We've found 8 phrases for Broth (0.116 seconds):
comfort woman »
A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces during World War II.
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everybody and their brother »
A large number of people; most people.
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everyone and their brother »
A large number of people; most people.
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lady abbess »
A bawd, the mistress of a brothel.
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lay a finger on »
If you lay a finger on my little brother, I'll have your guts for garters.
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proverbs run in pairs »
Every proverb seems to be contradicted by another proverb with an opposed message, such as "too many cooks spoil the broth" and "many hands make light work."1863, Sir Richard Burton, Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains, vol. 1, Tinsley (London), p. 309:Moreover, all the world over, proverbs run in pairs, and pull both ways: for the most part one neutralizes, by contradiction, the other.
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red light »
A sign of a brothel.
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too many cooks spoil the broth »
If too many people try to take charge at a task, the end product might be ruined.
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