a fool and his money are soon parted »
It is easy to get money from foolish people, especially rich ones.
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a good beginning makes a good ending »
Good beginnings promise a good end; start off on a good note to reap the benefits at the end.
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a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step »
even the longest and most difficult ventures have a starting point
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absence makes the heart grow fonder »
When someone or something is faraway, you realise how much you love (or miss) them or it.
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add up to »
To have a particular effect.
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after one's own heart »
Of a person: having the same ideas, opinions or behaviour as oneself.
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aim at »
To design for a particular audience.
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all in all »
Generally; for the most part; mostly.
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all nations »
A composition of all the different spirits sold in a dram-shop, collected in a vessel into which the drainings of the bottles and quartern pots are emptied.
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all over the board »
Showing a wide range of values with no particular pattern.
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amateur hour »
A situation or activity in which the participants show a lack of skill, sound judgment, or professionalism.
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angle for farthings »
To beg out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
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apple of somebody's eye »
A favourite, a particular preference, or a loved one; the object of somebody's affections.
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ass into gear »
Get going; get moving; start producing.
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at first »
Initially; at the start.
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