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easy come, easy goEasily won and easily lost; usually said when resigned to a loss.Rate it:

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Easy Come, Easy GoAnything that comes very easily mostly goes or can be lost easily,Rate it:

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first come, first servedPeople will be dealt with in the order they arrive.Rate it:

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hard to come byDifficult to find; rareRate it:

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honey doesn't fly to the bee. wheat does not make bread.the dream doesn't come to you.AttitudeRate it:

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how comeWhy; why is it; for what reason or purpose?.Rate it:

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if the mountain won't come to muhammadif the mountain won't come to muhammadRate it:

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Johnny-come-latelyA newcomer; a novice; an upstart.Rate it:

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Johnny-Come-LatelySomeone who is amateur in any work, place or group, person who has no earlier experience of something Rate it:

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misfortunes never come singlybad things or situations always come in groups, they never come in a single way.Rate it:

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ni come, ni deja comerdog in the mangerRate it:

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parla come mangiUsed to invite someone who uses an excessively cultivated language to speak in a simpler and clearer way.Rate it:

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proverbs come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.1979, Irving Howe, John Hollander, David Bromwich, Literature as Experience: An Anthology, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, ISBN 0155511130, page 325:Sometimes proverbs come in pairs, the first one providing the context, the second, the revision.Rate it:

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proverbs often come in pairsAlternative form of proverbs run in pairs.Rate it:

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se comethe hell?; the heck?; when it's at home?Rate it:

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se correr o bicho pega, se ficar o bicho comedamned if one does and damned if one doesn'tRate it:

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take things as they comeTo accept and deal with events as they occur, with a composed state of mind.Rate it:

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the handbags come outA row intensifies; a dispute becomes heated.Rate it:

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until the cows come homeFor a very long time.Rate it:

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“a sentence doesn't come out of nowhere, the writer planted it, watered it, took care of it and youSentenceRate it:

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'tis the seasonIndicating that it is the time of year around Christmas, and that things associated with that time period are happening or likely to happen.Rate it:

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belly-up to the barSame as belly up to the bar; a friendly invitation to individual to come up to the bar and/or join the group for libation and conversationRate it:

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blow pastTo easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit.Rate it:

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death spiralA manoeuvre in which a male skater spins in place while holding one hand of his female skating partner as she circles around him with one skate on the ice and one leg extended outward parallel to the ice surface, all the while slowly lowering herself until her back almost touches the ice surface.Rate it:

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fall off a truckOf an item of merchandise, to come into a person's possession without having been paid for; to be acquired illegally.Rate it:

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game outTo run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results.Rate it:

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give overUsually as an imperative. To tell someone to stop molesting, fooling around, or saying silly things. Or sometimes to stop saying flattering things.Rate it:

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goose pimplesBumps similar to pimples that form around hair follicles of the skin when a person is cold or frightened.Rate it:

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hope only lasts when you need it.When you need hope it will come.Rate it:

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not worth a tinker's damThis means that something is worthless and dates back to when someone would travel around the countryside repairing things such as a kitchen pot with a hole in it.Rate it:

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rise from the ashesTo make a comeback after a long hiatus. To come back into common use or practice. To come back into popularity. To come back to being a thing of today.Rate it:

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shook ya droorsa trick, a quick move around an unexpected opponent, or person to gain ground.Rate it:

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split upcause to come apart, separate or splitRate it:

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vice versawith the main items in the preceding statement the other way around.Rate it:

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when in rome, do as the romans dobehave as those around you do, especially when you are in a new and/or unfamiliar placeRate it:

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when push comes to shoveWhen the pressure is on; when the situation is critical or urgent; when the time has come for action, even if it is difficult.Rate it:

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mighty oaks from little acorns growSomething great can come from a modest beginning. Don't give up on the project - mighty oaks from little acorns grow!Rate it:

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fall throughTo be unsuccessful, abort, come to nothing/naught; to be cancelled; not to proceed.Rate it:

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run away withTo be misled by imagining that one's desires can come true.Rate it:

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school's outThe school year has come to an end.Rate it:

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a miss is as good as a mileA failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.Rate it:

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all hands on deck!Nautical call for all ships crew to come topside and man their usual station. Work challenge or approaching gale threatens safety of crew and vessel.Rate it:

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safe and soundHaving come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.Rate it:

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break upTo break or separate into pieces; to disintegrate or come apart.Rate it:

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close in onTo enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.Rate it:

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fall outTo come out of something by falling.Rate it:

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hail fromto be a native of, to come from, to originate from; to have as one's birth place or residenceRate it:

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blow offTo shoot something with a gun, causing it to come disconnected.Rate it:

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get wetTo come into contact with water or another liquid.Rate it:

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hammer outTo come to an agreement after much arguing.Rate it:

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