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lead with one's chinTo leave one's chin unprotected.Rate it:

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lead with one's chinTo behave without caution; to make oneself vulnerable.Rate it:

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when you're hot, you're hot. when you're not, you're notYou're either hot or you're not. There's no in between.Rate it:

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forgetting the base, forgetting the root, forgetting number 'one, forgetting the alphabet 'a' 1'Generally this era, when children learn and grow up as adults, they think the parents know nothing they are the entire encyclopedia. Disdaining parents education and their university degrees with disrespectful manner.Rate it:

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keep one's chin upTo remain positive and cheerful.Rate it:

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wear one's heart on one's sleeveTo be extremely transparent, open, or forthright about one's emotion or what is in one's heart; often when this is said, it is said when it is more than the listener wants or needs to hear about it--so it is often said in a negative way or with a negative connotationRate it:

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chin musicIdle chatterRate it:

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chin upBe happy; cheer up.Rate it:

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take on the chinTo accept without flinching or complaining.Rate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can give someone knowledge, advice or an opportunity or try to make something easy for them, but you can’t force them to believe it, act on it, or benefit from itRate it:

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can't put the words back into one's mouth fast enoughThis phrase is often said after someone said something they shouldn't have said as a way of conveying regret for having said it.Rate it:

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pickin' and grinnin'a country way of saying "playing music"Rate it:

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i'll be a monkey's uncle(often preceded by well) expressing complete surprise or disbeliefRate it:

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as she's as cold as a witchscold as a witch's tit!Very, very cold!!Rate it:

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don't count your chickens before they're hatchedYou should not count on something before it happens.Rate it:

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if it ain't chicken, it's feathersthat's life; there are always problemsRate it:

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if you can't take it, don't dish it outdon't say or do something you wouldn't want said or done to youRate it:

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puddin' tame. ask me again and i'll tell you the same.An impertinent response to being asked "what is your name?"; a response indicating that the speaker does not want to reveal their real name.Rate it:

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when you're up to your ass in alligators, it's easy to forget your goal was to drain the swampYou can't complete the a task if more urgent/immediate necessities take priorityRate it:

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where there's smoke, there's firewhen two things are usually together and you find one, you will find the otherRate it:

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you ain't seen nothin' yetsomething is even betterRate it:

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in the leadin first position in a competitionRate it:

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lead by the noseTo cause to follow blindly.Rate it:

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take the leadTo become the leader, to advance into first place.Rate it:

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way to bury the leadsaid in response to someone who said something but missed an obviously more important/significant or more relevant pointRate it:

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bury the leadTo begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts.Rate it:

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all roads lead to romedifferent paths can take one to the same goalRate it:

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lead nowhereTo have no purpose, to result in nothing.Rate it:

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get the lead outto go faster; to hurry upRate it:

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Get the Lead Out of Your FeetTo move hurry or work fasterRate it:

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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drinkYou can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.Rate it:

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leadA roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.Rate it:

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lead astrayTo influence to have bad habits or to behave improperly or illegallyRate it:

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lead inAlternative form of lead-inRate it:

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lead the lineTo play as centre forward.Rate it:

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swing the leadTo pretend to be unwell so that you do not have to work.Rate it:

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"i don't have to listen to your footsteps, the path you follow does not lead to my destination."DestinationRate it:

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go down like a lead balloonTo be received negatively by others.Rate it:

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Go Over Like a Lead BalloonTo let down and collapse badlyRate it:

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leadSheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs.Rate it:

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leadVertical space in advance of a row or between rows of text. Also known as leading.Rate it:

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leadUsed in pencils.Rate it:

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leadTo estimate velocity in knots.Rate it:

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leadI would have the tower two stories, and goodly leads upon the top. — Bacon.Rate it:

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leadBullets.Rate it:

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leadA thin strip of type metal, used to separate lines of type in printing.Rate it:

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lead a charmed lifeTo always be lucky and safe from danger.Rate it:

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lead astrayTo misguide or misdirect.Rate it:

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lead astrayTo cause to believe an untruth.Rate it:

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lead down a garden pathTo mislead; to seduce.Rate it:

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