all one's eggs in one basket »
Devoting all of one’s resources to one thing.
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all one's eggs in one basket »
Investing heavily in just one area.
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all out »
The state of a side having no more men to bat, thus ending its innings.
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all the way to Egery and back »
The long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.
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all to smash »
Ruined; bankrupt.
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all well and good »
Basically good, but with some shortcoming or limitation.
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answer back »
To reply impertinently; to talk back.
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answer back »
To reply to a question at a later time.
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answer back »
To issue echo characters, protocol responses, reflexive connection requests, etc.
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Après-ski »
A place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people.
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April showers bring May flowers »
April, traditionally a rainy period, gives way to May, when flowers will bloom because of the water provided to them by the April rains.By extension, that a period of discomfort can provide the basis for a period of happiness.
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ark ruffian »
Rogues who, in conjunction with watermen, robbed, and sometimes murdered, on the water, by picking a quarrel with the passengers in a boat, boarding it, plundering, stripping, and throwing them overboard, etc. A species of badger.
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arm's length »
Barely within reach.
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around Robin Hood's barn »
All over the place.
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around Robin Hood's barn »
The long way around; a roundabout or circuitous route.
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