.Rate it:

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Appendix:Snowclones/X Y is XUsed to point out an obvious characteristic.Rate it:

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april showers bring may flowersApril, traditionally a rainy period, gives way to May, when flowers will bloom because of the water provided to them by the April rains.By extension, that a period of discomfort can provide the basis for a period of happiness.Rate it:

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argumentum premere (not urgere)to persist in an argument, press a point.Rate it:

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around robin hood's barnThe long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route.Rate it:

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around the HornFollowing the extremely hazardous naval route around Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America.Rate it:

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arse aboutThe wrong way round; exactly opposite to that which is desirable; contrary; conceptually inverted; wrong.Rate it:

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as best one canIn the best possible way, given the circumstances.Rate it:

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at allIndicating degree, quantity or frequency greater than zero; to the slightest degree, in any way, somewhat, rather.Rate it:

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attaquez-le au défaut de la cuirasseAttack him on his weak point.Rate it:

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avant la lettreBefore the term was coined. The term being a word or phrase used just previously in an anachronistic way.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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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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balls aboutTo bullshit; to speak or act as a joke or with no real point.Rate it:

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balls-upSomething which becomes muddled or botched in some way.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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be at one's beck and callTo be in the position of serving someone in any way they desire, usually unwillingly.Rate it:

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be withTo understand someone's point or intention.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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because reasonsUsed to avoid specifying the reasons for something, perhaps because specifying them would be tangential to the point at hand, or perhaps because they are not sound or are not known to the speaker.Rate it:

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

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blank canvasSomething with no content, upon which one can easily impose one's point of viewRate it:

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blaze a trailTo show the way or proceed rapidly.Rate it:

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boil overTo reach the point where aggressive action is taken.Rate it:

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bon ventVent qui porte directement le navire vers le point où l’on veut aller.Rate it:

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booze upTo drink alcohol past the point of drunkenness.Rate it:

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bottom outTo reach the bottom, to reach the nadir or low point.Rate it:

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box offTo turn the head of a vessel either way by bracing the headyards aback.Rate it:

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box seatA favorable vantage point.Rate it:

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break backTo win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point against the serve having lost a point while serving.Rate it:

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break the deadlockTo score the first goal or point in a competitionRate it:

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bring overTo cause to change allegiance or point of view.Rate it:

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bring to a boilTo heat something until it reaches its boiling point.Rate it:

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BroadwayA street name, typically for a wide road; a broad way.Rate it:

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bubble upTo move upward in bubbles or in a way suggesting bubbles.Rate it:

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by the numbersTo do something exactly, precisely, or in a formulaic way.Rate it:

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c'est direCela montre à quel point c’est vrai.Rate it:

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