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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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tum habebam decem annosI was ten years old at the time.Rate it:

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twilight yearsOld age.Rate it:

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un vieux de la vieilleA veteran of the old Imperial Guard; One of the old brigade.Rate it:

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une bonne plaisanterie mérite les honneurs du bisA good tale is none the worse for being told twice.Rate it:

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une noce à tout casser (pop.)A rare old jollification.Rate it:

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une verte vieillesseA hale old age.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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versurā solvere, dissolvere (Att. 5. 15. 2)to pay one's old debts by making new.Rate it:

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vetamur vetere proverbioan old proverb tells us not to...Rate it:

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vetustate amicitiae coniunctum esseto be very old friends.Rate it:

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vieux comme les rues, comme le mondeAs old as the hills.Rate it:

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vires consenescuntto become old and feeble.Rate it:

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vous me la donnez (or, baillez) belle (ironic.)A pretty tale you are telling me; Aren’t you stuffing me up nicely?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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wie alt bist duhow old are youRate it:

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wise head on young shouldersAlternative form of old head on young shouldersRate it:

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wore outgot oldRate it:

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y/oAbbreviation of years old.Rate it:

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ye oldeFaux-archaic form of the oldRate it:

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YOAbbreviation of years old.Rate it:

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you can't put a wise head on young shouldersAlternative form of you can't put an old head on young shoulders.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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your actions speak so loudly that your words i cannot hearWhen 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 "To know and not to do is not to know"Rate it:

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your eyes are bigger than your bellyTo take more food on one's plate than one can eatRate it:

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мне ... годI'm... year oldRate it:

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сколько вам летhow old are you?Rate it:

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сколько тебе летhow old are you?Rate it:

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ישן נושןvery old, ancientRate it:

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死性不改old habits die hardRate it:

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活到老，學到老live and learn; it is never too old to learnRate it:

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